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Samsonite Group S.A. — Board/Management Information 2017
Apr 20, 2017
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Board/Management Information
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SAMSONITE INTERNATIONAL S.A.
新秀麗國際有限公司
13-15 Avenue de la Liberté, L-1931 Luxembourg
R.C.S. LUXEMBOURG: B 159.469
(Incorporated in Luxembourg with limited liability)
(Stock code: 1910)
CHANGE IN DIRECTOR'S INFORMATION
This announcement is made by Samsonite International S.A. (the "Company") pursuant to Rule 13.51B(2) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.
The Company was notified by Mr. Bruce Hardy McLain, an independent non-executive Director of the Company, that the court of Turin, Italy recently ruled that 15 defendants, including 12 members of the board of directors and three members of the board of statutory auditors of Seat Pagine Gialle SpA ("SPG") during the period 2003-2004, including Mr. McLain who was a director of SPG at that time, would stand trial for alleged offenses in relation to the bankruptcy of SPG. SPG is an Italian company based in Turin, Italy. Mr. McLain informed the Company that the allegations relate to an investigation in connection with a special dividend in the amount of approximately Euro 3.6 billion which was paid by SPG to its shareholders as part of the financial restructuring of SPG in 2004 while increasing SPG's debt levels to approximately Euro 4 billion at the end of 2004. SPG underwent a composition with creditors' procedure in 2013. The first hearing in the trial is expected to take place in September 2017.
SPG is not related to the Company or its subsidiaries. The Board of Directors of the Company is satisfied that Mr. McLain possesses the character and integrity to continue to serve as a Director of the Company.
Save as disclosed in this announcement, there is no other matter concerning the change of information of Mr. McLain that needs to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Company.
By Order of the Board
SAMSONITE INTERNATIONAL S.A.
Timothy Charles Parker
Chairman
Hong Kong, April 20, 2017
As of the date of this announcement, the Executive Directors are Ramesh Dungarmal Tainwala and Kyle Francis Gendreau, the Non-Executive Directors are Timothy Charles Parker, Tom Korbas and Jerome Squire Griffith, and the Independent Non-Executive Directors are Paul Kenneth Etchells, Bruce Hardy McLain (Hardy), Keith Hamill and Ying Yeh.