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Company Watches of Switzerland Group PLC London S.E.

Equities

GB00BJDQQ870

Apparel & Accessories Retailers

Business Summary

Watches of Switzerland Group PLC is a United Kingdom-based luxury watch retailer. The Company operates in the United Kingdom, United States and Europe comprising six brands: Watches of Switzerland (United Kingdom and United States), Mappin & Webb (United Kingdom), Goldsmiths (United Kingdom), Mayors (United States), Betteridge (United States), and Analog:Shift (United States), with a complementary jewelry offering. Its estate includes multi-brand showrooms and mono-brand boutiques in the United Kingdom, Europe, and the United States, supported by ecommerce platform. The Company has approximately 222 showrooms across the United Kingdom, United States and Europe, including 98 mono-brand boutiques in partnership with Rolex, OMEGA, TAG Heuer, Breitling, TUDOR, Audemars Piguet, Grand Seiko, BVLGARI and FOPE. It also has presence in Heathrow Airport with representation in Terminals 2, 3, 4 and 5 as well as seven retail websites.

Sales per Business

GBP in Million2022Weight2023Weight Delta
Luxury Watches
86.6 %
1,047 84.5 % 1,336 86.6 % +27.67%
Luxury Jewellery
7.7 %
109 8.8 % 119 7.7 % +9.56%
Other
5.7 %
83 6.7 % 88 5.7 % +5.80%

Sales per region

GBP in Million2022Weight2023Weight Delta
United Kingdom and Europe
57.7 %
-- 890 57.7 % -
United States
42.3 %
428 34.6 % 653 42.3 % +52.40%

Managers

Managers TitleAgeSince
Chief Executive Officer 69 09/02/14
Director of Finance/CFO 61 02/11/14
Sales & Marketing - 31/12/22
Human Resources Officer - 31/07/22
General Counsel - 14/03/21
Corporate Officer/Principal - 31/12/12
Corporate Officer/Principal - 31/12/15
Corporate Officer/Principal - -
Sales & Marketing - -

Members of the board

Members of the board TitleAgeSince
Chairman 62 31/10/20
Director/Board Member 60 06/05/19
Chief Executive Officer 69 09/02/14
Director/Board Member 56 30/11/18
Director of Finance/CFO 61 02/11/14
Director/Board Member 70 31/12/13
Director/Board Member - 30/04/22

Share class

VoteQuantityFree-FloatCompany-owned sharesTotal Float
Stock A 1 239,570,297 228,768,417 ( 95.49 %) 0 95.49 %

Shareholders

NameEquities%Valuation
Capital Research & Management Co. (World Investors)
4.992 %
11,958,854 4.992 % 62 M £
JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Ltd.
4.990 %
11,954,558 4.990 % 62 M £
Pelham Capital Ltd.
4.987 %
11,948,369 4.987 % 62 M £
Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd.
3.905 %
9,356,032 3.905 % 49 M £
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
3.825 %
9,164,000 3.825 % 48 M £
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd.
3.283 %
7,865,937 3.283 % 41 M £
Hugh Duffy
3.213 %
7,696,999 3.213 % 40 M £
Aegon Asset Management UK PLC
3.078 %
7,374,274 3.078 % 38 M £
M&G Investment Management Ltd.
2.952 %
7,071,190 2.952 % 37 M £
Royal London Asset Management Ltd.
1.945 %
4,660,000 1.945 % 24 M £

Company contact information

Watches of Switzerland Group Plc

Aurum House 2 Elland Road

LE3 1TT, Leicester

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