Board Change

RNS Number : 6861N
Kier Group PLC
22 May 2020
 

Kier Group plc

 

Board Change

 

Kier Group plc ("the Company") announces that Kirsty Bashforth has informed the board of directors ("the Board") that she will not seek re-election as a non-executive director of the Company at its Annual General Meeting in November 2020 and will, therefore, stand down from the Board with effect from the conclusion of that meeting.

 

Kirsty joined the Board in September 2014 and has served as a member of each of its committees. Kirsty has been the Chair of the Board's Safety, Health and Environment Committee ("the SHE Committee") since November 2018.

 

Matthew Lester, Chairman of the Board, said: "I look forward to continuing to work with Kirsty over the next few months and, in the meantime, would like to thank Kirsty for her service in almost six years on the Board. In particular, as the Chair of the SHE Committee, Kirsty has overseen the Company's continuous focus on its key priorities of safety, health and the environment."

 

This announcement is made in accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.11R.

 

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For further information, please contact:

Richard Mountain/Nick Hasell - FTI Consulting 

Kier press office

 

 

+44 (0)203 727 1340

+44 (0) 1767 355 096

 

 

Cautionary statement

This announcement does not constitute an offer of securities by Kier Group plc (the "Company"). Nothing in this announcement is intended to be, or intended to be construed as, a profit forecast or a guide as to the performance, financial or otherwise, of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (together, the "Group") whether in the current or any future financial year. This announcement may include statements that are, or may be deemed to be, ''forward-looking statements''. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future and may be beyond the Company's or the Group's ability to control or predict. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. You are advised to read the section headed ''Principal risks and uncertainties'' in the Company's Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 30 June 2019 and the Company's results announcement for the six months ended 31 December 2019 for further information about the factors that could affect the Company's or the Group's future performance and the industry in which it operates. Other than in accordance with its legal or regulatory obligations, the Company does not accept any obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 


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