Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3427R

Kier Group PLC

16 November 2012

 



Results of Annual General Meeting

Kier Group plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce that all the resolutions proposed at its Annual General Meeting on 15 November 2012 were voted on, and passed, by way of a poll. The results of the poll for each resolution is shown below:

	Votes for & chairman's discretion	% voted (1)	Votes against	% voted (1)	Total votes	% voted (2)	Votes withheld (3)
Receive accounts	21,133,666	100.00	570	0.00	21,134,236	53.25%	3,149
Approve remuneration report	16,460,228	81.11	3,833,436	18.89	20,293,664	51.13%	840,649
Declare final dividend	21,129,992	100.00	370	0.00	21,130,362	53.24%	3,025
Elect A J Mellor	18,721,397	99.59	77,448	0.41	18,798,845	47.37%	2,345,272
Re-elect R C Bailey	20,721,633	99.67	68,125	0.33	20,789,758	52.38%	354,810
Re-elect S Bowcott	21,002,619	99.45	115,434	0.55	21,118,053	53.21%	18,051
Re-elect C V Geoghegan	20,693,262	99.60	82,455	0.40	20,775,717	52.35%	359,368
Re-elect I M Lawson	21,031,509	99.52	101,537	0.48	21,133,046	53.25%	4,228
Re-elect H J Mursell	21,046,638	99.68	67,542	0.32	21,114,180	53.20%	23,094
Re-elect M P Sheffield	21,034,071	99.54	98,168	0.46	21,132,239	53.25%	4,428
Re-elect P M White	20,938,848	99.09	191,337	0.91	21,130,185	53.24%	7,084
Re-elect N P Winser	20,708,627	99.65	73,714	0.35	20,782,341	52.37%	352,733
Re-appoint auditors	21,021,548	99.48	109,614	0.52	21,131,162	53.24%	13,456
Directors fix auditors fees	21,109,549	99.90	21,530	0.10	21,131,079	53.24%	6,148
Authority to allot shares	20,725,655	99.37	131,783	0.63	20,857,438	52.55%	278,182
Disapply pre-emption rights	21,031,345	99.56	91,991	0.44	21,123,336	53.22%	17,231
Meetings on 14 days' notice	19,775,520	93.61	1,348,948	6.39	21,124,468	53.23%	12,558

Notes:

1)  Expressed as a percentage of all votes cast (and does not include votes withheld).

2)  Expressed as a percentage of the total issued share capital of the Company at the date of the Annual General Meeting.

3)  A vote withheld is not a vote at law.

Issued share capital as at the date of the Annual General Meeting: 39,687,322 shares.

Number of votes per share: one.

Copies of all resolutions will today be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism in accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2. These resolutions will shortly be available for inspection at: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.

The poll results will also be available shortly on the Company's website at www.kier.co.uk 

For enquiries, please contact:

          Deborah Hamilton

          Deputy Company Secretary

          Kier Group plc

          Tempsford Hall

          Sandy

          Bedfordshire

          SG19 2BD

Tel: [phone]

 

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