Samsonite : Poll Results of the Annual General Meeting held on Thursday, June 2, 2016 and Cash Distribution

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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)

POLL RESULTS OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2016 AND CASH DISTRIBUTION

At the annual general meeting (the "Annual Ge ne ral Meeting") of Samsonite International S.A. (the "Company") held on June 2, 2016, all the proposed resolutions as set out in the notice of the AGM dated April 22, 2016 were taken by poll. The poll results are as follows:

Ordinary Resolutions		Number of Votes (Approximate % of total shares voted)
		For	Against
1.	To receive and adopt the audited statutory accounts and audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and the reports of the directors of the Company (the "Directors") and auditors for the year ended December 31, 2015.	991,410,131 (99.983511%)	163,500 (0.016489%)
2.	To approve the allocation of the results of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2015.	991,573,631 (100.000000%)	0 (0%)
3.	To declare a cash distribution to the shareholders of the Company in an amount of ninety-three million United States Dollars (US$93,000,000.00) out of the Company's distributable ad hoc reserve.	991,573,631 (100.000000%)	0 (0%)
4.	(a) To re-elect Timothy Charles Parker as a Non- executive Director for a period of three years expiring upon the holding of the annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2019.	900,045,352 (90.871531%)	90,413,757 (9.128469%)
	(b) To re-elect Paul Kenneth Etchells as an Independent Non-executive Director for a period of three years expiring upon the holding of the annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2019.	989,373,231 (99.778090%)	2,200,400 (0.221910%)
	(c) To re-elect Bruce Hardy McLain (Hardy) as an Independent Non-executive Director for a period of three years expiring upon the holding of the annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2019.	988,691,031 (99.709290%)	2,882,600 (0.290710%)

5.	To renew the mandate granted to KPMG Luxembourg to act as approved statutory auditor (réviseur d'entreprises agréé) of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2016.	956,383,096 (96.451042%)	35,190,535 (3.548958%)
6.	To re-appoint KPMG LLP as the external auditor of the Company to hold office from the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting until the next annual general meeting of the Company.	954,320,896 (96.243069%)	37,252,735 (3.756931%)
7.	To give a general mandate to the Directors to issue additional shares of the Company not exceeding 10 per cent. of the total number of issued shares of the Company as at the date of this resolution (in accordance with the terms and conditions described in the Annual General Meeting circular).	859,948,562 (86.725638%)	131,625,069 (13.274362%)
8.	To give a general mandate to the Directors to repurchase shares of the Company not exceeding 10 per cent. of the total number of issued shares of the Company as at the date of this resolution (in accordance with the terms and conditions described in the Annual General Meeting circular).	989,824,206 (100.000000%)	0 (0%)
Special Resolutions		Number of Votes (Approximate % of total shares voted)
		For	Against
9.	To approve the discharge granted to the Directors and the approved statutory auditor (réviseur d'entreprises agréé) of the Company for the exercise of their respective mandates during the year ended December 31, 2015.	974,837,354 (99.203371%)	7,828,200 (0.796629%)
10.	To approve the remuneration to be granted to certain Directors of the Company.	991,480,031 (99.990560%)	93,600 (0.009440%)
11.	To approve the remuneration to be granted to KPMG Luxembourg as the approved statutory auditor (réviseur d'entreprises agréé) of the Company.	954,633,671 (96.274613%)	36,939,960 (3.725387%)

Notes:

As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of each of the ordinary resolutions numbered 1 to 8 and not less than 75% of the votes were cast in favour of each of the special resolutions numbered 9 to 11, all resolutions were duly passed.

As at the date of the Annual General Meeting, the total number of issued shares of the Company was 1,410,607,841 ordinary shares of US$0.01 each, which was the total number of shares entitling the holders to attend and vote for or against the resolutions at the AGM. There were no shares entitling the holders to attend and abstain from voting in favour at the AGM as set out in rule 13.40 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Listing Rules").

No shareholder of the Company was required under the Listing Rules to abstain from voting on the resolutions at the AGM. None of the shareholders has stated their intention in the Company's circular dated April 22, 2016 to vote against or to abstain from voting on any of the resolutions at the AGM.

The Company's branch share registrar in Hong Kong, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, acted as the scrutineer for the vote-taking at the AGM.

CASH DISTRIBUTION TO SHAREHOLDERS

A cash distribution to the shareholders in the amount of approximately US$0.0659 per share, representing a total distribution of US$93,000,000 to be made from the Company's ad hoc distributable reserve on July 13, 2016 (Wednesday) was approved in the above ordinary resolution no. 3 at the AGM (the "Distribution"). The payment of the Distribution shall be made in US Dollars, except that payment to shareholders whose names appear on the register of members in Hong Kong shall be paid in Hong Kong Dollars. The relevant exchange rate shall be the opening buying rate of HK$ to US$ as announced by the Hong Kong Association of Banks (www.hkab.org.hk) on the day of the approval of the Distribution, i.e., June 2, 2016 (US$1 = HK$7.7400). Accordingly, the amount of cash distribution payable in Hong Kong Dollars will be approximately HK$0.5102 per share.

The payment of the Distribution will not be subject to withholding tax under Luxembourg law.

By Order of the Board

SAMSONITE INTERNATIONAL S.A. Timothy Charles Parker

Chairman

Luxembourg, June 2, 2016

As of the date of this announcement, the Executive Directors are Ramesh Dungarmal Tainwala and Kyle Francis Gendreau, the Non-executive Directors are Timothy Charles Parker and Tom Korbas and the Independent Non-executive Directors are Paul Kenneth Etchells, Keith Hamill, Miguel Kai Kwun Ko, Bruce Hardy McLain (Hardy) and Ying Yeh.