COATS GROUP PLC
Notice of Annual General Meeting
Coats Group plc ('Coats' or the 'Company') confirms that its notice of the Annual General Meeting ('AGM') has today been published and can be downloaded from the Company's website www.coats.com/agm2021 , and will shortly be posted to shareholders who have requested to receive a hard copy of it.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.1, copies of the notice of AGM and the Company's form of proxy have been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority and will shortly be available for inspection from the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .
The Company's AGM is to be held at 2.30pm on Wednesday, 19 May 2021 at the Company's registered office. However, in light of current Government guidance on public gatherings and non-essential travel and noting the national restrictions that are likely to impact the arrangements for the AGM, shareholders will not be permitted to attend the physical location for the AGM in person. Shareholders (or their duly appointed representatives) can instead listen to the business of the AGM, and ask questions, by joining the telephone facility being provided by the Company as set out in the Notice of AGM. The Board of Directors strongly encourages shareholders to vote by proxy in lieu of attending in person.
Stuart Morgan
Company Secretary
31 March 2021
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About Coats Group plc
Coats is the world's leading industrial thread company. At home in some 50 countries, Coats has a workforce of 17,000 people across six continents. Revenues in 2020 were US$1.2bn. Coats' pioneering history and innovative culture ensure the company continues leading the way around the world. It provides complementary and value added products, services and software solutions to the apparel and footwear industries. It applies innovative techniques to develop high technology Performance Materials threads, yarns and fabrics in areas such as Transportation, Telecommunications and Energy, and Personal Protection. Headquartered in the UK, Coats is a FTSE 250 company, a constituent of the FTSE4Good Index Series, a participant in the UN Global Compact and a member of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. It has also committed to developing a long-term target to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, the highest level of ambition on climate under the Science Based Target initiative. To find out more about Coats visit www.coats.com .