Company Announcements

Result of AGM

Source: RNS
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Smurfit Kappa Group PLC
30 April 2021
 

 

 

30 April 2021

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, 30 April 2021, were duly passed by way of a poll.

 

Resolutions 1 to 8 (inclusive) and Resolution 13 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 9 to 12 (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 29 March 2021 (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 and reports of Directors and Statutory Auditor thereon

155,921,074

100.00

0

0.00

155,921,074


1,342,026

Resolution 2

Consideration of the Directors' Remuneration Report

150,927,438

96.17

6,020,064

3.83

156,947,502


315,598

Resolution 3

Consideration of the Remuneration Policy

146,576,022

93.96

9,420,688

6.04

155,996,710


1,266,390

Resolution 4

Declaration of dividend

156,977,058

99.82

283,680

0.18

157,260,738


2,362

Resolution 5

Election of Ms. Kaisa Hietala as a Director of the Company

156,742,877

99.67

517,861

0.33

157,260,738


2,362

Resolution 6(a)

Re-election of Irial Finan

145,640,064

92.62

11,620,674

7.38

157,260,738


2,362

Resolution 6(b)

Re-election of Anthony Smurfit

154,832,632

98.46

2,427,319

1.54

157,259,951


3,149

Resolution 6(c)

Re-election of Ken Bowles

154,482,764

98.23

2,777,974

1.77

157,260,738


2,362

Resolution 6(d)

Re-election of Anne Anderson

156,738,597

99.67

522,141

0.33

157,260,738


2,362

Resolution 6(e)

Re-election of Frits Beurskens

151,365,023

96.25

5,895,715

3.75

157,260,738


2,362

Resolution 6(f)

Re-election of Carol Fairweather

156,425,371

99.47

835,367

0.53

157,260,738


2,362

Resolution 6(g)

Re-election of James Lawrence

153,202,267

97.42

4,057,684

2.58

157,259,951


3,149

Resolution 6(h)

Re-election of Lourdes Melgar

156,739,799

99.67

520,939

0.33

157,260,738


2,362

Resolution 6(i)

Re-election of John Moloney

153,888,573

98.03

3,095,479

1.97

156,984,052


279,048

Resolution 6(j)

Re-election of Jørgen Buhl Rasmussen

153,768,857

98.55

2,257,753

1.45

156,026,610


1,236,490

Resolution 6(k)

Re-election of Gonzalo Restrepo

149,645,091

95.16

7,615,647

4.84

157,260,738


2,362

Resolution 7

Remuneration of the Statutory Auditor

157,260,668

100.00

0

0.00

157,260,668


2,432

Resolution 8

Authority to issue shares

155,913,476

99.14

1,347,192

0.86

157,260,668


2,432

Resolution 9

Renewal of the dis-application 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

156,775,334

99.69

485,334

0.31

157,260,668


2,432

Resolution 10

Grant additional authority for the 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

151,913,281

96.60

5,347,375

3.40

157,260,656


2,444

Resolution 11

Renewal of the 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

155,496,848

98.92

1,705,915

1.08

157,202,763


60,337

Resolution 12

Renewal of the 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

141,740,014

90.14

15,520,724

9.86

157,260,738


2,362

Resolution 13

To increase the maximum award opportunity in the rules of the 2018 Performance Share Plan

153,662,853

97.71

3,597,815

2.29

157,260,668


2,432

 

* 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 the following locations:

 

§ Euronext Dublin - Company Announcements Office, 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: agm@smurfitkappa.com

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