Result of AGM
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12 November 2026
Kier Group PLC – Result of Annual General Meeting
Kier Group plc (the “Company”) announces the results of its Annual General Meeting held on 12 November 2026. 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 2026 |
229,122,418 |
99.99% |
15,868 |
0.01% |
1,312,061 |
229,138,286 |
52.88 |
|
2 |
To approve the Directors’ Remuneration Policy |
227,021,915 |
98.61% |
3,209,655 |
1.39% |
195,987 |
230,231,570 |
53.14 |
|
3 |
To approve the Directors’ Remuneration report for the year ended 30 June 2026 |
223,858,448 |
97.24% |
6,359,173 |
2.76% |
209,936 |
230,217,621 |
53.13 |
|
4 |
To declare a final dividend for the year ended 30 June 2026 |
230,367,118 |
99.99% |
12,931 |
0.01% |
70,298 |
230,380,049 |
53.17 |
|
5 |
To elect Tom Hinton as a Director of the Company |
229,965,037 |
99.86% |
313,834 |
0.14% |
171,476 |
230,278,871 |
53.15 |
|
6 |
To re-elect Alison Atkinson as a Director of the Company (WITHDRAWN) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
7 |
To re-elect Anne Baldock as a Director of the Company |
225,511,895 |
97.93% |
4,759,142 |
2.07% |
179,310 |
230,271,037 |
53.14 |
|
8 |
To elect Chris Browne OBE as a Director of the Company |
225,541,194 |
97.94% |
4,733,147 |
2.06% |
176,006 |
230,274,341 |
53.14 |
|
9 |
To re-elect Matthew Lester as a Director of the Company |
215,908,934 |
93.76% |
14,380,451 |
6.24% |
154,255 |
230,289,385 |
53.15 |
|
10 |
To re-elect Mohammed Saddiq as a Director of the Company |
225,481,134 |
97.92% |
4,800,312 |
2.08% |
168,901 |
230,281,446 |
53.15 |
|
11 |
To re-elect Stuart Togwell as a Director of the Company |
219,463,901 |
95.29% |
10,858,891 |
4.71% |
128,352 |
230,322,792 |
53.16 |
|
12 |
To re-elect Clive Watson as a Director of the Company |
223,153,620 |
96.90% |
7,133,003 |
3.10% |
163,724 |
230,286,623 |
53.15 |
|
13 |
To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the auditor |
228,621,586 |
99.25% |
1,725,702 |
0.75% |
103,059 |
230,347,288 |
53.16 |
|
14 |
To authorise the Risk Management and Audit Committee to agree the remuneration of the auditor |
228,848,290 |
99.35% |
1,491,490 |
0.65% |
110,567 |
230,339,780 |
53.16 |
|
15 |
To authorise political donations |
228,349,325 |
99.21% |
1,818,674 |
0.79% |
283,367 |
230,167,999 |
53.12 |
|
16 |
To renew the Directors’ authority to allot shares |
224,791,519 |
97.57% |
5,602,093 |
2.43% |
56,735 |
230,393,612 |
53.17 |
|
17 |
To renew the Directors’ authority to disapply pre‑emption rights (general) |
225,615,825 |
97.95% |
4,725,552 |
2.05% |
108,970 |
230,341,377 |
53.16 |
|
18 |
To renew the Directors’ authority to disapply pre‑emption rights (acquisition or specified capital investment) |
222,081,627 |
96.40% |
8,286,058 |
3.60% |
112,662 |
230,367,685 |
53.17 |
|
19 |
To authorise the Company to make market purchases of the Company’s ordinary shares of 1p each |
229,255,515 |
99.95% |
115,032 |
0.05% |
1,080,819 |
229,370,547 |
52.94 |
|
20 |
To allow meetings other than annual general meetings to be called on not less than 14 clear days’ notice |
224,764,677 |
97.56% |
5,617,737 |
2.44% |
67,146 |
230,382,414 |
53.17 |
|
21 |
To approve the adoption of the new Articles of Association |
230,211,013 |
99.95% |
110,345 |
0.05% |
125,683 |
230,321,358 |
53.16 |
Notes:
- Expressed as a percentage of all votes validly cast (and does not include votes withheld).
- A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes validly cast.
- Expressed as a percentage of the total issued share capital, excluding treasury shares, on 10 November 2026. The number of ordinary shares in issue on 10 November 2026 was 452,875,390. 19,580,744 ordinary shares were held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company as at 10 November 2026 was 433,294,646.
Shareholders were entitled to one vote per share. Resolutions 1 to 5 and 7 to 16 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary resolutions. Resolutions 17 to 21 (inclusive) were passed as special resolutions. Resolution 6 was withdrawn.
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 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 |
|
|
Stephen Milne Company Secretary |
+44 (0) 7816 497 813 |
|
Investor Relations |
+44 (0) 7434 505 871 |
|
Kier Press Office |
+44 (0) 1767 355 096 |
|
FTI Consulting |
|
|
Richard Mountain |
+44 (0) 7909 684 466 |
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