Result of AGM

Coats Group PLC

17 May 2023

 

17 May 2023

Coats Group plc

('Coats' or the 'Company')

Results of the Annual General Meeting ('AGM')

Coats announces that at the AGM, held in London on 17 May 2023, 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 88% of the issued share capital. The total number of ordinary shares in issue in relation to the AGM is 1,597,810,385.

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

Resolution		Total Votes For		Total Votes Against		Votes Withheld
		Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes
1	Receipt of Annual Report 2022	1,412,843,847	100.00	1,027	0.00	3,324,769
2	Approval of Remuneration Report	1,412,483,258	99.74	3,655,177	0.26	31,208
3	Approval of Remuneration Policy	1,412,457,273	99.74	3,641,947	0.26	70,423
4	Approval of dividend	1,416,162,467	100.00	1,027	0.00	5,772
5	Re-election of Nicholas Bull	1,407,050,101	99.36	9,092,910	0.64	26,632
6	Re-election of Jacqueline Callaway	1,401,747,549	98.98	14,409,541	1.02	12,553
7	Re-election of David Gosnell	1,385,805,905	97.86	30,336,106	2.14	27,632
8	Re-election of Hongyan Echo Lu	1,407,051,388	99.36	9,091,623	0.64	26,632
9	Re-election of Frances Philip	1,407,050,414	99.36	9,090,920	0.64	28,309
10	Re-election of Rajiv Sharma	1,416,129,593	100.00	20,568	0.00	19,482
11	Re-election of Jakob Sigurdsson	1,407,102,939	99.36	9,038,073	0.64	28,631
12	Election of Stephen Murray	1,416,068,964	99.99	76,514	0.01	24,165
13	Appointment of Auditor	1,411,735,152	99.69	4,359,015	0.31	75,476
14	Approval of Auditor remuneration	1,415,285,462	99.94	849,311	0.06	34,870
15	Authority to allot relevant securities	1,286,836,384	91.09	125,806,194	8.91	3,527,065
16	Authority to disapply pre-emption rights	1,413,185,059	99.79	2,962,915	0.21	21,669
17	Authority to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with acquisitions and specified capital investments	1,409,731,554	99.55	6,416,420	0.45	21,669
18	Authority to purchase own shares	1,412,347,932	99.75	3,587,298	0.25	233,237
19	Authority to call general meetings on clear 14 days' notice	1,403,796,619	99.13	12,362,786	0.87	10,238

NB: Percentage of Votes cast excludes Withheld votes; rounded to two decimal places. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chair have been included in the "for" column. A copy of the resolutions other than those resolutions comprising ordinary business passed at the AGM has been uploaded to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at  https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

Further details of the resolutions (including the text of the resolutions) are given in the Notice of the 2023 Annual General Meeting which is available on the Company's website.

Stuart Morgan

Company Secretary

17 May 2023

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About Coats Group plc

Coats is a world leader in thread manufacturing and structural components for apparel and footwear, as well as an innovative pioneer in performance materials. These critical solutions are used to create a wide range of products, including ones that provide safety and protection for people, data and the environment. Headquartered in the UK, Coats is a FTSE250 company and a FTSE4Good Index constituent. Revenue in 2022 was $1.6 billion.  Trusted by the world's leading companies to deliver crucial, innovative, and sustainable solutions, Coats provides value-adding products including apparel, accessory and footwear threads, structural footwear components, fabrics, yarns and software applications. Customer partners include companies from the apparel, footwear, automotive, telecoms, personal protection, and outdoor goods industries. With a proud heritage dating back more than 250 years and spirit of evolution to constantly stay ahead of changing market needs, Coats has operations across some 50 countries with a workforce of 17,000, serving its customers worldwide. Coats connects talent, textiles, and technology, to make a better and more sustainable world. Worldwide, there are three dedicated Coats Innovation Hubs, where experts collaborate with partners to create the materials and products of tomorrow. It participates in the UN Global Compact and is committed to Science Based sustainability targets for 2030 and beyond, with an aspiration of achieving net-zero by 2050. Coats is also committed to achieving its goals in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, workplace health & safety, employee & community wellbeing, and supplier social performance. To find out more about Coats visit www.coats.com.

 

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