Result of AGM

RNS Number : 7166P

Coats Group PLC

11 June 2020

 

11 June 2020

Coats Group plc

('Coats' or the 'Company')

Results of the Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

Coats announces that at the AGM, held at the Company's Registered Office on 11 June 2020, all the resolutions put to the meeting were duly passed by way of a poll vote by the requisite majority.

Proxy votes were received from shareholders in respect of 65% of the issued share capital. The total number of ordinary shares in issue in relation to the AGM is 1,446,050,584.

The following table shows the proxy votes cast on each resolution:

Resolution		Total Votes For		Total Votes Against		Votes Withheld
			%		%
1	Receipt of Annual Report 2019	944,003,940	99.98%	151,825	0.02%	1,135,842
2	Approval of Remuneration Report	860,050,547	98.76%	10,755,942	1.24%	61,888,506
3	Approval of Remuneration Policy	933,453,843	98.76%	11,759,000	1.24%	78,764
4	Re-election of Simon Boddie	938,832,176	99.32%	6,426,361	0.68%	33,071
5	Re-election of Nicholas Bull	938,910,384	99.33%	6,353,946	0.67%	27,278
6	Re-election of Mike Clasper	919,175,970	97.24%	26,066,873	2.76%	48,764
7	Re-election of Anne Fahy	784,491,367	87.79%	109,075,232	12.21%	51,725,009
8	Re-election of David Gosnell	938,904,924	99.33%	6,352,940	0.67%	33,744
9	Re-election of Hongyan Echo Lu	938,887,277	99.33%	6,377,053	0.67%	27,278
10	Re-election of Fran Philip	938,909,621	99.33%	6,354,709	0.67%	27,278
11	Re-election of Rajiv Sharma	908,373,796	96.09%	36,915,513	3.91%	2,299
12	Reappointment of Auditor	924,589,409	97.81%	20,688,161	2.19%	14,037
13	Approval of Auditor remuneration	924,745,959	97.83%	20,542,989	2.17%	2,660
14	Authority to allot relevant securities	914,675,668	96.76%	30,615,141	3.24%	799
15	Authority to disapply pre-emption rights	944,666,358	99.94%	605,000	0.06%	20,250
16	Additional disapplication of pre-emption rights	944,430,604	99.91%	815,101	0.09%	45,902
17	Authority to purchase own Shares	944,456,871	99.97%	253,438	0.03%	581,298
18	Authority to call general meetings on clear 14 days' notice	908,379,522	96.10%	36,911,787	3.90%	299
19	Approval of LTIP rules	934,421,651	98.86%	10,791,235	1.14%	78,721

NB: Percentage of Votes cast excludes Withheld votes; rounded to two decimal places.

Further details of the resolutions (including the text of the resolutions) are given in the Notice of the 2020 Annual General Meeting which is available on the Company's website.

Stuart Morgan

Company Secretary

11 June 2020

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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 2019 were US$1.4bn. 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 and a participant in the UN Global Compact. To find out more about Coats visit www.coats.com .

 

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