Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2399E

Kerry Group PLC

04 May 2017

 

4 May 2017

Kerry Group

Regulatory Announcement

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 Thursday 4 May 2017, 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	Report & Accounts	101,166,162	39,528	383,364
2	Declaration of Dividend	101,569,797	1,040	18,217
3 (a)	To re-elect Mr Gerry Behan	100,605,590	963,352	20,112
3 (b)	To re-elect Dr Hugh Brady	101,056,763	513,007	19,284
3 (c)	To re-elect Dr Karin Dorrepaal	101,061,063	371,196	156,795
3 (d)	To re-elect Mr Michael Dowling	99,591,864	1,977,729	19,461
3 (e)	To re-elect Ms Joan Garahy	101,361,294	208,158	19,602
3 (f)	To re-elect Mr Flor Healy	100,625,292	944,301	19,461
3 (g)	To re-elect Mr James Kenny	101,090,722	479,048	19,284
3 (h)	To re-elect Mr Stan McCarthy	100,678,230	871,488	39,336
3 (i)	To re-elect Mr Brian Mehigan	100,658,680	910,913	19,461
3 (j)	To re-elect Mr Tom Moran	101,154,727	415,043	19,284
3 (k)	To re-elect Mr Philip Toomey	101,203,334	366,436	19,284
4	Remuneration of Auditors	101,438,510	132,155	18,389
5	Directors Remuneration Report	98,216,695	3,216,421	155,938
6	Authority to issue Ordinary Shares	101,403,693	161,184	24,177
7	Disapplication of pre-emption rights	94,565,502	6,999,231	24,321
8	Authority to make market purchases of the Company's Ordinary Shares	101,488,969	57,300	42,785

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 4 April 2017.

In accordance with 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

Contact Information

Company Secretarial
Brian Durran	Company Secretary		[phone]	[e-mail]
Website
www.kerrygroup.com

 

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