Result of AGM

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Smurfit Kappa Group PLC
29 April 2022
 

 

 

29 April 2022

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, 29 April 2022, were duly passed by way of a poll.

 

Resolutions 1 to 6 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 7 to 10 (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 2022 (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 2021 and reports of Directors and Statutory Auditor thereon

184,939,539

99.89

197,252

0.11

185,136,791


66,240

Resolution 2

Consideration of the Directors' Remuneration Report

169,400,028

94.02

10,766,949

5.98

180,166,977


5,036,054

Resolution 3

Declaration of dividend

184,876,888

99.82

325,808

0.18

185,202,696


335

Resolution 4(a)

Re-election of Irial Finan

172,819,337

93.31

12,383,258

6.69

185,202,595


436

Resolution 4(b)

Re-election of Anthony Smurfit

183,625,537

99.15

1,577,159

0.85

185,202,696


335

Resolution 4(c)

Re-election of Ken Bowles

183,850,933

99.27

1,351,663

0.73

185,202,596


435

Resolution 4(d)

Re-election of Anne Anderson

178,336,352

96.29

6,866,344

3.71

185,202,696


335

Resolution 4(e)

Re-election of Frits Beurskens

168,527,969

91.00

16,674,627

9.00

185,202,596


435

Resolution 4(f)

Re-election of Carol Fairweather

184,249,378

99.49

953,318

0.51

185,202,696


335

Resolution 4(g)

Re-election of Kaisa Hietala

184,249,478

99.49

953,218

0.51

185,202,696


335

Resolution 4(h)

Re-election of James Lawrence

173,414,557

93.64

11,788,039

6.36

185,202,596


435

Resolution 4(i)

Re-election of Lourdes Melgar

184,245,220

99.48

957,376

0.52

185,202,596


435

Resolution 4(j)

Re-election of John Moloney

179,230,032

97.09

5,363,659

2.91

184,593,691


609,340

Resolution 4(k)

Re-election of Jørgen Buhl Rasmussen

182,916,187

98.77

2,286,409

1.23

185,202,596


435

Resolution 4(l)

Re-election of Gonzalo Restrepo

169,217,397

91.37

15,985,187

8.63

185,202,584


447

Resolution 5

Remuneration of the Statutory Auditor

184,993,091

99.89

197,307

0.11

185,190,398


12,633

Resolution 6

Authority to allot shares

180,745,944

97.60

4,444,354

2.40

185,190,298


12,733

Resolution 7

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

183,917,733

99.31

1,272,763

0.69

185,190,496


12,535

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 a further 5% of SKG's total issued ordinary share capital in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment

182,149,212

98.36

3,041,284

1.64

185,190,496


12,535

Resolution 9

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

184,491,779

99.66

634,642

0.34

185,126,421


76,610

Resolution 10

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

164,808,957

88.99

20,393,739

11.01

185,202,696


335

 

* 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 7152

E: agm@smurfitkappa.com

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