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RNS Number : 1504F  Coats Group PLC  20 May 2026

20 May 2026

Coats Group plc

('Coats' or the 'Company')

 

Results of the Annual General Meeting ('AGM')

 

Coats announces that at the AGM, held in London on 20 May 2026, all the
resolutions put to the meeting were duly passed by way of a poll vote by the
requisite majority. Resolutions 1 to 17 were passed as ordinary resolutions;
resolutions 18 to 21 were passed as special resolutions.

 

Proxy votes were received from shareholders in respect of 87.71% of the issued
share capital. The total number of ordinary shares in issue in relation to the
AGM is 1,917,372,461.

 

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

 

                                                                                       For + Discretion                 Against                                                   Votes Withheld

 Resolution
         Votes                                                                         % Votes Cast          Votes      % Votes Cast                                      Votes
 1       Receipt of Annual Report 2025                                                 1,675,770,931         100.00%                        18,011                        0.00%            5,928,926
 2       Approval of Remuneration Report                                                   1,645,437,359     97.84%                 36,251,336                            2.16%                  29,173
 3       Approval of Remuneration Policy                                                   1,628,393,900     96.83%                 53,273,150                            3.17%                  50,818
 4       Approval of dividend                                                              1,681,677,304     100.00%                          3,968                       0.00%                  36,596
 5       Re-election of David Gosnell                                                      1,600,307,409     95.17%                 81,217,708                            4.83%               192,751
 6       Re-election of Sarah Highfield                                                    1,661,667,225     98.82%                 19,907,893                            1.18%               142,750
 7       Re-election of Hongyan Echo Lu                                                    1,631,713,933     97.03%                 49,860,512                            2.97%               143,423
 8       Re-election of Stephen Murray                                                     1,641,985,997     97.65%                 39,539,121                            2.35%               192,750
 9       Re-election of Hannah Nichols                                                     1,681,386,503     99.99%                      188,476                          0.01%               142,889
 10      Re-election of David Paja                                                         1,681,567,538     100.00%                        35,578                        0.00%               114,752
 11      Re-election of Srinivas Phatak                                                    1,661,740,300     98.82%                 19,916,145                            1.18%                  61,423
 12      Re-election of Jakob Sigurdsson                                                   1,661,709,505     98.82%                 19,897,474                            1.18%               110,889
 13      Election of Wu Gang                                                               1,675,246,405     99.62%                   6,328,660                           0.38%               142,803
 14      Re-appointment of Auditor                                                         1,681,537,971     99.99%                      116,566                          0.01%                  63,331
 15      Approval of Auditor remuneration                                                  1,681,555,993     99.99%                      140,391                          0.01%                  21,484
 16      Authority to allot relevant securities                                            1,526,845,030     90.79%               154,812,497                             9.21%                  60,341
 17      Authority to make political donations and incur political expenditure             1,614,919,344     96.03%                 66,682,016                            3.97%               116,508
 18      Authority to disapply pre-emption rights                                          1,538,834,825     91.51%               142,692,550                             8.49%               190,493
 19      Authority to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with acquisitions and      1,490,695,304     88.65%               190,832,071                             11.35%              190,493
         specified capital investments
 20      Authority to purchase own shares                                                  1,681,331,621     100.00%                        44,377                        0.00%               341,870
 21      Authority to call general meetings on clear 14 days' notice                       1,639,834,195     97.51%                 41,837,916                            2.49%                  45,757

 

Notes to the resolutions:

 

i.      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
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

ii.     Frances Philip did not stand for re-election and stepped down from
the Board following the conclusion of the AGM.

 

Further details of the resolutions (including the text of the resolutions) are
given in the Notice of the 2026 Annual General Meeting which is available on
the Company's website.

 

Company Official Responsible for making this notification:

 

 

Stuart Morgan

Company Secretary

20 May 2026

 

 

 Enquiry details

 Investors  Chris Dyett      Coats Group plc  +44 (0)797 497 4690
 Media      Nick Hasell      FTI Consulting   +44 (0) 20 3727 1340

            Victoria Hayns

 

About Coats Group plc

 

Coats is a world-leading Tier 2 manufacturer and trusted partner for the
apparel and footwear industries. We deliver essential materials, components,
and software solutions that help our customers grow, compete and win.

 

With over 250 years of industry expertise, we're shaping the future of the
apparel and footwear supply chain through insight-led innovation, impactful
sustainability practices, and digital technologies that unlock better product
quality, efficiency and performance.

 

Headquartered in the UK, Coats is a FTSE 250 company and a constituent of the
FTSE4Good Index. In 2025, we generated $1.5 billion in revenue and employed
c.19,000 people worldwide - all united by a spirit of innovation, quality and
service. Learn more at www.coats.com or follow us on LinkedIn.

 

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