Result of AGM

RNS Number : 7032W

Kerry Group PLC

28 April 2016

 

REGULATORY Announcement

28 April 2016

Kerry Group plc

Result of Annual General Meeting

The Directors of the Company wish to announce that all resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company, held on Wednesday 27 April 2016, were passed. 

All resolutions were approved on a show of hands at the meeting. The results of the proxy votes received in advance of the meeting are reported below.

RESOLUTION		FOR	AGAINST	WITHHELD
1	Reports and Accounts	100,150,590	19,284	3,150
2	Declaration of Dividend	100,168,020	1,854	3,150
3(a)	To re-elect Mr Michael Ahern	67,636,374	31,829,410	707,240
3(b)	To re-elect Mr Gerry Behan	97,707,792	2,305,390	159,842
3(c)	To re-elect Dr Hugh Brady	99,979,403	187,779	5,842
3(d)	To re-elect Mr Patrick Casey	64,660,619	34,805,165	707,240
3(e)	To re-elect Mr James Devane	64,828,399	34,637,385	707,240
3(f)	To re-elect Dr Karin Dorrepaal	99,699,062	357,964	115,998
3(g)	To re-elect Mr Michael Dowling	94,560,709	5,305,525	306,790
3(h)	To re-elect Ms Joan Garahy	100,025,318	141,864	5,842
3(i)	To re-elect Mr Flor Healy	97,867,585	2,300,173	5,266
3(j)	To re-elect Mr James Kenny	99,986,549	180,633	5,842
3(k)	To re-elect Mr Stan McCarthy	99,058,813	1,108,945	5,266
3(l)	To re-elect Mr Brian Mehigan	97,599,912	2,413,846	159,266
3(m)	To re-elect Mr Tom Moran	99,981,992	185,190	5,842
3(n)	To re-elect Mr John Joseph O'Connor	65,338,403	34,127,381	707,240
3(o)	To re-elect Mr Philip Toomey	100,031,477	135,705	5,842
4	Appointment of Auditors	99,957,220	212,131	3,673
5	Remuneration of Auditors	99,133,063	1,034,491	5,470
6	Directors Remuneration Report	96,591,185	2,351,106	1,230,733
7	Authority to issue Ordinary Shares	99,996,043	173,481	3,500
8	Disapplication of pre-emption rights	90,969,281	9,194,795	8,948
9	Authority to make market purchases of the Company's Ordinary Shares	99,541,326	626,840	4,858

The "Vote Withheld" option is provided to enable abstention on any particular resolution.  However, it should be noted that a "Vote Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "For" and "Against" a resolution.

The full text of each resolution was included in the notice of the AGM circulated to shareholders on 29 March 2016.

In accordance with the Listing Rules, copies of the resolutions passed at the AGM have been forwarded to both the Irish Stock Exchange and the UK's National Storage Mechanism and are available for inspection at the following locations:

Companies Announcement Office

Irish Stock Exchange

28 Anglesea Street

Dublin 2

Ireland

And

http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

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For further information please contact:

Brian Durran, Company Secretary, Kerry Group plc. Tel no:  [phone] Email:  [e-mail] Kerry Web Site:  www.kerrygroup.com

 

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