REG - Watches of Switzlnd. - Result of AGM

Watches of SwitzerlandAnnouncement

04/09/2024 08:00

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RNS Number : 8576C  Watches of Switzerland Group PLC  04 September 2024

 

 

Watches of Switzerland Group PLC

Result of AGM held on 3(rd) 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        186,532,640       186,531,501  100.00%  1,139       0.00%   678,486
 year ended 28 April 2024
 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   187,210,850       185,382,899  99.02%   1,827,951   0.98%   276
 accordance with the Companies Act 2006
 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        187,191,289       159,207,765  85.05%   27,983,524  14.95%  19,837
 pre-emption rights
 15  To empower the Directors to issue shares for cash free from statutory       187,185,539       157,996,580  84.41%   29,188,959  15.59%  25,587
 pre-emption rights in connection with acquisitions or other capital
 investments
 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    187,210,723       182,325,680  97.39%   4,885,043   2.61%   403
 than 14 days' notice

 

 

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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