The board of directors of Samsonite International S.A. announced that Mr. Miguel Kai Kwun Ko ("Mr. Ko") has resigned as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the company with effect from September 22, 2016, such resignation to be acknowledged by the shareholders at the general shareholders' meeting of the company to be convened on September 22, 2016. The Board also proposed that Mr. Jerome Squire Griffith ("Mr. Griffith") be elected as a Non- Executive Director of the company with effect from September 22, 2016. Mr. Griffith recently served as the Chief Executive Officer, President and director of Tumi Holdings Inc. from April 2009 to August 2016. He has served as a member of the supervisory board of Tom Tailor Holding AG since June 2015.