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Coats Group PLC
17 May 2023
17 May 2023
Coats Group plc
('Coats' or the 'Company')
Results of the Annual General Meeting ('AGM')
Coats announces that at the AGM, held in London on 17 May 2023,
all the resolutions put to the meeting were duly passed by way of a
poll vote by the requisite majority.
Proxy votes were received from shareholders in respect of 88% of
the issued share capital. The total number of ordinary shares in
issue in relation to the AGM is 1,597,810,385.
The following table shows the proxy votes cast on each
resolution:
Resolution Total Votes For Total Votes Votes Withheld
Against
Votes % Votes % Votes
-------------- ------- ------------ ----- ---------------
Receipt of
Annual Report
1 2022 1,412,843,847 100.00 1,027 0.00 3,324,769
---------------------- -------------- ------- ------------ ----- ---------------
Approval of
Remuneration
2 Report 1,412,483,258 99.74 3,655,177 0.26 31,208
---------------------- -------------- ------- ------------ ----- ---------------
Approval of
Remuneration
3 Policy 1,412,457,273 99.74 3,641,947 0.26 70,423
---------------------- -------------- ------- ------------ ----- ---------------
Approval of
4 dividend 1,416,162,467 100.00 1,027 0.00 5,772
---------------------- -------------- ------- ------------ ----- ---------------
Re-election
of Nicholas
5 Bull 1,407,050,101 99.36 9,092,910 0.64 26,632
---------------------- -------------- ------- ------------ ----- ---------------
Re-election
of Jacqueline
6 Callaway 1,401,747,549 98.98 14,409,541 1.02 12,553
---------------------- -------------- ------- ------------ ----- ---------------
Re-election
7 of David Gosnell 1,385,805,905 97.86 30,336,106 2.14 27,632
---------------------- -------------- ------- ------------ ----- ---------------
Re-election
of Hongyan
8 Echo Lu 1,407,051,388 99.36 9,091,623 0.64 26,632
---------------------- -------------- ------- ------------ ----- ---------------
Re-election
of Frances
9 Philip 1,407,050,414 99.36 9,090,920 0.64 28,309
---------------------- -------------- ------- ------------ ----- ---------------
Re-election
10 of Rajiv Sharma 1,416,129,593 100.00 20,568 0.00 19,482
---------------------- -------------- ------- ------------ ----- ---------------
Re-election
11 of Jakob Sigurdsson 1,407,102,939 99.36 9,038,073 0.64 28,631
---------------------- -------------- ------- ------------ ----- ---------------
Election of
12 Stephen Murray 1,416,068,964 99.99 76,514 0.01 24,165
---------------------- -------------- ------- ------------ ----- ---------------
Appointment
13 of Auditor 1,411,735,152 99.69 4,359,015 0.31 75,476
---------------------- -------------- ------- ------------ ----- ---------------
Approval of
14 Auditor remuneration 1,415,285,462 99.94 849,311 0.06 34,870
---------------------- -------------- ------- ------------ ----- ---------------
Authority to
allot relevant
15 securities 1,286,836,384 91.09 125,806,194 8.91 3,527,065
---------------------- -------------- ------- ------------ ----- ---------------
Authority to
disapply pre-emption
16 rights 1,413,185,059 99.79 2,962,915 0.21 21,669
---------------------- -------------- ------- ------------ ----- ---------------
Authority to
disapply pre-emption
rights in connection
with acquisitions
and specified
17 capital investments 1,409,731,554 99.55 6,416,420 0.45 21,669
---------------------- -------------- ------- ------------ ----- ---------------
Authority to
purchase own
18 shares 1,412,347,932 99.75 3,587,298 0.25 233,237
---------------------- -------------- ------- ------------ ----- ---------------
Authority to
call general
meetings on
clear 14 days'
19 notice 1,403,796,619 99.13 12,362,786 0.87 10,238
---------------------- -------------- ------- ------------ ----- ---------------
NB: 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 .
Further details of the resolutions (including the text of the
resolutions) are given in the Notice of the 2023 Annual General
Meeting which is available on the Company's website.
Stuart Morgan
Company Secretary
17 May 2023
Enquiry details
C hris Dyett / Victoria Coats Group +44 (0)797 497
Investors Huxster plc 4690
About Coats Group plc
Coats is a world leader in thread manufacturing and structural
components for apparel and footwear, as well as an innovative
pioneer in performance materials. These critical solutions are used
to create a wide range of products, including ones that provide
safety and protection for people, data and the environment.
Headquartered in the UK, Coats is a FTSE250 company and a FTSE4Good
Index constituent. Revenue in 2022 was $1.6 billion. Trusted by the
world's leading companies to deliver crucial, innovative, and
sustainable solutions, Coats provides value-adding products
including apparel, accessory and footwear threads, structural
footwear components, fabrics, yarns and software applications.
Customer partners include companies from the apparel, footwear,
automotive, telecoms, personal protection, and outdoor goods
industries. With a proud heritage dating back more than 250 years
and spirit of evolution to constantly stay ahead of changing market
needs, Coats has operations across some 50 countries with a
workforce of 17,000, serving its customers worldwide. Coats
connects talent, textiles, and technology, to make a better and
more sustainable world. Worldwide, there are three dedicated Coats
Innovation Hubs, where experts collaborate with partners to create
the materials and products of tomorrow. It participates in the UN
Global Compact and is committed to Science Based sustainability
targets for 2030 and beyond, with an aspiration of achieving
net-zero by 2050. Coats is also committed to achieving its goals in
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, workplace health & safety,
employee & community wellbeing, and supplier social
performance. To find out more about Coats visit www.coats.com .
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