Result of AGM

RNS Number : 1942W

Kier Group PLC

15 November 2010

 



Results of Annual General Meeting

Kier Group plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce that all the resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting on 12 November 2010 were passed on a show of hands.The proxy votes cast prior to the meeting are shown below.

Resolution		Votes In Favour	Discretion Votes	Votes Against	Votes Withheld
1	To receive accounts	22,755,384	233,640	2,927	92,826
2	Approve remuneration report	22,278,454	235,858	12,926	557,539
3	Declare final dividend	22,757,130	231,330	3,646	92,671
4	Elect S Bowcott	21,314,868	232,098	1,444,404	93,407
5	Elect H J Mursell	22,165,660	233,926	591,553	93,638
6	Elect R C Bailey	22,402,812	233,926	354,589	93,450
7	Re-elect C V Geoghegan	22,189,910	233,926	567,491	93,450
8	Re-elect I M Lawson	22,166,698	233,926	590,804	93,349
9	Re-elect R W Simkin	22,169,901	233,926	586,995	93,955
10	Re-appoint auditors	22,750,555	234,552	6,323	93,347
11	Authority to allot shares	22,348,915	233,476	36,516	465,870
12	Disapply pre-emption rights	22,741,160	238,537	11,400	93,680
13	Adopt new Articles	22,393,745	239,014	9,820	442,198
14	Allow meetings to be held on 14 days notice	21,294,307	234,695	1,449,164	106,611
15	Ratify 2009 interim dividend	22,453,401	234,122	2,532	92,671
16	Approve Long Term Incentive Plan	21,958,918	238,508	389,560	497,791
17	Authorise Employee Benefit Trust to hold up to 10% of shares	22,716,916	235,702	36,788	95,371

A copy of the resolutions passed will be forwarded electronically to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do

As announced previously, Miss Deena Mattar stood down as Group Finance Director at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting, and has been succeeded in that role by Mr Haydn Mursell.

Also as announced previously, Mr Mr Simon Leathes stood down as a non-executive director of the Company at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting.  Mr Leathes has been succeeded by Mr Richard Bailey as a non-executive director of the Company.

Mr Steve Bowcott, who had previously been appointed as a director of the Company by the Board, was elected as a director by the Company's shareholders.

 

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