Result of AGM
Updated : 15:25
17 October 2019
Watches of Switzerland Group PLC
Result of AGM
The Board is pleased to announce that all of the resolutions put to the shareholders at today's Annual General Meeting were passed by means of a poll, including the ordinary resolutions (resolutions 1 to 13) and special resolutions (resolutions 14 to 16) as set out in the Company's notice of AGM dated 11 September 2019.
The final voting figures are shown below.
Resolution | Total Votes cast | For | Against | Withheld | ||
| Number | Number | % | Number | % | Number |
1. Presentation of the Group's Annual Report and Accounts and the Company's Individual Accounts for financial year ended 28 April 2019 | 211,798,731 | 211,798,731 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 |
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy | 211,798,731 | 211,784,331 | 99.99% | 14,400 | 0.01% | 0 |
3. To elect Dennis Millard as a director | 211,798,731 | 211,241,446 | 99.74% | 557,285 | 0.26% | 0 |
4. To elect Brian Duffy as a director | 211,798,731 | 211,658,541 | 99.93% | 140,190 | 0.07% | 0 |
5. To elect Anders Romberg as a director | 211,798,731 | 211,658,541 | 99.93% | 140,190 | 0.07% | 0 |
6. To elect Teresa Colaianni as a director | 211,798,731 | 211,658,541 | 99.93% | 140,190 | 0.07% | 0 |
7. To elect Rosa Monckton as a director | 211,798,731 | 211,658,541 | 99.93% | 140,190 | 0.07% | 0 |
8. To elect Robert Moorhead as a director | 211,798,731 | 211,658,541 | 99.93% | 140,190 | 0.07% | 0 |
9. To elect Fabrice Nottin as a director | 211,798,731 | 211,658,541 | 99.93% | 140,190 | 0.07% | 0 |
10. To appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors | 211,798,731 | 211,658,541 | 99.93% | 140,190 | 0.07% | 0 |
11. To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditors | 211,798,731 | 211,658,541 | 99.93% | 140,190 | 0.07% | 0 |
12. To give authority to the directors to allot shares | 211,798,731 | 211,798,731 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 |
13. To give authority to the Company to make political donations or expenditure | 210,882,316 | 210,450,821 | 99.80% | 431,495 | 0.20% | 916,415 |
14. To disapply pre-emption rights | 211,798,731 | 211,798,731 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 |
15. To disapply pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or other capital investment | 211,798,731 | 211,798,731 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 |
16. Notice of general meetings | 211,798,731 | 211,686,952 | 99.95% | 111,779 | 0.05% | 0 |
VOTES EXCLUDING CONTROLLING SHAREHOLDERS ON THE RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING THE ELECTION OF THE INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS | ||||||
Resolution | Total Votes cast | For | Against | Withheld | ||
| Number | Number | % | Number | % | Number |
3. To elect Dennis Millard as a director | 78,079,074 | 77,521,789 | 99.29% | 557,285 | 0.71% | 0 |
6. To elect Teresa Colaianni as a director | 78,079,074 | 77,938,884 | 99.82% | 140,190 | 0.18% | 0 |
7. To elect Rosa Monckton as a director | 78,079,074 | 77,938,884 | 99.82% | 140,190 | 0.18% | 0 |
8. To elect Robert Moorhead as a director | 78,079,074 | 77,938,884 | 99.82% | 140,190 | 0.18% | 0 |
As at the date of the AGM, the number of issued shares and total voting rights of the Company was 239,455,554. The total number of shares in issue (excluding the controlling shareholders) is 105,735,897. 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 has submitted a copy of the resolutions dealing with the special business put to shareholders at the AGM today to the National Storage Mechanism, which will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM
For further information, please visit our website investor.relations@thewosgroup.com or contact:
Watches of Switzerland Group
· Paul Eardley (Company Secretary) +44 (0) 20 7317 4600
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