Result of AGM

Result of AGM

Next Fifteen Communications Plc

 

23 June 2022

Next Fifteen Communications Group plc

(“Next 15” or the “Company”)

Results of Annual General Meeting

Next Fifteen Communications Group plc announces that at its Annual General Meeting held at 11am on 23 June 2022 at 60 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 6RT, all resolutions set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 28 April 2022 were duly passed by shareholders. A summary of the resolutions passed and details of the proxy votes received are detailed below.

As at 21 June 2022, being the AGM voting record date, the Company’s issued share capital (“ISC”) consisted of 98,148,757 ordinary shares of 2.5p each (“Ordinary Shares”). No Ordinary Shares are held in treasury. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes validly cast. Resolutions 1 to 10 were Ordinary Resolutions and Resolutions 11 to 13 were Special Resolutions.

RESOLUTION

VOTES
FOR

%

VOTES
AGAINST

%

VOTES
TOTAL

% of ISC VOTED

1

To receive and adopt the Annual Report & Accounts for the year ended 31 January 2022

78,668,407

99.99

8

0.01

78,668,415

79.34

2

To receive and approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 January 2022

71,665,733

90.97

7,114,386

9.03

78,780,119

80.27

3

To declare a final dividend of 8.4p per ordinary share

78,754,820

99.97

25,299

0.03

78,780,119

80.27

4

To elect Dianna Jones as a Director

78,671,570

99.86

108,549

0.14

78,780,119

80.27

5

To elect Jonathan Peachey as a Director

78,585,734

99.75

194,385

0.25

78,780,119

80.27

6

To re-elect Tim Dyson as a Director

78,585,746

99.75

194,373

0.25

78,780,119

80.27

7

To re-elect Helen Hunter as a Director

71,632,893

90.93

7,147,226

9.07

78,780,119

80.27

8

To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor to the Company

78,762,616

99.98

17,303

0.02

78,779,919

80.27

9

To authorise the Audit Committee (for and on behalf of the Board of Directors) to determine the auditors’ remuneration

78,763,114

99.98

16,805

0.02

78,779,919

80.27

10

To authorise the Board to allot shares

71,298,416

90.50

7,481,703

9.50

78,780,119

80.27

11

To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights

72,005,706

91.40

6,774,413

8.60

78,780,119

80.27

12

To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights for the purposes of acquisitions or specified capital investments

72,003,004

91.40

6,777,075

8.60

78,780,119

80.27

13

To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares

66,542,869

99.99

2,705

0.01

66,545,574

67.80

Enquiries:

Next Fifteen Communications Group plc

Mark Sanford, General Counsel & Company Secretary

+44 (0) 7590 928794

Numis

Mark Lander, Hugo Rubinstein

+44 (0)20 7260 1000

Berenberg

Ben Wright, Mark Whitmore, Arnav Kapoor

+44 (0)20 3207 7800

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