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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 193,685,453 192,958,481 100.00 285 0.00 726,687
statements for the financial year ended 1 May 2022 together with the report of
the auditor.
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 193,685,453 189,413,091 97.89 4,087,362 2.11 185,000
expenditure
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 193,685,453 185,178,294 95.70 8,321,527 4.30 185,632
capital investment
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
(https://data.fca.org.uk/%23/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism)
For further information, please visit our website thewosgroupplc.com/investors
(http://www.thewosgroupplc.com/investors)
The Watches of Switzerland Group
Laura Battley (Company
Secretary)
+44 (0) 20 7317 4604
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