REG - Watches of Switzlnd. - Result of AGM

Watches of SwitzerlandAnnouncement

01/09/2023 10:00

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RNS Number : 1224L  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        204,793,366             204,793,252  100.00%  114         0.00%   540,746
 year ended 30 April 2023
 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   205,333,647  201,649,501             98.21%   3,684,146   1.79%   465
 accordance with the Companies Act 2006
 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        205,332,294  204,959,657             99.82%   372,637     0.18%   1,818
 pre-emption rights
 15  To empower the Directors to issue shares for cash free from statutory       205,331,744  203,961,249             99.33%   1,370,495   0.67%   2,368
 pre-emption rights in connection with acquisitions or other capital
 investments
 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    205,333,647  202,432,824             98.59%                       465
 than 14 days' notice

                                                                                                                               2,900,823   1.41%

 

 

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 PLC

 

Laura Battley

(Company Secretary & General
Counsel)                         +44 (0) 20 7317 4604

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