Result of AGM

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Next PLC

16 May 2019

 

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NEXT PLC

Results of 2019 Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

The Board of Next plc is pleased to announce that at the AGM of Next shareholders held on 16 May 2019 all resolutions as set out in the Notice of Meeting contained in the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 26 January 2019 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 6.30pm on 14 May 2019, being those eligible to be voted on at the AGM, was 136,529,324 (this excludes any unsettled transactions under the share buy-back programme).

		For		Against		TOTAL VOTES CAST	% of shares on register at 6.30pm 14 May 2019	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	99,515,097	100.00	4,117	0.00	99,519,214	72.89%	179,446
2 To approve the Remuneration Report	Ordinary	96,685,048	98.03	1,943,206	1.97	98,628,254	72.24%	1,070,406
3 To declare a final dividend of 110p per ordinary share	Ordinary	99,566,677	100.00	2,670	0.00	99,569,347	72.93%	129,313
4 To elect Tristia Harrison as a director	Ordinary	99,282,328	99.72	275,684	0.28	99,558,012	72.92%	140,648
5 To re-elect Jonathan Bewes as a director	Ordinary	96,250,922	96.68	3,310,213	3.32	99,561,135	72.92%	137,525
6 To re-elect Amanda James as a director	Ordinary	98,245,518	98.68	1,317,104	1.32	99,562,622	72.92%	136,038
7 To re-elect Richard Papp as a director	Ordinary	98,294,356	98.73	1,267,376	1.27	99,561,732	72.92%	136,928
8 To re-elect Michael Roney as a director	Ordinary	87,367,474	89.65	10,090,195	10.35	97,457,669	71.38%	2,240,991
9 To re-elect Francis Salway as a director	Ordinary	98,958,286	99.39	603,461	0.61	99,561,747	72.92%	136,913
10 To re-elect Jane Shields as a director	Ordinary	98,273,752	98.71	1,288,586	1.29	99,562,338	72.92%	136,322
11 To re-elect Dame Dianne Thompson as a director	Ordinary	98,947,843	99.38	612,424	0.62	99,560,267	72.92%	138,393
12 To re-elect Lord Wolfson as a director	Ordinary	98,442,000	98.87	1,120,118	1.13	99,562,118	72.92%	136,542
13 To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor and authorise the directors to set their remuneration	Ordinary	99,513,841	99.95	52,357	0.05	99,566,198	72.93%	132,462
14  Directors' authority to allot shares	Ordinary	96,933,719	97.36	2,633,043	2.64	99,566,762	72.93%	131,898
15 Authority to disapply general  pre-emption rights	Special	99,524,895	99.97	33,721	0.03	99,558,616	72.92%	140,044
16 Authority to disapply additional pre-emption rights	Special	97,301,942	97.73	2,256,919	2.27	99,558,861	72.92%	139,799
17 Authority for on-market purchase of own shares	Special	98,664,957	99.13	869,574	0.87	99,534,531	72.90%	164,129
182 Authority for off-market purchases of own shares	Special	98,165,914	98.63	1,368,580	1.37	99,534,494	72.90%	164,166
Less votes disregarded under the provisions of the Companies Act 2006		(3,000,000)2				(3,000,000)2
Resolution 18 total		95,165,914	98.58	1,368,580	1.42	96,534,494	70.71%	164,166
19 To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than Annual General Meetings) on 14 clear days' notice	Special	94,130,549	94.97	4,980,561	5.03	99,111,110	72.59%	587,550

Note1:  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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