Keller Group plc (the "Company")

Company No. 02442580

RESOLUTIONS

At the Annual General Meeting of the members of the Company

Held at the offices of DLA Piper UK LLP, 160 Aldersgate Street, London

EC1A 4HT on Wednesday 15 May 2024 at 10:00am

The following Resolutions were duly passed as an Ordinary Resolutions:

14. THAT, pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the 'Act'), the Directors be and are generally and unconditionally authorised to exercise all powers of the Company to allot shares in the Company or to grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares in the Company:

  1. up to an aggregate nominal amount of £2,425,887; and
  2. comprising equity securities (as defined in section 560(1) of the Act) up to a further aggregate nominal amount of £2,425,887 in connection with an offer by way of a rights issue:
    1. to holders of Ordinary Shares in the capital of the Company in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the respective numbers of Ordinary Shares held by them; and
    2. to holders of other equity securities in the capital of the Company, as required by the rights of those securities or, subject to such rights, as the Directors otherwise consider necessary, but subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors may deem necessary or expedient in relation to treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates or any legal or practical problems under the laws of any territory or the requirements of any regulatory body or stock exchange, provided that (unless previously revoked, varied or renewed) this authority shall expire at the conclusion of the next AGM of the Company after the passing of this resolution or on 14 August 2025 (whichever is the earlier), save that the Company may make an offer or agreement before this authority expires which would or might require shares to be allotted or rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares to be granted after this authority expires and the Directors may allot shares or grant such rights pursuant to any such offer or agreement as if this authority had not expired. This authority is in substitution for all existing authorities

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under section 551 of the Act (which, to the extent unused at the date of this resolution, are revoked with immediate effect)

18. To authorise, generally and unconditionally, the Company and all companies which are subsidiaries of the Company during the period when this resolution

18 has effect, in accordance with sections 366 and 367 of the Act to:

  1. make political donations to political parties or independent election candidates not exceeding £50,000 in total;
  2. make political donations to political organisations other than political parties not exceeding £50,000 in total; and
  3. incur political expenditure not exceeding £50,000 in total, (as such terms are defined in the Act), during the period beginning with the date of the passing of this resolution and expiring at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company provided that the authorised sums referred to in paragraphs i), ii) and iii) above, may be comprised of one or more amounts in different currencies which, for the purposes of calculating the said sums, shall be converted into pounds sterling at the exchange rate published in the London edition of the Financial Times on the date on which the relevant donation is made or expenditure incurred (or the first business day thereafter) or, if earlier, on the day on which the Company enters into any contract or undertaking in relation to the same

The following Resolutions were duly passed as Special Resolutions:

15. THAT, subject to the passing of resolution 14 and pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of the Act, the Directors be and are generally empowered to allot equity securities (within the meaning of section 560 of the Act) for cash pursuant to the authority granted by resolution 14 and to sell Ordinary Shares held by the Company as treasury shares for cash as if section 561(1) of the Act did not apply to any such allotment or sale, provided that this power shall be limited:

  1. to the allotment of equity securities or sale of treasure shares in connection with an offer of equity securities (whether by way of a rights issue, open offer or otherwise, but, in the case of an allotment pursuant to the authority granted by resolution 14(ii), such power shall be limited to the allotment of equity securities in connection with an offer by way of a rights issue):
    1. to holders of Ordinary Shares in the capital of the Company in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the respective numbers of Ordinary Shares held by them; and
    2. to holders of other equity securities in the capital of the Company, as required by the rights of those securities or, subject to such rights, as the Directors otherwise consider necessary,

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but subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors may deem necessary or expedient in relation to treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates or any legal or practical problems under the laws of any territory or the requirements of any regulatory body or stock exchange; and

  1. to the allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares (otherwise than under paragraph (i) above) up to an aggregate nominal amount of £727,766; and
  2. to the allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares (otherwise than under paragraph (i) or paragraph (ii) above) up to a nominal amount equal to 20% of any allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares from time to time under paragraph (ii) above, such authority to be used only for the purpose of making a follow-on offer which the Board of the Company determines to be of a kind contemplated by paragraph 3 of Section 2B of the Statement of Principles on Disapplying Pre-Emption Rights most recently published by the Pre-Emption Group prior to the date of this notice,

and (unless previously revoked, varied or renewed) this power shall expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company after the passing of this resolution or on 14 August 2025 (whichever is the earlier), save that the Company may make an offer or agreement before this power expires which would or might require equity securities to be allotted or treasury shares to be sold for cash after this power expires and the Directors may allot equity securities or sell treasury shares for cash pursuant to any such offer or agreement as if this power had not expired.

This power is in substitution for all existing powers under sections 570 and 573 of the Act (which, to the extent unused at the date of this resolution, are revoked with immediate effect).

16. THAT, subject to the passing of resolutions 14 and 15, the Directors be and are generally empowered in addition to any authority granted under resolution 15 to allot equity securities (within the meaning of section 560 of the Act) for cash pursuant to the authority granted by resolution 14 and to sell Ordinary Shares held by the Company as treasury shares for cash as if section 561(1) of the Act did not apply to any such allotment or sale, provided that this power shall be limited to the allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares:

  1. limited to the allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares up to an aggregate nominal amount of £727,766; and such authority to be used only for the purposes of financing (or refinancing, if the authority is to be used within 12 months after the original transaction) a transaction which the Board of the

Company determines to be an acquisition or a specified capital investment of a kind contemplated by the Statement of Principles on Disapplying Pre-emption Rights most recently

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published by the Pre-emption Group prior to the date of this notice, and

  1. limited to the allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares (otherwise than under paragraph (i) above) up to a nominal amount equal to 20% of any allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares from time to time under paragraph (i) above, such authority to be used only for the purposes of making a follow-on offer which the Board of the Company determines to be of a kind contemplated by paragraph 3 of Section 2B of the Statement of Principles on Disapplying Pre-Emption Group prior to the date of this notice,

and (unless previously revoked, varied and renewed) this power shall expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company after the passing of this resolution or on 14 August 2025 (whichever is the earlier), save that the Company may make an offer or agreement before this power expires which would or might require equity securities to be allotted or treasury shares to be sold for cash after this power expires and the Directors may allot equity securities or sell treasury shares for cash pursuant to any such offer or agreement as if this power had not expired.

17. THAT, pursuant to section 701 of the Act, the Company be and is hereby granted general and unconditional authority to make market purchases (within the meaning of section 693(4) of the Act) of up to in aggregate 7,277,660 of its Ordinary Shares (representing 10% of the Company's issued Ordinary Share capital at the date of this notice) provided that:

  1. the maximum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid for an Ordinary Share is the higher of: (a) an amount equal to not more than 5% above the average of the middle market quotations for the Ordinary Shares taken from the London Stock Exchange plc Daily Official List for the five business days immediately preceding the day on which the purchase is made; and (b) an amount equal to the higher of the price of the last independent trade of an Ordinary Share and the highest current independent bid for an Ordinary Share on the trading venue where the purchase is carried out; and
  2. the minimum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid for an Ordinary Share is 10p, and (unless previously revoked, varied or renewed) the authority conferred by this resolution shall expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company after the passing of this resolution or on 14 August 2025 (whichever is the earlier) except that the Company may, before such expiry, enter into a contract for the purchase of its own shares under which such purchase would or may require to be completed or executed wholly or partly after the expiration of this authority and may make a purchase of Ordinary Shares pursuant to any such contract as if the said authority had not expired.

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19. THAT a General Meeting of the Company (other than an Annual General

Meeting) may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.

This information is provided in compliance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R.

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