REG - Smurfit Kappa Group - Result of AGM
RNS Number : 2900XSmurfit Kappa Group PLC30 April 2021
30 April 2021
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, 30 April 2021, were duly passed by way of a poll.
Resolutions 1 to 8 (inclusive) and Resolution 13 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 9 to 12 (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 29 March 2021 (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 and reports of Directors and Statutory Auditor thereon
155,921,074
100.00
0
0.00
155,921,074
1,342,026
Resolution 2
Consideration of the Directors' Remuneration Report
150,927,438
96.17
6,020,064
3.83
156,947,502
315,598
Resolution 3
Consideration of the Remuneration Policy
146,576,022
93.96
9,420,688
6.04
155,996,710
1,266,390
Resolution 4
Declaration of dividend
156,977,058
99.82
283,680
0.18
157,260,738
2,362
Resolution 5
Election of Ms. Kaisa Hietala as a Director of the Company
156,742,877
99.67
517,861
0.33
157,260,738
2,362
Resolution 6(a)
Re-election of Irial Finan
145,640,064
92.62
11,620,674
7.38
157,260,738
2,362
Resolution 6(b)
Re-election of Anthony Smurfit
154,832,632
98.46
2,427,319
1.54
157,259,951
3,149
Resolution 6(c)
Re-election of Ken Bowles
154,482,764
98.23
2,777,974
1.77
157,260,738
2,362
Resolution 6(d)
Re-election of Anne Anderson
156,738,597
99.67
522,141
0.33
157,260,738
2,362
Resolution 6(e)
Re-election of Frits Beurskens
151,365,023
96.25
5,895,715
3.75
157,260,738
2,362
Resolution 6(f)
Re-election of Carol Fairweather
156,425,371
99.47
835,367
0.53
157,260,738
2,362
Resolution 6(g)
Re-election of James Lawrence
153,202,267
97.42
4,057,684
2.58
157,259,951
3,149
Resolution 6(h)
Re-election of Lourdes Melgar
156,739,799
99.67
520,939
0.33
157,260,738
2,362
Resolution 6(i)
Re-election of John Moloney
153,888,573
98.03
3,095,479
1.97
156,984,052
279,048
Resolution 6(j)
Re-election of Jørgen Buhl Rasmussen
153,768,857
98.55
2,257,753
1.45
156,026,610
1,236,490
Resolution 6(k)
Re-election of Gonzalo Restrepo
149,645,091
95.16
7,615,647
4.84
157,260,738
2,362
Resolution 7
Remuneration of the Statutory Auditor
157,260,668
100.00
0
0.00
157,260,668
2,432
Resolution 8
Authority to issue shares
155,913,476
99.14
1,347,192
0.86
157,260,668
2,432
Resolution 9
Renewal of the dis-application 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
156,775,334
99.69
485,334
0.31
157,260,668
2,432
Resolution 10
Grant additional authority for the 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
151,913,281
96.60
5,347,375
3.40
157,260,656
2,444
Resolution 11
Renewal of the 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
155,496,848
98.92
1,705,915
1.08
157,202,763
60,337
Resolution 12
Renewal of the 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
141,740,014
90.14
15,520,724
9.86
157,260,738
2,362
Resolution 13
To increase the maximum award opportunity in the rules of the 2018 Performance Share Plan
153,662,853
97.71
3,597,815
2.29
157,260,668
2,432
* 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 the following locations:
§ Euronext Dublin - Company Announcements Office, Euronext Dublin, 28 Anglesea Street, Dublin 2 (T: +353 1 617 4200 ); 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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