Result of AGM

Smurfit Kappa Group PLC
26 April 2024
 

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26 April 2024

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, 26 April 2024, 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 15 March 2024 (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 2023 and reports of Directors and Statutory Auditor thereon

      187,145,941

 

 

99.93%

 

          128,687

 

 

0.07%

 

      187,274,628

 


        622,741

 

Resolution 2

Consideration of the Directors' Remuneration Report

      182,509,250

 

 

97.13%

 

       5,383,960

 

 

2.87%

 

      187,893,210

 


            4,159

 

Resolution 3

To receive and consider the Remuneration Policy

      179,882,682

 

 

95.81%

 

       7,866,913

 

 

4.19%

 

      187,749,595

 


        147,774

 

Resolution 4

Declaration of dividend

      187,868,867

 

 

99.99%

 

            25,021

 

 

0.01%

 

      187,893,888

 


            3,481

 

Resolution 5(a)

Re-election of Irial Finan

      175,120,324

 

 

93.20%

 

      12,772,884

 

 

6.80%

 

      187,893,208

 


            4,161

 

Resolution 5(b)

Re-election of Anthony Smurfit

      186,886,669

 

 

99.46%

 

       1,006,541

 

 

0.54%

 

      187,893,210

 


            4,159

 

Resolution 5(c)

Re-election of Ken Bowles

      186,966,382

 

 

99.51%

 

          926,828

 

 

0.49%

 

      187,893,210

 


            4,159

 

Resolution 5(d)

Re-election of Anne Anderson

      179,279,372

 

 

96.09%

 

       7,302,753

 

 

3.91%

 

      186,582,125

 


     1,315,244

 

Resolution 5(e)

Re-election of Frits Beurskens

   

161,462,836

 

 

85.93%

 

      26,430,372

 

 

14.07%

 

      187,893,208

 


            4,161

 

Resolution 5(f)

Re-election of Carol Fairweather

 

 

186,876,891

 

99.46%

 

1,016,319

 

0.54%

 

187,893,210


 

4,159

Resolution 5(g)

Re-election of Mary Lynn Ferguson-McHugh

      187,537,988

 

 

99.81%

 

          355,222

 

 

0.19%

 

      187,893,210

 


            4,159

 

Resolution 5(h)

Re-election of Kaisa Hietala

      180,828,114

 

 

96.40%

 

       6,749,358

 

 

3.60%

 

      187,577,472

 


        319,897

 

Resolution 5(i)

Re-election of James Lawrence

      180,208,412

 

 

95.91%

 

       7,684,795

 

 

4.09%

 

      187,893,207

 


            4,162

 

Resolution 5(j)

Re-election of Lourdes Melgar

      186,714,837

 

 

99.37%

 

       1,178,373

 

 

0.63%

 

      187,893,210

 


            4,159

 

Resolution 5(j)

Re-election of Jørgen Buhl Rasmussen

      187,331,319

 

 

99.70%

 

          561,891

 

 

0.30%

 

      187,893,210

 


            4,159

 

Resolution 6

Remuneration of the Statutory Auditor

      181,618,832

 

 

96.66%

 

       6,274,939

 

 

3.34%

 

      187,893,771

 


            3,598

 

Resolution 7

Authority to allot shares

      179,298,968

 

 

95.44%

 

       8,561,245

 

 

4.56%

 

      187,860,213

 


          37,156

 

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

      186,961,547

 

 

99.53%

 

          881,060

 

 

0.47%

 

      187,842,607

 


          54,762

 

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

      186,680,369

 

 

99.36%

 

       1,196,295

 

 

0.64%

 

      187,876,664

 


          20,705

 

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

     

      187,453,635

 

 

 

99.82%

 

         

 

342,851

 

 

 

0.18%

 

     

 

187,796,486

 


       

 

100,883

 

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

     

      174,847,455

 

 

 

93.06%

 

     

 

13,046,248

 

 

 

6.94%

 

 

      187,893,703

 


           

 

3,666

 

 

* 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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