Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0922T

Kier Group PLC

14 November 2013

 



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 14 November 2013 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 (Exc Withheld)	% voted (2)	Votes withheld (3)
Receive accounts	30,984,395	99.98%	5,099	0.02%	30,989,494	56.62%	579
Approve remuneration report	23,321,435	76.24%	7,270,027	23.76%	30,591,462	55.89%	398,611
Declare final dividend	30,985,520	99.99%	4,553	0.01%	30,990,073	56.62%	0
Re-elect R C Bailey	26,830,139	86.67%	4,127,585	13.33%	30,957,724	56.56%	32,349
Re-elect S Bowcott	30,775,687	99.32%	211,682	0.68%	30,987,369	56.62%	2,704
Re-elect C V Geoghegan	26,767,665	86.65%	4,123,869	13.35%	30,891,534	56.44%	98,539
Re-elect A J Mellor	26,485,080	85.73%	4,407,678	14.27%	30,892,758	56.44%	97,315
Re-elect H J Mursell	30,864,846	99.62%	117,777	0.38%	30,982,623	56.61%	7,450
Re-elect M P Sheffield	30,870,705	99.62%	117,880	0.38%	30,988,585	56.62%	1,498
Re-elect P M White	26,541,283	85.73%	4,418,426	14.27%	30,959,709	56.57%	30,364
Re-elect N P Winser	26,845,837	86.68%	4,124,406	13.32%	30,970,243	56.58%	19,830
Appoint KPMG LLP as auditor	26,401,430	85.25%	4,567,606	14.75%	30,969,036	56.58%	21,037
Directors to agree auditor's remuneration	26,822,996	86.56%	4,164,619	13.44%	30,987,615	56.62%	2,458
Authority to allot shares	30,586,313	98.73%	392,079	1.27%	30,978,392	56.60%	11,693
Disapply pre-emption rights	30,923,310	99.82%	54,450	0.18%	30,977,760	56.60%	12,313
Meetings on 14 days' notice	29,017,671	93.69%	1,955,048	6.31%	30,972,719	56.59%	17,353
Authorise scrip dividend	30,975,368	99.96%	13,250	0.04%	30,988,618	56.62%	1,255

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 Annual General Meeting: 54,732,841 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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