Watches of Switzerland Group PLC

AGM Information • Oct 17, 2019

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Watches of Switzerland Group PLC

17 October 2019

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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