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Samsonite Group S.A. — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2020
Apr 16, 2020
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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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Samsonite
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)
FORM OF PROXY FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING TO BE HELD ON THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2020
I/We $^{(Note 1)}$
of
being the registered holder(s) of $^{(Note 2)}$ shares of
US$0.01 each in the share capital of Samsonite International S.A. (the “Company”) hereby appoint the Chairman of the meeting as my/our proxy to attend, act and vote for me/us and on my/our behalf as directed below at the extraordinary general meeting (the “Extraordinary General Meeting”) of the Company to be held in the presence of a notary of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg at 11:00 a.m. (CET)/5:00 p.m. (Hong Kong time) (or as soon thereafter as the annual general meeting of the Company to be held on the same date shall have adjourned) without holding a physical meeting (and at any adjournment thereof) $^{(Note 3)}$.
Please mark a tick (“✓”) in the appropriate boxes to indicate how you wish your vote(s) to be cast on a poll $^{(Note 4)}$.
| SPECIAL RESOLUTION | FOR | AGAINST | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | To renew the authorization granted to the board of directors of the Company, for a new period of five years starting from the date of the publication in the Luxembourg Official Gazette, Recueil Electronique des Sociétés et Associations, of the minutes of the Extraordinary General Meeting, to issue the Company’s shares, to grant options to subscribe for the Company’s shares, to grant restricted share units to receive/subscribe for the Company’s shares and to issue, grant any subscription rights or any other securities or instruments convertible or exchangeable into the Company’s shares, and consequently to increase, in one or several times, the subscribed share capital of the Company, and to allocate the existing Company’s shares without consideration or to issue the Company’s shares paid-up out of available reserves to employees and to corporate officers (including directors) of the Company and its subsidiaries, or certain categories thereof, subject always to compliance with applicable provisions of the Luxembourg law of August 10, 1915 on commercial companies, as amended from time to time, and the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, within the limits provided for in Article 4.2 of the articles of incorporation of the Company and without reserving (by canceling or limiting) a preferential subscription right to the existing Company’s shareholders to subscribe to the Company’s shares to be issued, on the basis of the report of the board of directors of the Company drawn up in accordance with Article 420-26 (5) and (6) of the Luxembourg law of August 10, 1915 on commercial companies, as amended from time to time. |
Date: ___ 2020
Signature(s) $^{(Note 5)}$ ___
Notes:
- Full name(s) and address(es) to be inserted in BLOCK CAPITALS.
- Please insert the number of shares registered in your name(s). If no number is inserted, this form of proxy will be deemed to relate to all the shares of the Company registered in your name(s).
- In view of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, pursuant to the state of crisis declared on March 18, 2020 by the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the provisions of the grand ducal regulation adopted on March 20, 2020 which authorized Luxembourg incorporated companies to adopt resolutions without physical meetings notwithstanding any provision in the articles of incorporation, the Extraordinary General Meeting shall be held without holding a physical meeting. Accordingly, you must appoint the chairman of the Extraordinary General Meeting as your proxy to vote on your behalf.
- IMPORTANT: IF YOU WISH TO VOTE FOR A RESOLUTION, PLEASE TICK (✓) THE BOX MARKED “FOR”. IF YOU WISH TO VOTE AGAINST A RESOLUTION, PLEASE TICK (✓) THE BOX MARKED “AGAINST”. If no direction is given, your proxy will vote or abstain at his discretion. Your proxy will also be entitled to vote at his discretion on any resolution properly put to the Extraordinary General Meeting other than those referred to in the notice convening the Extraordinary General Meeting.
- This form of proxy must be signed by you or your attorney duly authorized in writing. In case of a corporation, the same must be either under its common seal or under the hand of an officer or attorney so authorized.
- In case of joint holders, the vote of the senior who tenders a vote by proxy will be accepted to the exclusion of votes of the other joint holder(s) and for this purpose seniority will be determined by the order in which the names stand in the register of members of the Company.
- In order to be valid, this form of proxy must be deposited at the Company's branch share registrar in Hong Kong, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong or at the Company's registered office at 13-15 Avenue de la Liberté, L-1931 Luxembourg not less than 48 hours before the time fixed for holding the Extraordinary General Meeting or any adjournment thereof.
- ANY ALTERATION MADE TO THIS FORM OF PROXY MUST BE INITIALLED BY THE PERSON WHO SIGNS IT.
PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTION STATEMENT (HONG KONG)
Your supply of your and your proxy's (or proxies') name(s) and address(es) is on a voluntary basis for the purpose of processing your request for the appointment of a proxy (or proxies) and your voting instructions for the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company, as well as subsequent filing requirements (with the local Trade Register etc.) if applicable (together, the "Purposes"), and may be held, processed or used for any of these Purposes. You/Your proxy (or proxies) has/have the right to request access to and/or correction of the relevant personal data in accordance with the provisions of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance, Chapter 486, Laws of Hong Kong, and any such request should be in writing by mail to the Company.
GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION
The legal basis for the processing of your personal data is a legal obligation applying to the Company (i.e. the organization of the Extraordinary General Meeting) and the Company's legitimate interests in connection with the fulfilment of the Purposes.
You have the right to request from the Company access to and rectification of your personal data or restriction of processing concerning the data subject or to object to processing, to request the deletion of the data (under certain circumstances), as well as the right to data portability.
MISCELLANEOUS
The Company is acting as the data user/data controller of the collected personal data.
Your personal data (and that of your proxy (or proxies) provided to the Company on this form may be transmitted to the Company's agents, contractors or other third party service providers who provide any administrative, computer and other services to the Company and any duly appointed professionals, such as law firms, banks, consultants, domiciliation agents, auditors, financial experts and other professional advisors, and governmental bodies etc. involved in the organization of the Extraordinary General Meeting and in voting operations, as well as subsequent filing requirements.
The Company may store your personal data (and that of your proxy (or proxies) until it is no longer necessary to retain it to fulfil any of the Purposes, without prejudice to further obligations that may apply to the Company and which may require such personal data to be retained for a longer period.
Please be also aware that, provided that the Company always complies with its legal obligations, the Company may disclose your personal data to:
- Governmental bodies; and
- Regulatory and non-regulatory authorities.
Any transfer of your personal data from a member state of the European Union to a recipient located in a third country, will be handled in accordance with Chapter V "Transfers of personal data to third countries or international organisations" of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation).
Please note that you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Luxembourg supervisory authority (Commission Nationale pour la Protection des Données).
Any questions in relation with the processing of your personal data can be sent to the Company's Joint Company Secretary by e-mail at [email protected].