14 December 2021

Kin and Carta plc

Results of Annual General Meeting 2021

Kin and Carta plc (the 'Company') announces that at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held earlier today, all resolutions contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting 2021 were passed. The results of the poll held at the AGM are shown in the table below. 

At today's AGM, Chairman John Kerr told shareholders: "With our evolution into a pure play digital transformation business complete, we remain confident of delivering on our ambition to achieve organic growth which doubles net revenue over the next four years. Our strengthened balance sheet gives us significant headroom for acquisitions and we have accelerated the search for the right opportunities. Demand for our services is continuing to grow and our pipeline of new business opportunities is stronger than it has ever been. As demand for digital transformation continues to rise, a key driver of growth is the ability to attract and retain quality talent. Our recent certification as the first B Corp on the London Stock Exchange, and the expansion of our LTIP programme to more of our workforce will continue to make Kin + Carta a recognised best place to work. Momentum at Kin + Carta is building and we look forward to announcing our half year results in early March".

As previously disclosed, Helen Stevenson has retired from the Board today following the AGM, having served as a non-executive director since May 2012. On this, John Kerr shared: "I would like to express my thanks to Helen for her contribution to the Company and for the role she played during its remarkable transition. We wish her well."

*Votes for include discretionary votes

**A vote withheld is a not a vote in law and is not counted in the votes for or against a resolution

As at 10 December 2021, the AGM voting record date, there were 174,314,422 ordinary shares of 10p in issue, of which the Company holds 90,637 shares in Treasury. Therefore, the total number of shares with full voting rights in the Company on 10 December 2021 was 174,223,785.

In accordance with (i) Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of the resolutions that do not constitute ordinary business at an AGM; and (ii) Listing Rule 9.2.6E a copy of the articles of association; have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

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About Kin + Carta

Kin + Carta is a London Stock Exchange-listed global digital transformation consultancy committed to working alongside clients to build a world that works better for everyone.

Kin + Carta's 1,600 strategists, engineers and creatives around the world bring the connective power of technology, data and experience to the world's most influential companies - helping them to accelerate their digital roadmap, rapidly innovate, modernise their systems, enable their teams and optimise for continued growth. Headquartered in London and Chicago with offices across three continents, the border-less model of service allows for the best minds to be connected to collaborate on client challenges.

With purpose at its core, Kin + Carta became the first publicly-traded business on the London Stock Exchange to achieve B Corp certification as a PLC. It meets the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency and accountability to balance the triple bottom line of people, planet and profit.

For more information, please visit https://www.kinandcarta.com.

Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking statements

This Announcement may contain "forward-looking statements" with respect to certain of the Company's plans and its current goals and expectations relating to its future financial condition, performance, strategic initiatives, objectives and results. Forward-looking statements sometimes use words such as "aim", "anticipate", "target", "expect", "estimate", "intend", "plan", "goal", "believe", "seek", "may", "could", "outlook" or other words of similar meaning.  By their nature, all forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they are based on numerous assumptions regarding the Company's present and future business strategies, relate to future events and depend on circumstances which are or may be beyond the control of the Company which could cause actual results or trends to differ materially from those made in or suggested by the forward-looking statements in this Announcement, including, but not limited to, domestic and global economic business conditions; market-related risks such as fluctuations in interest rates; the policies and actions of governmental and regulatory authorities; the effect of competition, inflation and deflation; the effect of legislative, fiscal, tax and regulatory developments in the jurisdictions in which the Company and its respective affiliates operate; the effect of volatility in the equity, capital and credit markets on profitability and ability to access capital and credit; a decline in credit ratings of the Company; the effect of operational and integration risks; an unexpected decline in sales for the Company; inability to realise anticipated synergies; any limitations of internal financial reporting controls; and the loss of key personnel.  Any forward-looking statements made in this Announcement by or on behalf of the Company speak only as of the date they are made.  Save as required by the Market Abuse Regulation, the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules, the Listing Rules or by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements and will not publicly release any revisions it may make to these forward-looking statements that may occur due to any change in its expectations or to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Announcement.