Results of EGM

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Smurfit Kappa Group PLC
05 February 2021
 

 

 

5 February 2021

Regulatory Announcement

 

Smurfit Kappa Group plc

 

("Smurfit Kappa" or the "Company")

 

 

Results of Extraordinary General Meeting

 

Smurfit Kappa announces that all resolutions proposed at the Extraordinary General Meeting ("EGM") of the Company held today, 5 February 2021, were duly passed by way off a poll.

 

Resolutions 1 to 3 (inclusive) were passed as special resolutions. The full text of each resolution was set out in the Notice of EGM which was contained in the circular made available to shareholders on 12 January 2021 (the "Circular"). The Circular is available on the Company's website at https://www.smurfitkappa.com/investors/egm2021

 

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

 

Resolution 1

 

To approve the Migration of the Migrating Shares to Euroclear Bank's central securities depository.

 

Resolution 1

Votes For

%

Votes Against

%

Total Votes Cast

Votes

Withheld*

180,555,441

99.54

833,109

0.46

181,388,550

4,047

 

Resolution 2

 

To approve and adopt new Articles of Association.

 

Resolution 2

Votes For

%

Votes Against

%

Total Votes Cast

Votes

Withheld*

181,385,181

99.99

3,357

0.01

181,388,538

4,059

 

 

 

 

 

Resolution 3

 

To authorise the Company to take all actions to implement the Migration.

 

Resolution 3

Votes For

%

Votes Against

%

Total Votes Cast

Votes

Withheld*

181,385,193

99.99

3,357

0.01

181,388,550

4,047

 

* 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 Cast shown.

 

In accordance with the listing rules of the Irish Stock Exchange t/a Euronext Dublin and the London Stock Exchange, copies of the above resolutions and the Company's updated constitution will shortly be submitted to the Irish Stock Exchange t/a Euronext Dublin and to the UK's National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at the following locations:

 

§ Euronext Dublin - Company Announcements Office, The Irish Stock Exchange t/a Euronext Dublin, 28 Anglesea Street, Dublin 2 (T: +353 1 617 4200 ); 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 7152

E: egm@smurfitkappa.com

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