14 November 2024
KIER GROUP PLC
RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Kier Group plc (the "Company") announces the results of its Annual General Meeting held on 14 November 2024. The voting was held on a poll and the results for each resolution were as follows:
| Resolution | Votes for | % votes for1 | Votes against | % votes Against1 | Votes Withheld2 | Total votes validly cast2 | % voted3 | |
| 1 | To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 30 June 2024 | 254,914,941 | 99.98 | 40,083 | 0.02 | 946,398 | 254,955,024 | 56.30 |
| 2 | To approve the Directors' remuneration report for the year ended 30 June 2024 | 246,637,458 | 96.42 | 9,145,511 | 3.58 | 113,297 | 255,782,969 | 56.48 |
| 3 | To re-elect Mr MJ Lester as a Director | 240,768,363 | 94.38 | 14,334,623 | 5.62 | 793,208 | 255,102,986 | 56.33 |
| 4 | To re-elect Mr AOB Davies as a Director | 247,682,227 | 96.82 | 8,143,411 | 3.18 | 70,556 | 255,825,638 | 56.49 |
| 5 | To re-elect Mr SJ Kesterton as a Director | 255,492,570 | 99.87 | 340,741 | 0.13 | 82,316 | 255,833,311 | 56.49 |
| 6 | To elect Mr SJ Togwell as a Director | 255,637,712 | 99.93 | 186,077 | 0.07 | 93,474 | 255,823,789 | 56.49 |
| 7 | To re-elect Ms AJ Atkinson as a Director | 244,333,550 | 95.79 | 10,745,839 | 4.21 | 816,805 | 255,079,389 | 56.32 |
| 8 | To re-elect Ms MC Browne OBE as a Director | 245,010,196 | 95.79 | 10,763,191 | 4.21 | 97,464 | 255,773,387 | 56.48 |
| 9 | To re-elect Ms MG Hassall as a Director | 242,710,235 | 94.89 | 13,081,852 | 5.11 | 104,107 | 255,792,087 | 56.48 |
| 10 | To elect Mr M Saddiq as a Director | 249,940,839 | 97.72 | 5,843,472 | 2.28 | 111,883 | 255,784,311 | 56.48 |
| 11 | To re-elect Mr CG Watson as a Director | 243,654,229 | 95.26 | 12,137,163 | 4.74 | 104,802 | 255,791,392 | 56.48 |
| 12 | To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor | 254,733,854 | 99.59 | 1,048,106 | 0.41 | 114,276 | 255,781,960 | 56.48 |
| 13 | To authorise the Risk Management and Audit Committee to agree the remuneration of the auditor | 255,754,251 | 99.97 | 67,049 | 0.03 | 74,966 | 255,821,300 | 56.49 |
| 14 | To authorise pollical donations | 254,503,312 | 99.66 | 867,722 | 0.34 | 548,131 | 255,371,034 | 56.39 |
| 15 | To approve the amendment of the Sharesave Scheme rules | 255,484,777 | 99.91 | 223,841 | 0.09 | 185,926 | 255,708,618 | 56.46 |
| 16 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares | 248,945,957 | 97.32 | 6,867,201 | 2.68 | 83,036 | 255,813,158 | 56.49 |
| 17 | To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights (general) | 251,724,771 | 98.43 | 4,012,695 | 1.57 | 158,263 | 255,737,466 | 56.47 |
| 18 | To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights (acquisition or specified capital investment) | 249,676,897 | 97.63 | 6,068,891 | 2.37 | 149,295 | 255,745,788 | 56.47 |
| 19 | To authorise the Company to make market purchases of the Company's ordinary shares of 1p each | 254,491,803 | 99.64 | 928,785 | 0.36 | 475,606 | 255,420,588 | 56.40 |
| 20 | To authorise the Company to call general meetings, other than annual general meetings, on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 250,144,094 | 97.77 | 5,715,212 | 2.23 | 57,957 | 255,859,306 | 56.50 |
| 21 | To declare a final dividend of 3.48p per ordinary share | 255,302,692 | 99.78 | 554,407 | 0.22 | 70,738 | 255,857,099 | 56.50 |
Notes:
1. Expressed as a percentage of all votes validly cast (and does not include votes withheld).
2. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes validly cast.
3. Expressed as a percentage of the total issued share capital on 12 November 2024. The number of ordinary shares in issue on 12 November 2024 was 452,875,390. There are no shares held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company as at 12 November 2024 was 452,875,390.
Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. Resolutions 1 to 16 (inclusive) and resolution 21 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 17 to 20 (inclusive) were passed as special resolutions.
A copy of all resolutions passed, other than those concerning ordinary business, will today be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism in accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.2. 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:
| Kier Group plc | |
| Jaime Tham Company Secretary | +44 (0) 7801 975 672 |
| FTI Consulting | |
| Richard Mountain | +44 (0) 20 3727 1340 |
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