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KIER GROUP PLC AGM Information 2022

Nov 17, 2022

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KIER GROUP PLC

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Kier Group plc (the "Company") announces the results of its Annual General Meeting held on 17 November 2022. The voting was held on a poll and the results for each resolution were as follows:

Resolution Votes for %
votes
for1
Votes
against
% votes
Against
1
Votes
Withheld2
Total votes
validly cast2
%
3
voted
1 To receive the Annual Report and
Accounts for the year ended 30 June 2022
282,784,431 99.97 74,245 0.03 426,690 282,851,867 63.38
2 To approve the Directors' Remuneration
Report for the year ended 30 June 2022
114,804,771 56.01 90,166,133 43.99 78,314,462 204,964,095 45.93
3 To re-elect Mr MJ Lester as a Director 261,765,342 92.46 21,341,111 7.54 178,913 283,099,644 63.44
4 To re-elect Mr AOB Davies as a Director 279,517,660 98.71 3,666,516 1.29 94,381 283,184,176 63.45
5 To re-elect Mr SJ Kesterton as a Director 282,675,684 99.83 494,768 0.17 108,105 283,170,452 63.45
6 To re-elect Mr JR Atkinson as a Director 261,588,902 92.37 21,598,960 7.63 90,695 283,187,862 63.46
7 To re-elect Ms AJ Atkinson as a Director 261,607,403 92.39 21,551,380 7.61 119,774 283,158,783 63.45
8 To elect Ms MC Browne OBE as a Director 282,341,728 99.70 843,500 0.30 93,329 283,185,228 63.45
9 To re-elect Dame HV Rabbatts as a
Director
247,285,529 87.33 35,884,760 12.67 115,077 283,163,480 63.45
10 To re-elect Mr CG Watson as a Director 261,066,594 92.20 22,099,928 7.80 112,035 283,166,522 63.45
11 To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP as auditor
276,485,158 97.63 6,709,920 2.37 83,479 283,195,078 63.46
12 To authorise the Risk Management and
Audit Committee to agree the remuneration
of the auditor
282,915,303 99.90 285,445 0.10 77,809 283,200,748 63.46
13 To authorise pollical donations 281,190,253 99.31 1,957,521 0.69 130,783 283,147,774 63.45
14 To authorise the Directors to allot shares 280,880,664 99.21 2,248,807 0.79 141,586 283,129,471 63.44
15 To authorise the Directors to disapply pre
emption rights (general)
281,517,433 99.42 1,632,156 0.58 128,968 283,149,589 63.45
16 To authorise the Directors to disapply pre
emption rights (acquisition or specified
capital investment)
281,316,263 99.35 1,838,287 0.65 124,007 283,154,550 63.45
17 To authorise the Company to call general
meetings, other than annual general
meetings, on not less than 14 clear days'
notice
279,634,320 98.75 3,551,522 1.25 92,715 283,185,842 63.45

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 15 November 2022. The number of ordinary shares in issue on 15 November 2022 was 446,280,998.

Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. Resolutions 1 to 14 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 15 to 17 (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 56.01% of votes in favour.

Prior to the AGM, the Company engaged with its largest shareholders on Directors' long-term incentives and the Remuneration Committee will reflect carefully on the points that they have raised. The Remuneration Committee is commencing its triennial review of the Remuneration Policy and will continue to engage with as many shareholders as possible during 2023 to understand their views. The Policy will be put to shareholders for consideration at the AGM in 2023. In accordance with the UK Corporate Governance Code, the Company will publish an update within the next six months of this AGM.

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