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Kier Group PLC
19 November 2021
KIER GROUP PLC
RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Kier Group plc (the "Company") announces the results of its
Annual General Meeting held on 19 November 2021. The voting was
held on a poll and the results for each resolution were as
follows:
Resolution Total % voted(2) Votes % votes Votes % votes Votes
votes for for(3) against against(3) withheld(1)
validly
cast(1)
To receive the annual
report and accounts
for
the year ended 30 June
1 2021 286,198,645 64.14% 286,118,657 99.97 79,988 0.03 36,491
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To approve the
directors'
remuneration report
for
the year ended 30 June
2 2021 246,636,996 55.28% 182,346,972 73.93 64,290,024 26.07 39,592,985
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To re-elect Mr MJ
Lester
3 as a director 286,188,735 64.14% 285,952,869 99.92 235,866 0.08 46,972
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To re-elect Mr AOB
Davies
4 as a director 286,183,681 64.14% 286,059,243 99.96 124,438 0.04 52,026
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To re-elect Mr SJ
Kesterton
5 as a director 286,186,174 64.14% 286,066,954 99.96 119,220 0.04 49,533
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To re-elect Mr JR
Atkinson
6 as a director 286,179,445 64.14% 281,396,431 98.33 4,783,014 1.67 56,262
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To re-elect Ms AJ
Atkinson
7 as a director 286,172,986 64.14% 285,960,138 99.93 212,848 0.07 62,721
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To re-elect Dame
Heather
8 Rabbatts as a director 286,183,206 64.14% 270,574,684 94.55 15,608,522 5.45 52,501
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To re-elect Mr CG
Watson
9 as a director 286,186,174 64.14% 285,979,082 99.93 207,092 0.07 49,533
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To re-appoint
PricewaterhouseCoopers
10 LLP as auditor 286,181,371 64.14% 285,968,380 99.93 212,991 0.07 54,336
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To authorise the Risk
Management and Audit
Committee
to agree the
remuneration
11 of the auditor 286,191,838 64.14% 286,058,045 99.95 133,793 0.05 43,869
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To authorise the
directors
12 to allot shares 286,187,862 64.14% 285,471,720 99.75 716,142 0.25 47,845
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To authorise the
directors
to disapply
pre-emption
13 rights (general) 286,162,461 64.14% 283,791,765 99.17 2,370,696 0.83 73,246
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To authorise the
directors
to disapply
pre-emption
rights (acquisition or
specified capital
14 investment) 286,172,978 64.14% 285,893,775 99.90 279,203 0.10 62,729
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To adopt new Articles
15 of Association 286,149,020 64.13% 286,005,977 99.95 143,043 0.05 86,687
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To authorise the
Company
to call general
meetings,
other than annual
general
meetings, on not less
than 14 clear days'
16 notice 286,190,034 64.14% 285,126,224 99.63 1,063,810 0.37 45,673
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To authorise pollical
17 donations 286,119,635 64.13% 282,141,494 98.61 3,978,141 1.39 116,072
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Notes :
1. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in
the calculation of the proportion of votes validly cast.
2. Expressed as a percentage of the total issued share capital
on 17 November 2021. The number of ordinary shares in issue on 17
November 2021 was 446,186,918 .
3. Expressed as a percentage of all votes validly cast (and does not include votes withheld).
Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. Resolutions 1
to 12 (inclusive) and Resolution 17 were passed as ordinary
resolutions and resolutions 13 to 16 (inclusive) were passed as
special resolutions.
The Board notes that Resolution 2 (which related to the advisory
vote on the Directors' Remuneration Report) was passed with 73.93%
of votes in favour.
Prior to the AGM, the Company conducted an extensive
consultation with its largest shareholders on Directors'
remuneration proposals and the Remuneration Committee will continue
to reflect carefully on the points that they have raised. The
Remuneration Committee will engage further with the Company's
shareholders and the proxy advisers to understand their views. The
Company will publish an update within the next six months on the
views it has received from shareholders and the actions it has
taken, or proposes to take, in response.
A copy of all resolutions passed, other than those concerning
ordinary business, 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: https://
data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .
The Kier Group plc Legal Entity Identifier is
2138002RKCU2OM4Y7O48.
For enquiries please contact:
Jaime Tham
Company Secretary
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