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Watches of Switzerland Group PLC
04 September 2024
 

 

 

Watches of Switzerland Group PLC

Result of AGM held on 3rd September 2024

 

 

The Board is pleased to announce that all of the resolutions set out in the Company's notice of AGM dated 9 July 2024 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 28 April 2024

186,532,640

186,531,501

100.00%

1,139

0.00%

678,486

2    To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report

187,189,786

175,413,162

93.71%

11,776,624

6.29%

21,340

3    To re-elect Ian Carter as a director of the Company

187,207,541

185,229,227

98.94%

1,978,314

1.06%

3,585

4    To re-elect Brian Duffy as a director of the Company

187,208,319

187,000,870

99.89%

207,449

0.11%

2,787

5    To re-elect Anders Romberg as a director of the Company

187,201,812

187,174,439

99.99%

27,373

0.01%

9,314

6    To re-elect Tea Colaianni as a director of the Company

187,207,062

185,311,556

98.99%

1,895,506

1.01%

4,064

7    To re-elect Rosa Monckton as a director of the Company

187,207,812

184,965,549

98.80%

2,242,263

1.20%

3,314

8    To re-elect Robert Moorhead as a director of the Company

186,419,525

184,513,473

98.98%

1,906,052

1.02%

791,601

9    To re-elect Chabi Nouri as a director of the Company

187,210,257

186,724,257

99.74%

486,000

0.26%

869

10 To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors of the Company

187,207,708

186,027,706

99.37%

1,180,002

0.63%

3,418

11  To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditors

187,203,522

187,191,013

99.99%

12,509

0.01%

7,604

12  To authorise the Directors to make political donations and expenditure in accordance with the Companies Act 2006

187,210,850

185,382,899

99.02%

1,827,951

0.98%

276

13  To authorise the directors to allot shares in the Company

187,203,850

181,301,449

96.85%

5,902,401

3.15%

7,276

14 To empower the Directors to issue shares for cash free from statutory pre-emption rights

187,191,289

159,207,765

85.05%

27,983,524

14.95%

19,837

15  To empower the Directors to issue shares for cash free from statutory pre-emption rights in connection with acquisitions or other capital investments

187,185,539

157,996,580

84.41%

29,188,959

15.59%

25,587

16  To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares

187,008,652

186,093,756

99.51%

914,896

0.49%

202,474

17 To call general meetings (other than annual general meetings) on not less than 14 days' notice

187,210,723

182,325,680

97.39%

4,885,043

2.61%

403

 

 

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)                         +44 (0) 20 7317 4604

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