KERRY GROUP PLC 
Annual General Meeting of Kerry Group plc ("the Company")
The Company's Annual General Meeting was held today 27 April 2023. The number of Ordinary Shares in issue on that date was 177,074,526 (there are no Treasury Shares in issue). Following the meeting the Company announces that all the resolutions were passed by the requisite majorities on a show of hands at the meeting. Details of the resolutions are contained in the Notice of Meeting which is available on the Company's website at www.kerry.com/agm. The following table gives details of all the valid proxy votes received in advance of the meeting:
RESOLUTION | RESOLUTION | FOR | AGAINST | TOTAL | WITHHELD* | |||
TYPE | VOTES | % | VOTES | % | VOTES | VOTES | ||
1 | To review the Company's affairs and to receive and consider the | |||||||
Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2022, | Ordinary | 107,618,816 | 99.51% | 534,413 | 0.49% | 108,153,229 | 215,063 | |
together with the reports of the Directors and the Auditors thereon. | ||||||||
2 | To declare a final dividend | Ordinary | 108,223,489 | 99.95% | 55,048 | 0.05% | 108,278,537 | 89,755 |
3 | To elect the following Director: | |||||||
3 (a) Mr Patrick Rohan | Ordinary | 106,386,115 | 98.25% | 1,889,424 | 1.75% | 108,275,539 | 92,753 |
- To re-elect the following Directors:
4 | (a) | Mr Gerry Behan | Ordinary | 105,044,222 | 97.02% | 3,231,078 | 2.98% | 108,275,300 | 92,992 |
4 | (b) | Dr Hugh Brady | Ordinary | 104,042,296 | 96.09% | 4,232,121 | 3.91% | 108,274,417 | 93,875 |
4 | (c) | Ms Fiona Dawson | Ordinary | 107,688,946 | 99.88% | 124,050 | 0.12% | 107,812,996 | 555,296 |
4 | (d) | Dr Karin Dorrepaal | Ordinary | 104,694,582 | 97.11% | 3,118,415 | 2.89% | 107,812,997 | 555,295 |
4 | (e) | Ms Emer Gilvarry | Ordinary | 106,064,287 | 97.96% | 2,210,776 | 2.04% | 108,275,063 | 93,229 |
4 | (f) | Mr Michael Kerr | Ordinary | 104,351,125 | 96.38% | 3,923,085 | 3.62% | 108,274,210 | 94,082 |
4 | (g) | Ms Marguerite Larkin | Ordinary | 106,206,359 | 98.09% | 2,068,781 | 1.91% | 108,275,140 | 93,152 |
4 | (h) | Mr Tom Moran | Ordinary | 100,978,168 | 93.26% | 7,297,072 | 6.74% | 108,275,240 | 93,052 |
4 | (i) | Mr Christopher Rogers | Ordinary | 99,840,461 | 92.60% | 7,973,058 | 7.40% | 107,813,519 | 554,773 |
4 | (j) | Mr Edmond Scanlon | Ordinary | 106,516,401 | 98.38% | 1,758,839 | 1.62% | 108,275,240 | 93,052 |
4 | (k) | Mr Jinlong Wang | Ordinary | 105,921,949 | 97.83% | 2,352,389 | 2.17% | 108,274,338 | 93,954 |
5 | Authority to determine the Auditors remuneration | Ordinary | 108,209,023 | 99.95% | 51,080 | 0.05% | 108,260,103 | 108,189 | |
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RESOLUTION
- Authority to convene an Extraordinary General Meeting on 14 days notice for the passing of an Ordinary Resolution
- To receive and Consider the Directors' Remuneration Report (excluding Section C)
- Authority to issue Ordinary Shares
- Authority to disapply pre-emption rights
- Authority to disapply pre-emption rights for an additional 5% for specified transactions
- Authority to make market purchases of the Company's own shares
- To approve the Kerry Global Employee Share Plan.
RESOLUTION | FOR | AGAINST | TOTAL | WITHHELD* | ||
TYPE | VOTES | % | VOTES | % | VOTES | VOTES |
Special | 94,810,751 | 87.58% | 13,439,841 | 12.42% | 108,250,592 | 117,700 |
Ordinary | 103,195,158 | 95.31% | 5,078,662 | 4.69% | 108,273,820 | 94,472 |
Ordinary | 103,568,697 | 95.65% | 4,706,190 | 4.35% | 108,274,887 | 93,405 |
Special | 107,645,302 | 99.44% | 608,246 | 0.56% | 108,253,548 | 114,744 |
Special | 107,192,992 | 99.02% | 1,059,622 | 0.98% | 108,252,614 | 115,678 |
Special | 107,974,337 | 99.75% | 271,902 | 0.25% | 108,246,239 | 122,053 |
Ordinary | 108,048,553 | 99.79% | 227,080 | 0.21% | 108,275,633 | 92,659 |
Note: * A 'Vote Withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'For' or 'Against' any resolution.
Proxy votes which gave discretion to the Chairman of the Annual General Meeting have been included in the 'Votes For' total of the appropriate resolution.
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