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REGULATORY Announcement
3 May, 2012
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 2 May 2012, 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 & Accounts | 96,522,169 | 12,710 | 1,604,022 |
2 | Declaration of Dividend | 98,136,471 | 300 | 2,130 |
3(a) | To re-elect Ms Joan Garahy | 95,827,335 | 1,770,959 | 540,607 |
3(b) | To re-elect Mr James Kenny | 96,320,863 | 1,277,331 | 540,707 |
3(c) | To re-elect Mr Michael Teahan | 72,287,270 | 21,990,081 | 3,861,550 |
3(d) | To re-elect Mr Philip Toomey | 95,824,367 | 1,773,827 | 540,707 |
4(a) | To re-elect Mr Denis Buckley | 73,296,042 | 20,978,569 | 3,864,290 |
4(b) | To re-elect Mr Gerry Behan | 93,633,299 | 3,962,255 | 543,347 |
4(c) | To re-elect Mr Kieran Breen | 88,758,815 | 5,515,696 | 3,864,390 |
4(d) | To re-elect Mr Denis Carroll | 75,222,494 | 19,052,017 | 3,864,390 |
4(e) | To re-elect Mr Michael Dowling | 75,740,481 | 21,855,073 | 543,347 |
4(f) | To re-elect Mr Patrick Flahive | 88,759,455 | 5,515,056 | 3,864,390 |
4(g) | To re-elect Mr Noel Greene | 88,758,795 | 5,515,456 | 3,864,390 |
4(h) | To re-elect Mr Flor Healy | 93,633,307 | 3,962,147 | 543,447 |
4(i) | To re-elect Mr Stan McCarthy | 93,908,167 | 3,210,114 | 1,020,620 |
4(j) | To re-elect Mr Brian Mehigan | 93,632,659 | 3,962,895 | 543,347 |
4(k) | To re-elect Mr Gerard O'Hanlon | 88,775,258 | 5,488,387 | 3,864,390 |
4(l) | To re-elect Mr Denis Wallis | 73,895,326 | 20,368,419 | 3,864,290 |
5 | Remuneration of Auditors | 96,860,282 | 1,266,492 | 12,127 |
6 | Ordinary Resolution (Remuneration Report) | 97,570,286 | 21,472 | 547,143 |
7 | Ordinary Resolution (Section 20 Authority) | 97,980,312 | 150,045 | 8,544 |
8 | Special Resolution (Disapplication of Section 23) | 98,103,123 | 23,079 | 12,699 |
9 | Special Resolution (To authorise the company to make market purchases of its own shares) | 98,106,798 | 21,395 | 10,708 |
The full text of each resolution was included in the notice of the AGM circulated to shareholders on 4 April 2012.
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.hemscott.com/nsm.do
-ENDS-
For further information please contact: |
Brian Durran, Company Secretary, Kerry Group plc. Tel no: +353 66 7182000 Email: brian.durran@kerry.ie Kerry Web Site: www.kerrygroup.com |