SKG Smurfit Kappa Group Plc

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Smurfit Kappa Group PLC

30 April 2020

Smurfit Kappa Group plc

Results of Annual General Meeting

Smurfit Kappa Group plc ("SKG" or "the Company") announces that all resolutions put to the Annual General Meeting of the Company held today 30 April 2020 were passed on a poll. These resolutions are as set out in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting which was posted to shareholders 27 March 2020 and which is available on SKG's website www.smurfitkappa.com/investors/agm .

Details of proxies lodged in respect of the resolutions are also available on the Company's website.

SKG confirms that the following resolutions (Resolutions 8, 9, 10 & 11 in the Notice of AGM), being resolutions other than those concerning ordinary business, were passed:

-- Renewal of the disapplication of statutory pre-emption rights in respect of the allotment of shares for cash up to an aggregate nominal value equal to 5% of SKG's total issued ordinary share capital;

-- Grant additional authority for the disapplication of statutory pre-emption rights in respect of the allotment of shares for cash up to an aggregate nominal value equal to a further 5% of SKG's total issued ordinary share capital in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment;

-- Renewal of the authority to make market purchases of the Company's own shares up to a maximum of 10% of the number of SKG's total issued ordinary share capital;

-- Renewal of the authority to convene an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of SKG on not less than 14 days' notice, where the purpose of the meeting is to consider an ordinary resolution;

The Company also advises that copies of the above resolutions have been submitted to the UK National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

Copies of the resolutions have also been submitted to Euronext Dublin and will shortly be available for inspection at:

Companies Announcements Office

Euronext Dublin

Exchange Buildings

Foster Place

Dublin 2

The Group issued a trading update for the first quarter of 2020 on 15 April 2020 which included an update on the impact of COVID-19 on its business and notification that resolution 3 (declaration of a dividend) had been withdrawn from the AGM which is available at: www.smurfitkappa.com/investors/reports-and-presentations. No business update was provided at the AGM. No questions from shareholders were received ahead of the AGM.

30 April 2020

CONTACT:

Michael O'Riordan

Group Secretary

+353 (0)1 202 7000

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