Skip to main content

AI assistant

Sign in to chat with this filing

The assistant answers questions, extracts KPIs, and summarises risk factors directly from the filing text.

Samsonite Group S.A. Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2022

Nov 28, 2022

50259_rns_2022-11-28_7c0e5756-3642-4247-9229-269a1cfc11e2.pdf

Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement

Open in viewer

Opens in your device viewer

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this notice, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this notice.

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)

NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING

Notice is hereby given that a general meeting (the "General Meeting") of Samsonite International S.A. (the "Company") will be held on Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at 1:00 P.M. (CET)/8:00 P.M. (Hong Kong time) without holding a physical meeting for the purposes of considering and, if thought fit, passing (with or without amendments) the following resolution:

ORDINARY RESOLUTION

1. "THAT:

(a) approval and adoption of the rules of the share award scheme of the Company, a copy of which has been signed by the Chairman of the meeting for identification purposes (the "2022 Share Award Scheme"), subject to and conditional upon the Listing Committee of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Stock Exchange") granting the listing of and permission to deal in the shares to be issued pursuant to the vesting or exercise of any awards granted under the 2022 Share Award Scheme; and

(b) authorization of the remuneration committee of the board of directors of the Company (the "Board") (the "Remuneration Committee") under authority delegated to it by the Board to grant awards of options or restricted share units ("RSUs") pursuant to the 2022 Share Award Scheme, and authorization of the Board to allot and issue shares, direct and procure any professional trustee as may be appointed by the Company to assist with the administration, exercise and vesting of options and RSUs, to transfer shares and otherwise deal with shares underlying the options and/or RSUs granted pursuant to the 2022 Share Award Scheme as and when they are exercised or vest (as the case may be), in accordance with Luxembourg Companies Law and the articles of association of the Company, including in particular with respect to the limitation or suppression of the preferential subscription rights of existing shareholders of the Company."

By Order of the Board

SAMSONITE INTERNATIONAL S.A.

Timothy Charles Parker

Chairman

Luxembourg, November 29, 2022


  • 2 -

Notes:

  1. The resolution at the General Meeting will be taken by poll pursuant to the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Listing Rules”) and the results of the poll will be published on the websites of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and the Company in accordance with the Listing Rules.

  2. In view of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, pursuant to the law dated September 23, 2020, extending measures concerning the holding of meetings in companies and other legal entities, as amended, which authorized Luxembourg incorporated companies to adopt resolutions without physical meetings notwithstanding any provisions in the articles of association, the General Meeting shall be held without holding a physical meeting. Any shareholder of the Company entitled and wishing to vote at the General Meeting must appoint the chairman of the General Meeting (as designated representative of the Company) as his/her/its proxy to vote instead of him/her/it.

  3. Any shareholder of the Company whose ownership is either recorded through the Central Clearing and Settlement System (“CCASS”) or maintained with a licensed securities dealer (i.e. not directly recorded in his/her/its own name in the register of members of the Company) shall only be entitled to vote by providing his/her/its instructions to vote to HKSCC Nominees Limited either directly as a CCASS Participant or through its licensed securities dealer and the relevant financial intermediaries.

  4. In order to be valid, the 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, Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg not less than 48 hours (excluding any part of a day that is a public holiday) before the time appointed for the holding of the General Meeting or any adjournment thereof.

  5. For determining the entitlement to attend and vote at the General Meeting, the register of members of the Company will be closed from Friday, December 16, 2022 to Wednesday, December 21, 2022, both dates inclusive, during which period no transfer of shares will be registered. In order to be eligible to attend and vote at the General Meeting, all transfer documents accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Company’s registered office at 13–15 Avenue de la Liberté, L-1931 Luxembourg, Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg or with the Company’s branch share registrar in Hong Kong, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at Shops 1712-1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong for registration not later than 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 15, 2022 (Hong Kong Time).

  6. In order to comply with its legal obligations under relevant laws (including, without limitation, the Luxembourg law dated August 10, 1915 on commercial companies as amended, the Luxembourg law dated November 12, 2004 on the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing as amended, any Luxembourg law implementing the Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of May 20, 2015 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing as amended), the Company shall collect (or has collected) and process (or has processed) your personal data as shareholder of the Company.

The Company is acting as the data user/data controller of the collected personal data.

The legal basis for the processing of the personal data is: (i) the Company’s legitimate interest, (ii) compliance with legal obligations.

The personal data is collected and processed for the purpose of preparing and holding the General Meeting, preparing and taking of any resolutions related to the General Meeting as well as any filing requirements and declarations related to the resolutions taken in this context.

The Company shall transmit your personal data to its 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 General Meeting and in voting operations, as well as subsequent filing requirements. As necessary, sub-processing agreements will be signed with any concerned data processor acting on behalf and for the account of the Company.


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).

The Company may store your personal data until it is no longer necessary to retain it to fulfil any of the purposes for which it was collected/processed, 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.

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.

Please be also aware that, to the extent it is necessary for the purposes for which your personal data was collected/processed, and 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.

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].

As of the date of this notice, the Executive Director is Kyle Francis Gendreau, the Non-Executive Director is Timothy Charles Parker and the Independent Non-Executive Directors are Claire Marie Bennett, Angela Iris Brav, Paul Kenneth Etchells, Jerome Squire Griffith, Tom Korbas and Ying Yeh.

– 3 –