Result of AGM

Watches of Switzerland Group PLC

01 September 2023

 

Watches of Switzerland Group PLC

Result of AGM held on 31^st August 2023

The Board is pleased to announce that all of the resolutions set out in the Company's notice of AGM dated 19 July 2023 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 Group's Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year ended 30 April 2023	204,793,366		204,793,252	100.00%	114	0.00%	540,746
2    To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	205,332,437		199,909,929	97.36%	5,422,508	2.64%	1,675
3    To elect Anders Romberg as a director of the Company	205,331,477		205,261,400	99.97%	70,077	0.03%	2,635
4    To re-elect Ian Carter as a director of the Company	205,331,477		199,163,133	97.00%	6,168,344	3.00%	2,635
5    To re-elect Brian Duffy as a director of the Company	205,331,418		204,349,942	99.52%	981,476	0.48%	2,694
6    To re-elect Tea Colaianni as a director	205,331,968		203,065,695	98.90%	2,266,273	1.10%	2,144
7    To re-elect Rosa Monckton as a director	205,331,968		202,724,992	98.73%	2,606,976	1.27%	2,144
8    To re-elect Robert Moorhead as a director	204,868,241		202,238,520	98.72%	2,629,721	1.28%	465,871
9    To re-elect Chabi Nouri as a director of the Company	205,331,968		205,321,139	99.99%	10,829	0.01%	2,144
10 To re-appoint Ernst & Yung LLP as Auditors of the Company	205,331,213		204,592,185	99.64%	739,028	0.36%	2,899
11  To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditors	205,332,552		205,327,014	100.00%	5,538	0.00%	1,560
12  To authorise the Directors to make political donations and expenditure in accordance with the Companies Act 2006	205,333,647	201,649,501		98.21%	3,684,146	1.79%	465
13  To authorise the directors to allot shares in the Company	205,333,442	199,141,484		96.98%	6,191,958	3.02%	670
14 To empower the Directors to issue shares for cash free from statutory pre-emption rights	205,332,294	204,959,657		99.82%	372,637	0.18%	1,818
15  To empower the Directors to issue shares for cash free from statutory pre-emption rights in connection with acquisitions or other capital investments	205,331,744	203,961,249		99.33%	1,370,495	0.67%	2,368
16  To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares	205,321,294	204,574,150		99.64%	747,144	0.36%	12,818
17 To call general meetings (other than annual general meetings) on not less than 14 days' notice	205,333,647	202,432,824		98.59%	2,900,823	1.41%	465

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 PLC

Laura Battley

(Company Secretary & General Counsel)                         [phone]

 

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