Result of AGM

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Next PLC

20 May 2021

 

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NEXT PLC

Results of 2021 Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

The Board of Next plc is pleased to announce that at the AGM of Next shareholders held on 20 May 2021 all resolutions as set out in the Notice of Meeting contained in the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 30 January 2021 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 6.30 pm on 18 May 2021, being those eligible to be voted on at the AGM, was 132,949,276.

		For		Against		TOTAL VOTES CAST	% of shares on register at 6.30pm 18 May 2021	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	96,319,573	100.00	4,048	0.00	96,323,621	72.45%	70,586
2 To approve the Remuneration report	Ordinary	88,473,445	93.86	5,792,569	6.14	94,266,014	70.90%	2,128,192
3 To elect Tom Hall as a director	Ordinary	96,066,159	99.70	290,915	0.30	96,357,074	72.48%	37,133
4 To re-elect Jonathan Bewes as a director	Ordinary	93,952,480	97.50	2,404,392	2.50	96,356,872	72.48%	37,334
5 To re-elect Tristia Harrison as a director	Ordinary	95,743,679	99.36	614,096	0.64	96,357,775	72.48%	36,432
6 To re-elect Amanda James as a director	Ordinary	95,101,060	98.69	1,257,493	1.31	96,358,553	72.48%	35,654
7 To re-elect Richard Papp as a director	Ordinary	95,205,404	98.80	1,152,848	1.20	96,358,252	72.48%	35,955
8 To re-elect Michael Roney as a director	Ordinary	81,065,707	86.03	13,166,821	13.97	94,232,528	70.88%	2,161,678
9 To re-elect Jane Shields as a director	Ordinary	95,212,671	98.81	1,145,834	1.19	96,358,505	72.48%	35,702
10 To re-elect Dame Dianne Thompson as a director	Ordinary	95,710,388	99.34	640,378	0.66	96,350,766	72.47%	43,441
11 To re-elect Lord Wolfson as a director	Ordinary	95,376,172	98.98	982,523	1.02	96,358,695	72.48%	35,512
12 To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor	Ordinary	95,336,457	98.94	1,026,098	1.06	96,362,555	72.48%	31,652
13 To authorise the Audit Committee to set the auditor's remuneration	Ordinary	96,321,138	99.96	35,518	0.04	96,356,656	72.48%	37,551
14  Directors' authority to allot shares	Ordinary	92,957,518	96.47	3,399,864	3.53	96,357,382	72.48%	36,824
15 General authority to disapply pre-emption rights	Special	96,254,606	99.90	98,283	0.10	96,352,889	72.47%	41,318
16 Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights	Special	92,958,619	96.48	3,390,134	3.52	96,348,753	72.47%	45,454
17 Authority for on-market purchase of own shares	Special	95,055,180	98.93	1,030,655	1.07	96,085,835	72.27%	308,371
182 Authority for off-market purchases of own shares	Special	94,411,536	98.27%	1,658,967	1.73%	96,070,503	72.26%	323,703
Less votes disregarded under the provisions of the Companies Act 2006		(3,000,000)				(3,000,000)
Resolution 18 total		91,411,536	98.22%	1,658,967	1.78%	93,070,503	70.00%	323,703
19 To adopt new articles of association	Special	96,339,030	99.99	6,060	0.01	96,345,090	72.47%	49,117
20 Notice period of general meetings	Special	92,297,416	95.78	4,061,972	4.22	96,359,388	72.48%	34,818

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. 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 and 9.2.6ER(1), a copy of resolutions passed as special business along with the new articles of association will be submitted as soon as practicable to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available shortly for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

 

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