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Kerry Group Plc AGM Information 2023

Apr 27, 2023

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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,
together with the reports of the Directors and the Auditors thereon.
Ordinary 107,618,816 99.51% 534,413 0.49% 108,153,229 215,063
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
4 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
RESOLUTION RESOLUTION FOR AGAINST TOTAL WITHHELD*
TYPE VOTES % VOTES % VOTES VOTES
6 Authority to convene an Extraordinary General Meeting on 14
days notice for the passing of an Ordinary Resolution
Special 94,810,751 87.58% 13,439,841 12.42% 108,250,592 117,700
7 To receive and Consider the Directors' Remuneration Report
(excluding Section C)
Ordinary 103,195,158 95.31% 5,078,662 4.69% 108,273,820 94,472
8 Authority to issue Ordinary Shares Ordinary 103,568,697 95.65% 4,706,190 4.35% 108,274,887 93,405
9 Authority to disapply pre-emption rights Special 107,645,302 99.44% 608,246 0.56% 108,253,548 114,744
10 Authority to disapply pre-emption rights for an additional 5% for
specified transactions
Special 107,192,992 99.02% 1,059,622 0.98% 108,252,614 115,678
11 Authority to make market purchases of the Company's own
shares
Special 107,974,337 99.75% 271,902 0.25% 108,246,239 122,053
12 To approve the Kerry Global Employee Share Plan. 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.