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
|
% |
VOTES
|
% |
VOTES
|
% 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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