Samsonite Group S.A. (Samsonite) reported that all 16 resolutions tabled at the 4 June 2026 Annual General Meeting were passed by poll, signalling strong shareholder support across governance, capital management and remuneration items.
Key financial approvals • FY 2025 statutory and consolidated accounts were adopted with 99.82 % of votes in favour. • A cash dividend totalling US$140.00 million was sanctioned with 99.99 % approval, underscoring the group’s commitment to shareholder returns following the 2025 financial year.
Board composition and leadership transitions • Non-Executive Director and Chairman Timothy Charles Parker and Independent Non-Executive Director Tom Korbas retired at the meeting’s close. • Chief Executive Officer Kyle Francis Gendreau was re-elected for a three-year term, while Sameer Suneja joined the board as Non-Executive Director, each receiving c.99.99 % shareholder backing.
Audit mandates • KPMG Audit S.à r.l. was re-appointed as statutory auditor for FY 2026 with 99.42 % support. • KPMG LLP was re-appointed external auditor with 98.14 % approval.
Capital authorities • Directors received a 10 % general issuance mandate (97.96 % approval) and a 10 % share-buyback mandate (99.99 % approval). • An additional 10 % issuance mandate linked to a potential dual listing of American Depositary Shares in the United States was approved with 92.80 % support.
Remuneration matters • Director remuneration was endorsed with 96.37 % support. • Amendments to the 2022 Share Award Scheme passed with 95.92 % approval. • Grants to Mr Gendreau of up to 6.75 million annual RSUs and 2.84 million time-based retention RSUs were approved with 95.10 % and 94.62 % support, respectively.
Voting statistics • Shares entitled to vote: 1.37 billion, excluding 93.08 million treasury shares from the total issued 1.47 billion. • All resolutions achieved comfortably above the simple-majority threshold, indicating broad shareholder consensus on strategic, financial and governance directions.
The updated board now comprises Executive Director Kyle Francis Gendreau and six Independent Non-Executive Directors: Claire Marie Bennett, Angela Iris Brav, Jerome Squire Griffith, Sameer Suneja, Glenn Robert Richter and Deborah Maria Thomas.
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