Result of AGM

Smurfit Kappa Group PLC
28 April 2023
 

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28 April 2023

Regulatory Announcement

 

Smurfit Kappa Group plc

 

("Smurfit Kappa" or the "Company")

 

 

Results of Annual General Meeting

 

 

Smurfit Kappa announces that all resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of the Company held today, 28 April 2023, were duly passed by way of a poll.

 

Resolutions 1 to 7 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 8 to 11 (inclusive) were passed as special resolutions. The full text of each resolution was set out in the Notice of AGM which was posted and made available to shareholders on 28 March 2023 (the "Notice"). The Notice is available on the Company's website at https://www.smurfitkappa.com/investors/agm

 

The results of the poll in respect of each resolution are as follows:

 

 

Resolution

FOR

%

AGAINST

%

TOTAL VOTES

 

VOTES WITHHELD*

Resolution 1

Consideration of financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2022 and reports of Directors and Statutory Auditor thereon

183,526,211

99.87

239,331

0.13

183,765,542


288,372

Resolution 2

Consideration of the Directors' Remuneration Report

156,754,868

86.51

24,437,034

13.49

181,191,902


2,862,012

Resolution 3

Declaration of dividend

184,033,129

100.00

28

0.00

184,033,157


20,757

Resolution 4

Election of Mary Lynn Ferguson-McHugh

182,921,078

99.40

1,111,579

0.60

184,032,657


21,257

Resolution 5(a)

Re-election of Irial Finan

170,528,077

92.66

13,504,695

7.34

184,032,772


21,142

Resolution 5(b)

Re-election of Anthony Smurfit

182,718,562

99.29

1,314,210

0.71

184,032,772


21,142

Resolution 5(c)

Re-election of Ken Bowles

182,023,740

98.91

2,009,032

1.09

184,032,772


21,142

Resolution 5(d)

Re-election of Anne Anderson

176,192,113

95.74

7,840,659

4.26

184,032,772


21,142

Resolution 5(e)

Re-election of Frits Beurskens

167,923,997

91.25

16,108,775

8.75

184,032,772


21,142

Resolution 5(f)

Re-election of Carol Fairweather

182,159,673

98.98

1,873,099

1.02

184,032,772


21,142

Resolution 5(g)

Re-election of Kaisa Hietala

182,070,994

98.93

1,961,778

1.07

184,032,772


21,142

Resolution 5(h)

Re-election of James Lawrence

175,811,435

95.53

8,221,337

4.47

184,032,772


21,142

Resolution 5(i)

Re-election of Lourdes Melgar

181,735,453

98.75

2,297,319

1.25

184,032,772


21,142

Resolution 5(j)

Re-election of Jørgen Buhl Rasmussen

181,049,811

98.38

2,982,961

1.62

184,032,772


21,142

Resolution 6

Remuneration of the Statutory Auditor

184,032,005

100.00

767

0.00

184,032,772


21,142

Resolution 7

Authority to allot shares

179,502,235

97.54

4,530,807

2.46

184,033,042


20,872

Resolution 8

Disapplication of statutory pre-emption rights in respect of the allotment of shares for cash up to an aggregate nominal value equal to 5% of SKG's total issued ordinary share capital

182,706,909

99.29

1,300,579

0.71

184,007,488


46,426

Resolution 9

Disapplication of statutory pre-emption rights in respect of the allotment of shares for cash up to an aggregate nominal value equal to a further 5% of SKG's total issued ordinary share capital in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment

181,434,919

98.60

2,572,569

1.40

184,007,488


46,426

Resolution 10

Authority to make market purchases of the Company's own shares up to a maximum of 10% of the number of SKG's total issued ordinary share capital

182,875,950

99.42

1,065,505

0.58

183,941,455


112,459

Resolution 11

Authority to convene an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of SKG on not less than 14 days' notice, where the purpose of the meeting is to consider an ordinary resolution

165,309,254

90.32

17,715,352

9.68

183,024,606


1,029,308

 

* As a "Vote Withheld" is not a vote in law, it is not taken account in the calculation of the proportion of votes for and against the resolution or in the Total Votes shown.

 

In accordance with the listing rules of the Euronext Dublin and the London Stock Exchange, copies of all resolutions other than resolutions concerning ordinary business will shortly be submitted to the  Euronext Dublin and to the UK's National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at:

 

§ Euronext Dublin - https://direct.euronext.com/#/oamfiling ; and

 

§ UK National Storage Mechanism - https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

 

 

For further information on the announcement, please contact:

 

Gillian Carson-Callan

Secretary

T: +353 1 202 7000

E: agm@smurfitkappa.com

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