Last checked at 1 Sep 2023 09:50
Watches of Switzerland Group PLC
Result of AGM held on 31st 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 year ended 30 April 2023 | 204,793,366 | 204,793,252 | 100.00% | 114 | 0.00% | 540,746 | |
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 accordance with the Companies Act 2006 | 205,333,647 | 201,649,501 | 98.21% | 3,684,146 | 1.79% | 465 | |
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 pre-emption rights | 205,332,294 | 204,959,657 | 99.82% | 372,637 | 0.18% | 1,818 | |
15 To empower the Directors to issue shares for cash free from statutory pre-emption rights in connection with acquisitions or other capital investments | 205,331,744 | 203,961,249 | 99.33% | 1,370,495 | 0.67% | 2,368 | |
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 than 14 days' notice | 205,333,647 | 202,432,824 | 98.59% |
2,900,823 |
1.41% | 465 | |
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