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KIER GROUP PLC Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2016

Oct 17, 2016

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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement

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Attendance card – Kier Group plc

Annual General Meeting

KIER

Kier Group plc Annual General Meeting – 12.00 noon on Friday, 18 November 2016 - Andaz Hotel, 40 Liverpool Street, London EC2M 7QN

If you wish to attend the Annual General Meeting, please sign this card and hand it in on arrival at the meeting.

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Form of proxy – Kier Group plc

Annual General Meeting

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I/We the undersigned, being (a) holder(s) of ordinary shares in Kier Group plc (the 'Company'), hereby appoint the chairman of the meeting or (see note 1 overleaf)

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as my/our proxy to attend, speak and vote on my/our behalf at the annual general meeting of the Company to be held at 12.00 noon on Friday, 18 November 2016 and at any adjournment thereof (the 'Meeting').

Please indicate below by inserting 'X' in the appropriate box the way in which your proxy is to vote. If you do not do so, your proxy can vote as they choose or can decide not to vote at all. The 'withheld' option is provided to enable you to instruct your proxy not to vote on any particular resolution. It should be noted that a vote withheld in this way is not a vote in law and will not be counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes 'For' and 'Against' a resolution.

☐ Please tick here if this proxy appointment is one of multiple appointments being made. For the appointment of more than one proxy, please refer to note 1 overleaf.

Resolutions

  1. To receive the annual report and accounts for the year ended 30 June 2016
  2. To approve the remuneration report (excluding the summary of the directors' remuneration policy) for the year ended 30 June 2016
  3. To declare a final dividend of 43.0p per share in respect of the year ended 30 June 2016
  4. To re-elect Mr J R Atkinson as a director
  5. To re-elect Mrs A K Bashforth as a director
  6. To re-elect Mr N P Brook as a director
  7. To re-elect Mr B E J Dew as a director
  8. To re-elect Mr H J Mursell as a director
  9. To re-elect Mr N A Turner as a director
  10. To re-elect Mr C Veritiero as a director
11. To re-elect Mr P M White as a director
12. To re-elect Mr N P Winser as a director
13. To elect Mrs C F Baroudel as a director
14. To elect Mr A C Walker as a director
15. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the auditor
16. To authorise the directors to agree the remuneration of the auditor
17. To renew the directors' authority to allot shares
18. To renew the directors' authority to disapply pre-emption rights
19. To renew the directors' authority to disapply pre-emption rights - limited to an acquisition or specified capital investment
20. To allow meetings other than annual general meetings to be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice

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Notes

  1. As a member of the Company, you are entitled to appoint a proxy to exercise all or any of your rights to attend, speak and vote on your behalf at the Meeting. Completion of a form of proxy will not preclude you from attending the Meeting and voting in person. You may appoint more than one proxy by contacting Capita Asset Services, The Registry, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 4TU, provided each proxy is appointed to exercise rights attached to different shares. A proxy need not be a member of the Company. If you wish to appoint a proxy other than the chairman of the Meeting, please delete the words 'the chairman of the meeting or', initial the deletion and print the name of your proxy in the space provided.

  2. This form of proxy must be signed and dated by the appointer or his/her attorney duly authorised in writing or, if the appointer is a corporation, it must be executed under its common seal or be signed by an officer or attorney duly authorised by the corporation.

  3. In the case of joint holders, only one need sign the form but the names of all holders should be stated. The vote of the senior holder who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy, will be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders. Seniority will be determined by the order in which the names of the holders appear in the register of members.

  4. To be valid, this form of proxy and any form of authority under which it is executed must be lodged with the Company's registrars, using the enclosed pre-paid envelope addressed to PXS1, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, BR3 4ZF, by no later than 12.00 noon on Wednesday, 16 November 2016.

  5. Alternatively, shareholders may submit their proxy vote electronically via www.kier.co.uk/vote. From there, shareholders can log in to their Capita share portal account or register for the Capita share portal by following the on-screen instructions.

  6. CREST members may submit their proxy vote electronically using the procedures described in the CREST manual. All messages relating to the proxy must be transmitted so as to be received by Capita Asset Services by 12.00 noon on Wednesday, 16 November 2016.

  7. Further information relevant to proxies is set out in the notice of the Meeting which accompanies this form.

  8. Any alterations made to this form of proxy should be initialed.