Keller Group plc (the "Company") Result of 2025 Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
Keller Group plc announces that all resolutions were passed at the Company’s AGM held at 4 Kingdom Street, Paddington Central, London W2 6BD on Wednesday 14 May 2025 at 10:00am.
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 Annual Report and Accounts
51,383,101
100.00
126
0.00
51,383,227
129,133
2 - To approve the Directors’ remuneration report
50,823,258
99.05
485,870
0.95
51,309,128
203,232
3 - To declare a final dividend of 33.1p per Ordinary Share
51,508,711
100.00
126
0.00
51,508,837
3,523
4 - To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors
50,864,325
99.58
213,897
0.42
51,078,222
434,138
5 - To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to agree the remuneration of the Auditors
51,499,011
99.98
9,458
0.02
51,508,469
3,891
6 - To elect Carl-Peter Forster as a Director
49,758,068
96.60
1,750,400
3.40
51,508,468
3,892
7 - To elect Stephen King as a Director
51,227,192
99.45
281,276
0.55
51,508,468
3,892
8 - To re-elect Paula Bell as a Director
45,552,260
88.44
5,956,698
11.56
51,508,958
3,402
9 - To re-elect David Burke as a Director
51,311,593
99.62
197,365
0.38
51,508,958
3,402
10 - To re-elect Juan G. Hernández Abrams as a Director
49,385,537
95.88
2,123,421
4.12
51,508,958
3,402
11 - To re-elect Annette Kelleher as a Director
49,763,124
96.61
1,745,834
3.39
51,508,958
3,402
12 - To re-elect Baroness Kate Rock as a Director
48,119,630
93.42
3,390,738
6.58
51,510,368
1,992
13 - To re-elect Michael Speakman as a Director
51,383,568
99.76
125,390
0.24
51,508,958
3,402
14 - To authorise the Directors to allot securities pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006
48,502,026
94.19
2,989,487
5.81
51,491,513
20,846
15 - Authority to disapply pre-emption rights
51,132,178
99.30
359,355
0.70
51,491,533
20,826
16 - Authority to disapply pre-emption rights in limited circumstances
46,200,069
89.72
5,294,800
10.28
51,494,869
17,490
17 - To authorise market purchases of the Company’s shares
51,439,986
99.99
6,935
0.01
51,446,921
65,439
18 - To authorise the payment of political donations and political expenditure
50,682,218
98.98
521,562
1.02
51,203,780
308,580
19 - Authority to call a general meeting on 14 clear days’ notice
50,489,133
98.03
1,015,345
1.97
51,504,478
7,882
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 51,510,368 ordinary shares of 10 pence per share, representing 71.30% of the total number of votes capable of being cast at the AGM. The Company's issued share capital as at 14 May 2025 was 73,099,735 ordinary shares and the number of votes per share is one. The Company held 858,475 shares in Treasury, which do not carry any voting rights. Resolutions 1 to 14, and 18 were proposed as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 15 to 17, and 19 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 AGM 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.
CONTACT:
Enquiries:
Keller Group plc Silvana Glibota-Vigo, Group Head of Secretariat Tel: 020 7616 7575
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 5,500 projects every year, generating annual revenue of c.£3bn.
Keller Group plc is a United Kingdom-based geotechnical specialist contractor providing a portfolio of advanced foundation and ground improvement techniques used across the entire construction sector. The Company's geographical divisions include North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa. Its expertise includes ground improvement, grouting, deep foundations, earth retention, marine, and instrumentation and monitoring. Its solutions include improve bearing capacity; low impact, low carbon construction; containment; excavation support; stabilization; marine structures; seepage control; slope stabilization; and monitoring. Its improve bearing capacity solution includes bearing capacity/settlement control, heave control, heavy foundations, liquefaction mitigation, re-levelling structures and underpinning. Its marine structures solution includes the design and construction of new ports, jetties and quays as well as the extension and restoration of existing structures.
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