Result of AGM

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Next PLC

19 May 2016

 

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NEXT PLC

Results of 2016 Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

The Board of Next plc is pleased to announce that at the AGM of Next shareholders held on 19 May 2016 all resolutions as set out in the Notice of Meeting contained in the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 30 January 2016 were passed.

All resolutions were put to the meeting and approved on a poll and results are detailed below.

The total number of shares on the register at 6pm on 17 May 2016, being those eligible to be voted on at the AGM, was 149,549,619

		For		Against		TOTAL VOTES CAST	% of shares on register at 6pm 17 May 2016	Votes withheld1
Resolution	Special / Ordinary	No. of Votes	%	No. of Votes	%	No. of Votes	%	No. of Votes
1. To receive and adopt the accounts and reports of the directors and auditor	Ordinary	104,626,204	99.5	519,913	0.5	105,146,117	70.3	174,262
2. To approve the Remuneration Report	Ordinary	102,705,670	97.6	2,558,066	2.4	105,263,736	70.4	56,641
3. To declare a final dividend of 105p per share	Ordinary	105,271,744	100	33,236	0.0	105,304,980	70.4	15,399
4. To re-elect John Barton as a director	Ordinary	102,377,844	97.3	2,859,695	2.7	105,237,539	70.4	82,838
5. To re-elect Steve Barber as a director	Ordinary	104,909,189	99.6	389,518	0.4	105,298,707	70.4	21,672
6. To re-elect Caroline Goodall as a director	Ordinary	104,744,591	99.5	554,643	0.5	105,299,234	70.4	21,145
7. To re-elect Amanda James as a director	Ordinary	104,446,729	99.2	852,079	0.8	105,298,808	70.4	21,570
8. To re-elect Michael Law as a director	Ordinary	104,101,368	98.9	1,196,409	1.1	105,297,777	70.4	22,601
9. To re-elect Francis Salway as a director	Ordinary	105,010,783	99.7	287,913	0.3	105,298,696	70.4	21,683
10. To re-elect Jane Shields as a director	Ordinary	104,100,095	98.9	1,197,509	1.1	105,297,604	70.4	22,774
11. To re-elect Dame Dianne Thompson as a director	Ordinary	104,913,195	99.6	385,221	0.4	105,298,416	70.4	21,963
12. To re-elect Lord Wolfson as a director	Ordinary	104,466,881	99.2	832,048	0.8	105,298,929	70.4	21,450
13. To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor and authorise the directors to set their remuneration	Ordinary	104,083,772	99.0	1,017,756	1.0	105,101,528	70.3	218,850
14. Directors' authority to allot shares	Ordinary	102,074,666	97.2	2,922,357	2.8	104,997,023	70.2	323,356
15. Authority to disapply pre-emption rights	Special	102,378,706	97.4	2,711,354	2.6	105,090,060	70.3	230,318
16. Authority for on-market purchase of own shares	Special	104,109,880	98.9	1,187,996	1.1	105,297,876	70.4	22,502
172. Authority to enter into Programme Agreements with each of Goldman Sachs International, UBS AG, Deutsche Bank AG, HSBC Bank plc and Barclays Bank plc	Special	103,188,513	98.0	2,052,538	2.0	105,241,051	70.4	79,326
Less votes disregarded under the provisions of the Companies Act 2006		(3,000,000)²				(3,000,000)²
Resolution 17 total		100,188,513	98.0	2,052,538	2.0	102,241,051	68.4
18. To authorise the calling of general meeting (other than annual general meetings) on not less than 14 clear days' notice	Special	93,540,866	89.5	11,007,119	10.5	104,547,985	69.9	772,393

Note[1]:  The 'Vote Withheld' option is provided to enable the shareholder to abstain on any resolution. It is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for and against a resolution.

Note²: The total maximum number of Ordinary Shares which may be purchased by Next for cancellation pursuant to such contingent purchase contracts is 3.0 million. As explained in the Notice of Meeting, Next has disregarded 3.0 million votes from both the total number of votes cast in favour of the resolution and the total votes cast so that the voting of those shares did not affect the result of the poll.

In accordance with LR 9.6.2, a copy of resolutions passed as special business will be submitted as soon as practicable to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available shortly for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM 

 

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