Result of AGM

Smurfit Kappa Group plc

Resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting

Smurfit Kappa Group plc ("SKG") advises that all the resolutions recommended by the Board at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 7 May 2010 were duly passed. These resolutions were set out in the Chairman's Letter and the Notice of the Annual General Meeting which were posted to shareholders on 9 April 2010 and are available on the SKG website www.smurfitkappa.com. The following items of special business were passed:

·; Renewal of the authority to allot shares for cash otherwise than in accordance with statutory pre-emption rights;

·; Renewal of the authority to make market purchases of the Company's own shares;

·; Authority to convene an EGM on not less than 14 days' notice where the purpose of the meeting is to consider an ordinary resolution; and

·; Amendment of the Articles of Association to make them consistent with the Shareholder Rights (Directive 2007/36/EC) Regulations.

As required by Listing Rule 6.6.2, copies of certain resolutions have been forwarded to the Irish Stock Exchange and the UK Listing Authority at the following locations, where they are available for inspection:

Companies Announcements Office

The Irish Stock Exchange

28 Anglesea Street

Dublin 2

and

Document Viewing Facility

Financial Services Authority

25 The North Colonnade

Canary Wharf

London E14 5HS

7 May 2010

CONTACT:

Michael O'Riordan

Group Secretary

+353 (0)1 202 7000.