Kerry Group PLC
18 May 2007
KERRY GROUP PLC
RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
18 May 2007
The Directors of the Company wish to announce that all resolutions proposed at
the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company, held on Friday 18th May 2007,
were passed. In addition to the ordinary business of the meeting, all
resolutions considered under special business were passed. In summary these
were:
(1) To renew the authority of the Board of Directors to allot shares in the
Company. This authority will expire on 18th August 2008 unless and to the
extent that it is renewed, revoked or extended prior to such date.
(2) To renew the power given to the Board of Directors to allot shares in the
Company for cash on a non pro-rata basis should it so decide, provided that
the maximum number of shares to be allotted under the authority shall not
exceed in aggregate the equivalent of 5% of the issued ordinary shares at
the date the resolution is passed. The authority shall likewise expire on
18th August 2008 unless and to the extent that it is renewed, revoked or
extended prior to that date.
(3) To renew the authority of the Company to make market purchases of its own
shares in accordance with the provisions contained in the Company's
Articles of Association. The maximum amount of shares that may be
purchased by the Company under this authority is 5% of the issued share
capital at the date the resolution is passed. This authority will expire
on the date of the AGM in 2008.
The full text of each resolution was included in the notice of the AGM
circulated to shareholders on 13th April, 2007.
In accordance with the Listing Rules, copies of the resolutions passed at the
AGM have been forwarded to both the Irish Stock Exchange and the Financial
Services Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the following
locations:-
Company Announcement Office, Financial Services Authority,
Irish Stock Exchange, 25 The North Colonnade,
28 Anglesea Street, Canary Wharf,
Dublin 2, Ireland. London E14 5HS, United Kingdom.
The Company also announces that 2,800,000 A Ordinary shares, held as Treasury
shares, have been cancelled. Following this cancellation the number of A
Ordinary Shares in issue is 182,472,935.
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