Result of AGM

18 May 2022

Keller Group plc (the “Company")
 Result of 2022 Annual General Meeting (“AGM”)

Keller Group plc announces that all resolutions were passed at the Company’s AGM held at the offices of DLA Piper UK LLP, 160 Aldersgate Street, London EC1A 4HT at 9:30am on Wednesday, 18 May 2022.

As announced on 1 February 2022, Nancy Tuor Moore, independent Non-executive Director and Chair of Keller’s Environment Committee, having served on the Board for eight years, retired from the Board at the conclusion of the Company's 2022 AGM. Nancy was succeeded as Environment Committee Chair by Juan Hernández Abrams who, as previously announced, had joined the Board as an independent Non-executive Director on 1 February 2022. 

In line with recommended practice, a poll was conducted on each resolution at the meeting and the total number of votes received on each resolution is as follows: 

Resolution	Votes For	%	Votes Against	%	Total Votes	Votes Withheld
1 - To receive the Report and Accounts	57,525,018	99.99%	4,550	0.01%	57,529,568	74,172
2 - To approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report	52,806,875	91.68%	4,791,178	8.32%	57,598,053	5,687
3 – To declare a final dividend of 23.3p per Ordinary Share	57,603,740	100.00%	0	0.00%	57,603,740	0
4 – To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors	57,081,406	99.10%	520,233	0.90%	57,601,639	2,101
5 - To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to agree the Auditors’ remuneration	57,584,869	99.97%	16,890	0.03%	57,601,759	1,981
6 - To elect Juan G. Hernández Abrams	57,462,582	99.77%	131,651	0.23%	57,594,233	9,507
7 - To re-elect Peter Hill CBE	57,028,542	99.01%	569,691	0.99%	57,598,233	5,507
8 - To re-elect Paula Bell	57,201,291	99.31%	394,942	0.69%	57,596,233	7,507
9 - To re-elect David Burke	57,471,375	99.79%	122,858	0.21%	57,594,233	9,507
10 - To re-elect Eva Lindqvist	53,946,087	93.66%	3,652,146	6.34%	57,598,233	5,507
11 - To re-elect Baroness Kate Rock	57,202,911	99.31%	394,972	0.69%	57,597,883	5,857
12 - To re-elect Michael Speakman	57,513,409	99.85%	84,824	0.15%	57,598,233	5,507
13 - Authority to allot shares	56,610,838	98.28%	989,726	1.72%	57,600,564	3,176
14 - Authority to disapply pre-emption rights	57,577,688	99.96%	20,602	0.04%	57,598,290	5,450
15 - Authority to disapply pre-emption rights (limited circumstances)	55,315,020	96.04%	2,283,310	3.96%	57,598,330	5,410
16 - Authority to buy back shares	56,996,479	99.02%	566,444	0.98%	57,562,923	40,817
17 - Authority to make political donations	56,787,721	98.58%	815,279	1.42%	57,603,000	740
18 - Authority to call a general meeting on 14 days’ notice	56,508,230	98.10%	1,095,510	1.90%	57,603,740	0

Votes 'For' and 'Against' are expressed as a percentage of votes received. A 'Vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes 'For' and 'Against' a resolution. Votes were cast for a total of 57,603,740 ordinary shares of 10 pence per share, representing 79.16% of the total number of votes capable of being cast at the AGM. The Company's issued share capital as at 18 May 2022 was 73,099,735 ordinary shares and the number of votes per share is one. The Company held 328,954 shares in Treasury, which do not carry any voting rights. Resolutions 1 to 13, and 17 were proposed as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 14 to 16, and 18 as Special Resolutions.

This announcement will be available for viewing on the Company’s website, www.keller.com, as soon as practicable. The full text of all the resolutions passed at the meeting can be found in the Notice of AGM, which is available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism  and on the Company's website at www.keller.com.

Enquiries:

Keller Group plc
Silvana Glibota-Vigo, Group Head of Secretariat
Tel: [phone]

LEI number:   549300QO4MBL43UHSN10

Classification:   3.1 Additional regulated information required to be disclosed under the laws of a Member State

Notes to editors:

Keller is the world's largest geotechnical specialist contractor providing a wide portfolio of advanced foundation and ground improvement techniques used across the entire construction sector. With around 10,000 staff and operations across five continents, Keller tackles an unrivalled 6,000 projects every year, generating annual revenue of more than £2bn.