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Smurfit Kappa Group PLC
28 April 2023
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
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Resolution 2
Consideration of
the Directors' Remuneration
Report 156,754,868 86.51 24,437,034 13.49 181,191,902 2,862,012
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Resolution 3
Declaration of dividend 184,033,129 100.00 28 0.00 184,033,157 20,757
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Resolution 4
Election of Mary
Lynn Ferguson-McHugh 182,921,078 99.40 1,111,579 0.60 184,032,657 21,257
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Resolution 5(a)
Re-election of Irial
Finan 170,528,077 92.66 13,504,695 7.34 184,032,772 21,142
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Resolution 5(b)
Re-election of Anthony
Smurfit 182,718,562 99.29 1,314,210 0.71 184,032,772 21,142
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Resolution 5(c)
Re-election of Ken
Bowles 182,023,740 98.91 2,009,032 1.09 184,032,772 21,142
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Resolution 5(d)
Re-election of Anne
Anderson 176,192,113 95.74 7,840,659 4.26 184,032,772 21,142
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Resolution 5(e)
Re-election of Frits
Beurskens 167,923,997 91.25 16,108,775 8.75 184,032,772 21,142
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Resolution 5(f)
Re-election of Carol
Fairweather 182,159,673 98.98 1,873,099 1.02 184,032,772 21,142
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Resolution 5(g)
Re-election of Kaisa
Hietala 182,070,994 98.93 1,961,778 1.07 184,032,772 21,142
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Resolution 5(h)
Re-election of James
Lawrence 175,811,435 95.53 8,221,337 4.47 184,032,772 21,142
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Resolution 5(i)
Re-election of Lourdes
Melgar 181,735,453 98.75 2,297,319 1.25 184,032,772 21,142
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Resolution 5(j)
Re-election of Jørgen
Buhl Rasmussen 181,049,811 98.38 2,982,961 1.62 184,032,772 21,142
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Resolution 6
Remuneration of
the Statutory Auditor 184,032,005 100.00 767 0.00 184,032,772 21,142
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Resolution 7
Authority to allot
shares 179,502,235 97.54 4,530,807 2.46 184,033,042 20,872
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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
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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
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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
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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
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* 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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