Result of AGM

Coats Group PLC

20 May 2026

 

20 May 2026

Coats Group plc

('Coats' or the 'Company')

Results of the Annual General Meeting ('AGM')

Coats announces that at the AGM, held in London on 20 May 2026, all the resolutions put to the meeting were duly passed by way of a poll vote by the requisite majority. Resolutions 1 to 17 were passed as ordinary resolutions; resolutions 18 to 21 were passed as special resolutions.

Proxy votes were received from shareholders in respect of 87.71% of the issued share capital. The total number of ordinary shares in issue in relation to the AGM is 1,917,372,461.

The following table shows the proxy votes cast on each resolution:

Resolution		For + Discretion		Against		Votes Withheld
		Votes	% Votes Cast	Votes	% Votes Cast	Votes
1	Receipt of Annual Report 2025	1,675,770,931	100.00%	18,011	0.00%	5,928,926
2	Approval of Remuneration Report	1,645,437,359	97.84%	36,251,336	2.16%	29,173
3	Approval of Remuneration Policy	1,628,393,900	96.83%	53,273,150	3.17%	50,818
4	Approval of dividend	1,681,677,304	100.00%	3,968	0.00%	36,596
5	Re-election of David Gosnell	1,600,307,409	95.17%	81,217,708	4.83%	192,751
6	Re-election of Sarah Highfield	1,661,667,225	98.82%	19,907,893	1.18%	142,750
7	Re-election of Hongyan Echo Lu	1,631,713,933	97.03%	49,860,512	2.97%	143,423
8	Re-election of Stephen Murray	1,641,985,997	97.65%	39,539,121	2.35%	192,750
9	Re-election of Hannah Nichols	1,681,386,503	99.99%	188,476	0.01%	142,889
10	Re-election of David Paja	1,681,567,538	100.00%	35,578	0.00%	114,752
11	Re-election of Srinivas Phatak	1,661,740,300	98.82%	19,916,145	1.18%	61,423
12	Re-election of Jakob Sigurdsson	1,661,709,505	98.82%	19,897,474	1.18%	110,889
13	Election of Wu Gang	1,675,246,405	99.62%	6,328,660	0.38%	142,803
14	Re-appointment of Auditor	1,681,537,971	99.99%	116,566	0.01%	63,331
15	Approval of Auditor remuneration	1,681,555,993	99.99%	140,391	0.01%	21,484
16	Authority to allot relevant securities	1,526,845,030	90.79%	154,812,497	9.21%	60,341
17	Authority to make political donations and incur political expenditure	1,614,919,344	96.03%	66,682,016	3.97%	116,508
18	Authority to disapply pre-emption rights	1,538,834,825	91.51%	142,692,550	8.49%	190,493
19	Authority to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with acquisitions and specified capital investments	1,490,695,304	88.65%	190,832,071	11.35%	190,493
20	Authority to purchase own shares	1,681,331,621	100.00%	44,377	0.00%	341,870
21	Authority to call general meetings on clear 14 days' notice	1,639,834,195	97.51%	41,837,916	2.49%	45,757

Notes to the resolutions:

i.      Percentage of Votes cast excludes Withheld votes; rounded to two decimal places. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chair have been included in the "for" column. A copy of the resolutions other than those resolutions comprising ordinary business passed at the AGM has been uploaded to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at  https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

ii.     Frances Philip did not stand for re-election and stepped down from the Board following the conclusion of the AGM.

Further details of the resolutions (including the text of the resolutions) are given in the Notice of the 2026 Annual General Meeting which is available on the Company's website.

Company Official Responsible for making this notification:

Stuart Morgan

Company Secretary

20 May 2026

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Media	Nick Hasell Victoria Hayns	FTI Consulting	[phone]

About Coats Group plc

Coats is a world-leading Tier 2 manufacturer and trusted partner for the apparel and footwear industries. We deliver essential materials, components, and software solutions that help our customers grow, compete and win.

With over 250 years of industry expertise, we're shaping the future of the apparel and footwear supply chain through insight-led innovation, impactful sustainability practices, and digital technologies that unlock better product quality, efficiency and performance.

Headquartered in the UK, Coats is a FTSE 250 company and a constituent of the FTSE4Good Index. In 2025, we generated $1.5 billion in revenue and employed c.19,000 people worldwide - all united by a spirit of innovation, quality and service. Learn more at www.coats.com or follow us on LinkedIn.

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