Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • Mar 12, 2024
Pre-Annual General Meeting Information
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to be held on Friday 26 April 2024 at 9:00 a.m. at IKON, Dublin Road, Kingscourt, Co. Cavan, A82 XY31, Ireland is set out in this document.
Kingspan Group plc 2024 Annual General Meeting
A Form of Proxy for use at the Annual General Meeting is enclosed. If you wish to validly appoint a proxy, the Form of Proxy must be completed, signed and returned in accordance with the instructions printed thereon to the Company's Registrar, Computershare Investor Services (Ireland) Limited, 3100 Lake Drive, Citywest Business Campus, Dublin 24, D24 AK82, Ireland, as soon as possible and, in any event, so as to be received no later than 9.00 a.m. on Wednesday, 24 April 2024.
Alternatively, electronic proxy appointment is also available for the Annual General Meeting. This facility enables Shareholders to appoint a proxy by electronic means by logging on to www.eproxyappointment.com. To appoint a proxy on this website, Shareholders need to enter a Control Number, a Shareholder Reference Number (SRN), a PIN and agree to the terms and conditions specified by the Company's Registrar. The Control Number, the Shareholder Reference Number (SRN) and PIN can be found on the top of the enclosed Form of Proxy. The electronic proxy appointment must be received electronically by no later than 9.00 a.m. on Wednesday, 24 April 2024.
Persons who hold interests in Kingspan shares through the Euroclear Bank system or as CDIs through the CREST system should consult with their stockbroker or other intermediary at the earliest opportunity for further information on the processes and timelines for submitting proxy votes or voting instructions for the AGM through the respective systems. Further instructions on how to appoint a proxy (including by Euroclear Bank participants and CDI holders) are set out at the end of this document under the heading "Shareholder Information".
12 March 2024
Dear Shareholder,
I enclose for your attention Notice of the Annual General Meeting of Kingspan Group plc, and invite you to join me on Friday, 26 April 2024 at IKON, Dublin Road, Kingscourt, Co. Cavan, A82 XY31, Ireland at 9:00 a.m. for the 2024 AGM.
The resolutions to be proposed at the forthcoming AGM are set out on pages 6 - 12 of this Notice, with further explanatory notes set out on pages 13 - 15.
Kingspan delivered a strong performance in 2023. Trading profit rose by 5% to €877m (2022: €833m) and earnings per share by 7% to 352.4 cent (2022: 329.5 cent). These record results were achieved through our focused strategy of offering an expansive range of sustainable and energy-saving building solutions aligned with our four key pillars of Innovation, Planet Passionate, Globalisation, and 'Completing the Envelope'. For further details, I would encourage all Shareholders to read the Company's Business & Strategic Review and the Financial Statements and Directors' Report which are contained in the 2023 Annual Report, all of which are available on www.kingspan.com. Accordingly, the Board is pleased to recommend a final dividend of 26.6 cent per share which, if approved at the Annual General Meeting, will give a total dividend for the year of 52.9 cent.
As is our practice, all existing Directors will retire from office at the AGM and, being eligible, offer themselves for election or re-election by Shareholders at the AGM. Details of each Director are set out in Resolution 3 of the Notice, and a biography of each of the Directors is set out in the 2023 Annual Report and on our website, www.kingspan.com.
In addition to the ordinary business to be transacted at the AGM (Resolutions 1 to 4), the items of special business to be transacted at the AGM (Resolutions 5 to 11) relate to (i) receipt of the Remuneration Report prepared by the Remuneration Committee, (ii) renewal of share capital authorities similar to those approved by Shareholders at last year's AGM for a further 12 month period and (iii) renewal of authority to convene certain general meetings of the Company on 14 clear days' notice in appropriate circumstances. These are matters which are now considered standard for most listed public companies in Ireland.
Your participation at the AGM is important for the Company, and I would encourage every Shareholder to take part in the meeting, either by attending the AGM or (if you are not able to attend) by casting your vote by proxy. Details of how you can vote, either in person or by proxy, are set out on pages 16 to 19 of this document. You can also submit a question in advance of the AGM, by sending an e-mail to [email protected]. Any questions should be submitted by 9.00 a.m. on Wednesday, 24 April 2024. Otherwise, Shareholders may raise questions in person during the meeting. The answers to validly posed questions will be answered at the AGM.
Your Board believes that the resolutions to be proposed at the AGM are in the best interests of the Company and its Shareholders. Accordingly, the Directors unanimously recommend that Shareholders vote in favour of the resolutions, as they intend to do in respect of their own beneficial holdings of shares in the Company.
Yours sincerely,
Jost Massenberg Chairman
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of Kingspan Group plc (the "Company") will be held at IKON, Dublin Road, Kingscourt, Co. Cavan, A82 XY31, Ireland at 9:00 a.m. on Friday 26 April 2024 for the below purposes.
Resolutions 1 – 6 are proposed as ordinary resolutions. Resolutions 7 to 11 are proposed as special resolutions.
Following a review of the Company's affairs, to receive and adopt the financial statements and the reports of the Directors and the auditor thereon for the year ended 31 December 2023.
To declare a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2023 of 26.6 cent per share.
(each of which shall be proposed as a separate resolution).
To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the auditors for the year ending 31 December 2024.
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass as an Ordinary Resolution:
To receive and consider the Remuneration Committee's report on directors' remuneration that is set out in the Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2023.
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass as an Ordinary Resolution:
That the Directors be and are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised pursuant to Section 1021 of the Companies Act 2014 to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot and issue all relevant securities of the Company within the meaning of Section 1021 of that Act up to an aggregate nominal amount of €7,933,453. The authority hereby conferred shall expire at the earlier of the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company after the date of the passing of this resolution and close of business on 26 July 2025 unless such power is previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in General Meeting prior to that, provided however that the Company may make an offer or agreement before the expiry of this authority which would or might require relevant securities to be allotted after this authority has expired and the Directors may allot relevant securities in pursuance of any such offer or agreement as if the authority conferred hereby had not expired.
Subject to the passing of Resolution 6, to consider and, if thought fit, to pass as a Special Resolution:
That the Directors be and are hereby empowered pursuant to Section 1022 and Section 1023 of the Companies Act 2014 to allot equity securities (within the meaning of Section 1023 of that Act) for cash pursuant to the authority conferred by Resolution 6 above as if subsection (1) of the said Section 1022 did not apply to any such allotment (to include the re-allotment of any treasury shares from time to time) provided that this power shall be limited:
(a) to the allotment of equity securities in connection with any one or more rights issues, open offer or other invitation to or in favour of the holders of ordinary shares and/or any other persons entitled to participate in such issues, offers or other invitations, at such record date(s) as the Directors may determine, where the equity securities respectively attributable to the interests of such holders and persons are proportional (as nearly as may be practicable) to the respective numbers of ordinary shares held by or deemed to be held by them on the record date(s) of such allotment(s), but subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors may deem necessary or expedient to deal with legal or practical issues in respect of overseas Shareholders, jurisdictional issues, fractional entitlements or otherwise; and
(b) to the allotment of equity securities (otherwise than under paragraph (a) above) up to a maximum aggregate nominal value equal to 10% of the aggregate nominal value of the Company's issued ordinary share capital at the close of business on the date of passing of this resolution,
and shall expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company after the date of the passing of this resolution or close of business on 26 July 2025 (whichever shall be earlier) save that the Company may, before such expiry, make an offer or agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted after such expiry and the Directors may allot equity securities in pursuance of such offer or agreement as if the power conferred hereby had not expired.
Subject to the passing of Resolution 6, to consider and, if thought fit, to pass as a Special Resolution:
That the Directors be and are hereby empowered, in addition to any such power granted under Resolution 7, pursuant to Section 1022 and Section 1023 of the Companies Act 2014 to allot equity securities (within the meaning of Section 1023 of that Act) for cash pursuant to the authority conferred by Resolution 6 above as if subsection (1) of the said Section 1022 did not apply to any such allotment, to include the re-allotment of any treasury shares from time to time, provided that this power shall be:
and shall expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company after the date of the passing of this resolution or close of business on 26 July 2025 (whichever shall be earlier) save that the Company may, before such expiry, make an offer or agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted after such expiry and the Directors may allot equity securities in pursuance of such offer or agreement as if the power conferred hereby had not expired.
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass as a Special Resolution:
That the Company and/or any subsidiary (as defined by Section 7 of the Companies Act 2014) of the Company be hereby generally authorised to make market purchases including overseas market purchases (as each is defined by Section 1072 of the Companies Act 2014) of shares of any class in the Company ("Shares") including any contract of purchase, which will or might be concluded wholly or partly after the expiry date below), on such terms and conditions and in such manner as the Directors may determine from time to time but subject to the provisions of the Companies Act 2014 and to the following restrictions and provisions:
where the "average market value" of a Share for the purpose of sub-paragraph (c) (i) shall be the amount equal to the average of the five amounts resulting from determining whichever of the following ((1), (2) or (3) specified below) in respect of Shares of the same class as the Relevant Share shall be appropriate for each of the five business days immediately preceding the day on which the Relevant Share is purchased as determined from the information published in the Euronext Dublin Daily Official List reporting the business done on each of those five days:
and if there shall be only a bid (but not an offer) price or an offer (but not a bid) price reported, or if there shall not be any bid or offer price reported, for any particular day, that day shall not be treated as a business day for the purposes of determining the maximum price; provided that, if the means of providing the foregoing information as to dealings and prices by reference to which the maximum price is to be determined is altered or is replaced by some other means, then a maximum price shall be determined on the basis of the equivalent information published by the relevant authority in relation to dealings on the Irish Stock Exchange (trading as Euronext Dublin) or its equivalent; and
(d) the authority hereby granted shall expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company or on close of business on the date which is 18 months after the date of passing of this resolution (whichever is earlier) unless previously varied, revoked or renewed by special resolution, in accordance with the provisions of Section 1074 of the Companies Act 2014. The Company or any such subsidiary may enter before such expiry into a contract for the purchase of Shares which would or might be executed wholly or partly after such expiry and may complete any such contract as if the authority conferred hereby had not expired.
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass as a Special Resolution:
That, for the purposes of Sections 109 and 1078 of the Companies Act 2014, the reallotment price range at which ordinary shares having a par value of €0.13 in the capital of the Company ("Shares") held as treasury shares ("Treasury Shares") may be re-allotted off-market shall be as follows:
For the purposes of this Resolution the expression "Appropriate Price" shall mean an amount equal to the average of the five amounts resulting from determining whichever of the following ((i), (ii) or (iii) specified below) in relation to Shares shall be appropriate for each of the five business days immediately preceding the day on which the Treasury Share is re-allotted as determined from the information published in the Euronext Dublin Daily Official List reporting the business done on each of those five business days:
and if there shall be only a bid (but not an offer) price or an offer (but not a bid) price reported, or if there shall not be any bid or offer price reported, for any particular day, that day shall not be treated as a business day for the purposes of determining the Appropriate Price; provided that, if the means of providing the foregoing information as to dealings and prices by reference to which the Appropriate Price is to be determined is altered or is replaced by some other means, then the Appropriate Price shall be determined on the basis of the equivalent information published by the relevant authority in relation to dealings on the Irish Stock Exchange (trading as Euronext Dublin) or its equivalent; and
(c) the authority hereby granted shall expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company or on close of business on the date which is 18 months after the date of passing of this resolution (whichever is earlier) unless previously varied or renewed or revoked in accordance with the provisions of Section 109 and/or 1078 of the Companies Act 2014 and is without prejudice or limitation to any other authority of the Company to reissue treasury shares on-market.
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass as a Special Resolution:
That in accordance with Section 1102 of the Companies Act 2014 (as amended) and the Articles of Association of the Company, the Directors be and are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised to call a general meeting, other than an annual general meeting or a meeting for the passing of a special resolution, on not less than 14 days' notice. The authority hereby conferred shall expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company after the date of the passing of this resolution unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting.
Kingspan Group plc Registered Office: Dublin Road, Kingscourt, Co. Cavan, Ireland, A82 XY31 Telephone: +353 (0)42 969 8000 Email: [email protected]; Internet: www.kingspan.com
References to the Companies Act 2014 in this Notice of Annual General Meeting shall be read in all cases as a reference to the Companies Act 2014 (as amended).
This resolution deals with the consideration of the report and accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2023. A full copy of the Annual Report is available on www.kingspan.com.
The Directors are proposing a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2023 of 26.6 cent per share. If approved, the final dividend will be paid (subject to Irish withholding tax rules) on 20 May 2024 to Shareholders on the register at close of business on 12 April 2024.
All existing Directors will retire from office at the Annual General Meeting and, being eligible, will offer themselves for re-election by Shareholders at the Annual General Meeting.
Each of the executive Directors has a combination of general business skills, and experience in the construction materials market. The Non-Executive Directors represent a diverse business background complementing the Executive Directors' skills. The performance of the Board is reviewed annually, and each of the Directors has made a substantial contribution to the leadership and governance of the Company during the year. The biographies of each of the Directors and their key strengths and relevant experience are set out the Annual Report which is available on www.kingspan.com.
The Board believes that the experience and expertise included in the biographies demonstrates the continued contribution of each Director to the Company and the Board considers each Director is, and continues to be, important to the Company's long-term sustainable success.
The Directors are seeking to renew their annual authority to fix the remuneration of the auditors for the year ending 31 December 2024.
This resolution is put to Shareholders in line with the requirements of the European Union (Shareholders' Rights Regulations) 2020 and section 1110N of the Irish Companies Act 2014 which requires the Company to present a remuneration report to Shareholders for consideration at each annual general meeting.
The Report of the Remuneration Committee is contained in the Annual Report which is available on www.kingspan.com. This is an advisory non-binding resolution.
Shareholders are being asked to renew, until the Annual General Meeting in 2025, the usual annual authority of the Directors to allot shares in the Company up to an aggregate amount equal to approximately 33¹/₃% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company (excluding treasury shares) as at 18 February 2024 (being the latest practicable date prior to publishing this notice). The Company holds 1,516,936 ordinary shares in treasury representing 0.83% of the total ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). The Directors will exercise this authority only if they consider this to be in the best interests of shareholders generally at the relevant time. The Directors currently have no intention to allot such shares pursuant to this authority at the present time.
This year, the Directors are seeking a combined authority to dis-apply pre-emption rights in respect of up to 20% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital sought under Resolutions 7 and 8, which accords with latest institutional shareholder guidance, and in particular, the latest UK Pre-emption Group's Statement of Principles.
Shareholders are being asked under Resolution 7 to approve, until the Annual General Meeting in 2025, the power of the Directors to dis-apply the statutory pre-emption provisions applying to allotments of ordinary shares and other equity securities for cash in the event of a rights issue and for any other issue for cash up to an aggregate of 10% of the nominal value of the Company's issued ordinary share capital.
The Pre-emption Group's Statement of Principles, as updated in November 2022, supports the annual dis-application of pre-emption rights in respect of issues of shares and other equity securities for cash up to an aggregate of 10% of the issued ordinary capital.
The Directors currently have no intention to allot such shares at the present time. The Directors will have due regard to the Statement of Principles in relation to any exercise of this power and will exercise this power only if they consider this to be in the best interests of Shareholders generally at the relevant time.
In addition to the power proposed to be granted pursuant to Resolution 7, Shareholders are being asked under Resolution 8 to approve, until the Annual General Meeting in 2025, the Directors' additional authority in certain limited circumstances to allot ordinary shares and other equity securities for cash up to a further aggregate amount of 10% of the nominal value of the Company's issued ordinary share capital without first being required to offer such shares to existing Shareholders in accordance with statutory pre-emption provisions.
The power will be limited to the allotment of equity securities for cash in connection with the financing or refinancing of an acquisition or specified capital investment (within the meaning of the Pre-emption Group's Statement of Principles) which is announced contemporaneously with the issue, or which has taken place in the preceding six-month period and is disclosed in the announcement of the issue. The Directors will have due regard to the Statement of Principles in relation to any exercise of this power and will exercise this power only if they consider this to be in the best interests of Shareholders generally at that time. The Directors have no current intention to exercise this power.
This dis-application of pre-emption rights in respect of a further 10% of the Company's issued share capital reflects the Pre-emption Group's Statement of Principles which, as updated in November 2022, supports the annual dis-application of pre-emption rights in respect of allotments of shares and other equity securities for cash up to a further aggregate amount of up to 10% of the nominal value of the Company's issued ordinary share capital (exclusive of treasury shares) to be used in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment.
Shareholders are being asked to provide, until the Annual General Meeting in 2025, renewed authority for the Company, or any of its subsidiaries, to purchase up to 10% of the Company's own shares. The Directors would only exercise the power to purchase the Company's own shares at price levels which they considered to be in the best interests of Shareholders generally, after taking account of the Company's overall financial position. The Directors currently have no intention to exercise the Company's authority to purchase its own shares at the present time. The minimum price which may be paid for a purchase of the Company's own shares will be the nominal value of the ordinary shares, and the maximum price which may be paid shall be 105% of the then average market price of the ordinary shares.
There were outstanding at 18 February 2024 (being the latest practicable date prior to publishing this notice), options to subscribe for 1,642,599 ordinary shares, representing approximately 0.90% of the Company's issued share capital at that date. If the repurchase authority were to be exercised in full, the shares subject to these options would represent approximately 1.00% of the Company's issued share capital.
Shareholders' approval is also being sought, where the Company's shares have been repurchased (such shares being known as Treasury Shares), for re-allotment of these shares off-market at a maximum price of 120% of the then average market price of the ordinary shares, and a minimum price (other than when re-allotted under an employees' share scheme) of 95% of that average.
Shareholders are being asked to renew, until the Annual General Meeting in 2025, the Company's authority to call a general meeting on 14 days' notice other than an annual general meeting or a meeting to consider any special resolution (being a resolution requiring a 75% majority vote). The Directors consider that it is in the interests of the Company to retain this flexibility and renew this authority again this year. The Company confirms that it would only use the shorter notice period where it is merited by the purpose of the meeting.
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In addition to the above, the request must be made in accordance with one of the following ways:
A draft resolution must not be such as would be incapable of being passed or otherwise be ineffective (whether by reason of inconsistency with any enactment or the Company's Memorandum and Articles of Association or otherwise). Any draft resolution must not be defamatory of any person.

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