Watches of Switzerland Group PLC

AGM Information • Sep 3, 2021

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Watches of Switzerland Group PLC

03 September 2021

Watches of Switzerland Group PLC

Result of AGM held on 2nd September 2021

The Board is pleased to announce that all of the resolutions set out in the Company's notice of AGM dated 2nd August 2021 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 Strategic Report, Directors' Report and the financial statements for the financial year ended 2 May 2021 together with the report of the auditor.	213,723,856		213,387,647	99.84	336,209	0.16	789,074
2    To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	213,974,124		211,966,138	99.06	2,007,986	0.94	538,806
3    To elect Ian Carter as a director	214,512,930		214,402,197	99.95	110,733	0.05	0
4    To re-elect Brian Duffy as a director	213,974,124		213,963,135	99.99	10,989	0.01	538,806
5    To re-elect Anders Romberg as a director	214,512,930		214,512,520	100.00	410	0.00	0
6    To re-elect Tea Colaianni as a director	214,512,930		213,669,833	99.61	843,097	0.39	0
7    To re-elect Rosa Monckton as a director	214,512,930		213,986,226	99.75	526,704	0.25	0
8    To re-elect Robert Moorhead as a director	214,512,930		213,985,816	99.75	527,114	0.25	0
9    To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors	214,512,930		213,970,914	99.75	542,016	0.25	0
10  To authorize the directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditors	214,512,930		214,510,015	100.00	2,915	0.00	0
11  To give authority to the Company to make political donations or expenditure	214,512,930		213,310,683	99.44	1,202,247	0.56	0
12  To give authority to the directors to allot shares	214,512,930	211,982,220		98.82	2,530,710	1.18	0
13  To disapply pre-emption rights	214,512,930	214,510,662		100.00	2,268	0.00	0
14  To disapply pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or other capital investment	214,512,930	204,136,592		95.16	10,376,338	4.84	0
15  Authority to purchase own shares	214,389,629	213,513,909		99.59	875,720	0.41	123,301
16  Notice of general meetings	214,512,930	212,250,543		98.95	2,262,387	1.05	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 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

Laura Battley  (Company Secretary)                                    +44 (0) 20 7317 4604

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