Attendance Card
KERRY GROUP PLC ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2023
Brandon Hotel, Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland.
Thursday 27 April 2023 at 2pm
Registration opens at 1.30p.m. Please bring this with you and present it personally to gain admittance to the meeting.
SRN:
PIN:
IMPORTANT: Above is your address as it appears on the register of members. If incorrect please contact Kerry Group plc, Share Registration Department on +353 66 718 2000.
Form of Proxy RETURN THIS SECTION OF THE FORM ONLY
To vote using the internet
Go to www.kerry.com/shareholder/proxy
You will be asked to enter your Shareholder Reference Number (SRN) and PIN (printed above).
To be effective, votes must be lodged with Kerry Group plc, Share Registration Department,
Prince's Street, Tralee, Co. Kerry, V92 EH11, Ireland, or via the website not later than 2pm on 25 April 2023.
I/We hereby appoint the Chairman of the Meeting or _____________________________________ as my/our proxy to vote for me/us on my/our behalf at the
Annual General Meeting of Kerry Group plc (the "Company") to be held on Thursday 27 April 2023 at 2pm at the Brandon Hotel, Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland and any adjournment thereof. I/We direct my/our proxy to vote on the resolutions set out in the Notice convening the Meeting as instructed and in respect of other resolutions that may arise at the meeting as the proxy thinks fit. This proxy may be exercised in respect of all/ ________________________ shares
registered in my/our name(s).
Please tick here only if this proxy appointment is one of multiple appointments being made Mark with a tick inside the box as shown in this example ✔
For | Against Withheld | For | Against Withheld | |||||||||||
1 To review the Company's affairs and to receive | 5 | Authority to determine the uditors remuneration. | ||||||||||||
and consider the Financial Statements for the | ||||||||||||||
6 | Authority to convene an Extraordinary General | |||||||||||||
year ended 31 December 2022, together with the | ||||||||||||||
Meeting on 14 days notice for the passing of an | ||||||||||||||
reports of the Directors and the Auditors thereon. | ||||||||||||||
Ordinary Resolution. | ||||||||||||||
2 To declare a final dividend. | ||||||||||||||
7 | To receive and consider the Directors' | |||||||||||||
3 To elect the following Director: | Remuneration Report (excluding Section C). | |||||||||||||
(a) | Mr Patrick Rohan | 8 | Authority to issue Ordinary Shares. | |||||||||||
4 To re-elect the following Directors: | 9 | Authority to disapply pre-emption rights. | ||||||||||||
INFORMATION | ||||||||||||||
(a) | Mr Gerry Behan | 10 | Authority to disapply pre-emption rights for | |||||||||||
an additional 5% for specified transactions. | ||||||||||||||
(b) | Dr Hugh Brady | |||||||||||||
11 | Authority to make market purchases of the | |||||||||||||
(c) | Ms iona Dawson | |||||||||||||
ONLY | ||||||||||||||
FOR | Company's own shares. | |||||||||||||
(d) | Dr Karin Dorrepaal | |||||||||||||
12 | To approve the Kerry Global Employee Share Plan. |
- Ms Emer Gilvarry
- Mr Michael Kerr
- Ms Marguerite Larkin
- Mr Tom Moran
- Mr Christopher Rogers
- Mr Edmond Scanlon
(k) Mr Jinlong Wang
I/We direct my/our proxy to vote on the resolutions proposed at the meeting as indicated on this form. Where no instruction appears above as to how the proxy should vote the proxy may vote as he/she sees fit or abstain in relation to any business of the meeting.
Signature
Date
In the case of a body corporate, this proxy must be given under its common seal or be signed on its behalf by an attorney or officer duly authorised, stating their capacity (e.g. director, secretary).
Poll card ONLY TO BE COMPLETED AT THE AGM IF A POLL IS CALLED
For Against Withheld
- 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.
2 To declare a final dividend.
3 To elect the following Director:
(a) Mr Patrick Rohan
4 To re-elect the following Directors:
(a) Mr Gerry Behan
(b) Dr Hugh Brady
(c) Ms Fiona Dawson
(d) Dr Karin Dorrepaal
(e) Ms Emer Gilvarry
(f) Mr Michael Kerr
(g) Ms Marguerite Larkin
(h) Mr Tom Moran
(i) Mr Christopher Rogers
(j) Mr Edmond Scanlon
(k) Mr Jinlong Wang
For Against Withheld
5 Authority to determine the Auditors remuneration.
- 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).
8 Authority to issue Ordinary Shares.
9 Authority to disapply pre-emption rights.
10 Authority to disapply pre-emption rights for an additional 5% for specified transactions.
11 Authority to make market purchases of the Company's own shares.
12 To approve the Kerry Global Employee Share Plan.
Signature:
EXPLANATORY NOTES
• This form is issued only to the addressee(s) and is specific to the | • To be effective, the completed Form of Proxy together with any |
unique designated account printed hereon. This personalised form is | power of attorney or other authority under which it is executed, or a |
not transferable between different (i) account holders; or (ii) uniquely | notarially certified copy thereof, must be deposited with the Company |
designated accounts. Kerry Group plc accepts no liability for any | not later than 48 hours before the scheduled start time of the AGM. A |
instruction that does not comply with these conditions. | shareholder wishing to appoint a proxy by electronic means may do so |
• A shareholder who is entitled to attend, speak, ask questions and | on www.kerry.com/shareholder/proxy. You will be asked to enter your |
shareholder reference number (SRN) and PIN (both printed overleaf). | |
vote at the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") is entitled to appoint a | |
proxy of their choice who need not be a shareholder, to exercise all | • Euroclear Bank participants and those who hold their interests in |
or any of his/her rights, to attend, speak, ask questions and vote on | the Company as CREST Depository Interests should consult with |
their behalf at the meeting. If you wish to appoint a person other than | their stockbroker or other intermediary, as applicable, at the earliest |
the Chairman, please insert his/her name and address in the space | opportunity, for further information on the processes and timelines |
entitlement for the designatedINFORMATIONaccount.of members in respect of the joint holding. | |
provided and delete "the Chairman of the meeting or". | for appointing a proxy and/or voting at the AGM through the |
• Where a poll is taken at the meeting, a shareholder, present in person | respective systems. |
or by proxy, holding more than one share is not required to cast all of | • The vote 'Withheld' option overleaf is provided to enable you to |
their votes in the same way. | abstain on any particular resolution. However it should be noted that |
• If the proxy is being appointed in relation to less than your full voting | a 'Withheld' vote is not a vote in law and will not be counted in the |
calculation of the proportion of the votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution. | |
entitlement, please enter into the space provided the number of | |
shares in relation to which they are authorised to act as your proxy. | • In the case of joint holders the vote of the senior who tenders a vote |
If left blank your proxy will be deemed to be authorised in respect of | whether in person or by proxy shall be accepted to the exclusion of |
your full voting entitlement or if this Form of Proxy has been issued | the votes of the other joint holders and for this purpose seniority shall |
FOR | be determined by the order in which the names stand in the register |
in respect of a designated account for a shareholder, the full voting | |
• If this form is signed but without any indication as to how the person | • The completion and return of the Form of Proxy or the submission |
appointed proxy shall vote, he/she will exercise his/herONLYdiscretion as to of proxy instructions electronically will not preclude a member from | |
how he/she votes and whether or not he/she abstains from voting. | attending the meeting and voting in person. |
- A shareholder may appoint more than one proxy to attend and vote at the meeting provided each proxy is appointed to exercise rights attached to different shares held by that shareholder. To appoint more than one proxy, please contact the Share Registration Department, Kerry Group plc, Prince's Street, Tralee, Co. Kerry, V92 EH11, Ireland (+353 66 718 2000) or by email to registrar@kerry.ie for additional proxy forms. Please indicate in the space provided the number of shares in relation to which they are authorised to act as your proxy. Please also indicate by ticking the box provided if the proxy instruction is one of multiple instructions being given. All forms must be signed and should be returned together in the same envelope.
- Any alterations made to this Form of Proxy should be initialled.
- Only those shareholders registered on the Company's register of members at the record date specified in the Notice of the AGM shall be entitled to attend and vote at the AGM or, if relevant, any adjournment thereof. Changes to entries on the Company's register of members after that time will be disregarded in determining the rights of any person to attend and vote at the AGM.
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To be effective, votes must be lodged with Kerry Group plc, Share Registration Department,
Prince's Street, Tralee, Co. Kerry, V92 EH11, Ireland, or via the website not later than 2pm on 25 April 2023.
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