Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0156Y

Watches of Switzerland Group PLC

01 September 2022

 

Watches of Switzerland Group PLC

Result of AGM held on 1 September 2022

The Board is pleased to announce that all of the resolutions set out in the Company's notice of AGM dated 18 July 2022 were voted on by way of a poll and were passed.

The final voting figures are shown below.

Resolution	Total Votes cast		For		Against		Withheld
	Number		Number	%	Number	%	Number
1  To receive the Strategic Report, Directors' Report and the financial statements for the financial year ended 1 May 2022 together with the report of the auditor.	193,685,453		192,958,481	100.00	285	0.00	726,687
2  To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	193,685,453		188,426,596	97.38	5,071,294	2.62	187,563
3  To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	193,685,453		189,914,532	98.15	3,583,126	1.85	187,795
4  To elect Bill Floydd as a director	193,685,453		193,020,152	99.95	94,000	0.05	571,301
5  To elect Chabi Nouri as a director	193,685,453		193,060,139	99.77	438,232	0.23	187,082
6.  To re-elect Ian Carter as a director	193,685,453		191,530,622	98.98	1,967,739	1.02	187,092
7  To re-elect Brian Duffy as a director	193,685,453		193,182,739	99.84	315,722	0.16	186,992
8  To re-elect Tea Colaianni as a director	193,685,453		191,739,098	99.29	1,375,054	0.71	571,301
9  To re-elect Rosa Monckton as a director	193,685,453		191,914,248	99.18	1,584,123	0.82	187,082
10  To re-elect Robert Moorhead as a director	193,685,453		190,752,526	99.04	1,849,738	0.96	1,083,189
11  To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors	193,685,453		192,088,431	99.47	1,027,803	0.53	569,219
12  To authorize the directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditors	193,685,453		193,114,383	100.00	1,546	0.00	569,524
13  To give authority to the Company to make political donations or expenditure	193,685,453		189,413,091	97.89	4,087,362	2.11	185,000
14  To give authority to the directors to allot shares	193,685,453	187,440,397		96.87	6,059,946	3.13	185,110
15  To disapply pre-emption rights	193,685,453	192,457,941		99.46	1,041,880	0.54	185,632
16  To disapply pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or other capital investment	193,685,453	185,178,294		95.70	8,321,527	4.30	185,632
17  Authority to purchase own shares	193,685,453	191,874,857		99.59	875,720	0.41	241,646
18  Notice of general meetings	193,685,453	189,963,415		98.17	3,536,918	1.83	185,120

As at the date of the AGM, the number of issued shares and total voting rights of the Company was 239,570,297 . The Company's Articles of Association set out that every member who is present in person or by proxy shall have one vote for every share of which he is the holder on a poll. The scrutineer of the poll was Equiniti Limited

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2,Watches of Switzerland Group PLC will submit a copy of the resolutions dealing with the AGM special business approved today to the National Storage Mechanism and these will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

For further information, please visit our website thewosgroupplc.com/investors

The Watches of Switzerland Group

Laura Battley  (Company Secretary)  [phone]

 

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