Result of AGM

Watches of Switzerland Group PLC

03 September 2026

 

Watches of Switzerland Group PLC

Result of AGM held on 3^rd September 2026

The Board is pleased to announce that all of the resolutions set out in the Company's Notice of AGM dated 21 July 2026 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 Group's Annual Report and Accounts for the financial period ended 3 May 2026	171,300,591	169,601,940	99.01%	1,698,651	0.99%	942,235
2    To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	170,508,746	166,207,355	97.48%	4,301,391	2.52%	9,075
3.   To elect Paul Edgecliffe-Johnson as a director of the Company	170,511,961	170,223,333	99.83%	288,583	0.17%	5,905
4    To re-elect Ian Carter as a director of the Company	170,511,954	167,346,971	98.14%	3,164,983	1.86%	5,917
5    To re-elect Brian Duffy as a director of the Company	170,511,961	170,390,143	99.93%	121,818	0.07%	5,860
6    To re-elect Anders Romberg as a director of the Company	170,511,904	170,394,834	99.93%	117,070	0.07%	5,867
7    To re-elect Tea Colaianni as a director of the Company	170,510,709	168,060,862	98.56%	2,449,847	1.44%	7,112
8    To re-elect Rosa Monckton as a director of the Company	170,511,333	167,166,901	98.04%	3,344,432	1.96%	6,488
9    To re-elect Chabi Nouri as a director of the Company	170,510,069	170,390,365	99.93%	119,704	0.07%	7,752
10  To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors of the Company	172,237,494	172,230,172	100.00%	7,322	0.00%	5,332
11  To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditors	172,238,863	172,236,871	100.00%	1,992	0.00%	3,963
12  To authorise the Directors to make political donations and expenditure	170,506,767	166,810,422	97.83%	3,696,345	2.17%	11,054
13  To authorise the Directors to allot shares in the Company	170,503,886	166,425,472	97.61%	4,078,414	2.39%	13,935
14  To grant the Directors the authority to disapply pre-emption rights	170,513,699	153,142,689	89.81%	17,371,010	10.19%	4,122
15  To grant the Directors the authority to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with acquisitions or other capital investments	170,513,729	149,651,263	87.76%	20,862,466	12.24%	4,092
16  To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares	171,990,829	170,042,382	98.87%	1,948,447	1.13%	251,997
17 To call general meetings (other than annual general meetings) on not less than 14 clear days' notice	170,513,796	166,406,873	97.59%	4,106,923	2.41%	4,025

As at the date of the AGM, the number of issued shares and total voting rights of the Company was 233,301,622. 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 they are 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 PLC

Laura Battley

(Company Secretary & General Counsel)                         [phone]

 

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