Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9239E

Next PLC

16 May 2013

 



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NEXT PLC

Results of 2013 Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

The Board of Next plc is pleased to announce that, at the AGM of Next shareholders held on 16 May 2013, all resolutions as set out in the Notice of Meeting contained in the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 26 January 2013 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 14 May 2013, being those eligible to be voted on at the AGM, was 160,472,983.

		For		Against		TOTAL VOTES CAST	% of shares on register at 6pm 14 May 2013	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 auditors	Ordinary	110,986,589	99.97	29,638	0.03	111,016,227	69.18	108,179
2. To approve the remuneration report	Ordinary	108,929,272	99.67	357,212	0.33	109,286,484	68.10	1,837,922
3. To declare a final dividend of 74p per share	Ordinary	111,014,685	100.0	384	0.00	111,015,069	69.18	109,337
4. To re-elect John Barton as a director	Ordinary	109,367,494	99.16	930,420	0.84	110,297,914	68.73	826,492
5. To re-elect Christos Angelides as a director	Ordinary	110,740,129	99.76	271,653	0.24	111,011,782	69.18	112,624
6. To re-elect Steve Barber as a director	Ordinary	110,744,946	99.76	268,990	0.24	111,013,936	69.18	110,470
7. To re-elect Christine Cross as a director	Ordinary	108,981,481	99.62	410,371	0.38	109,391,852	68.17	1,732,554
8. To re-elect Jonathan Dawson as a director	Ordinary	110,534,216	99.74	292,570	0.26	110,826,786	69.06	297,620
9. To elect Caroline Goodall as a director	Ordinary	110,696,700	99.76	270,019	0.24	110,966,719	69.15	157,687
10. To re-elect David Keens as a director	Ordinary	110,739,390	99.75	274,183	0.25	111,013,573	69.18	110,833
11. To re-elect Francis Salway as a director	Ordinary	110,744,754	99.76	268,799	0.24	111,013,553	69.18	110,853
12. To re-elect Andrew Varley as a director	Ordinary	110,737,998	99.75	276,198	0.25	111,014,196	69.18	110,210
13. To re-elect Simon Wolfson as a director	Ordinary	110,741,993	99.75	272,333	0.25	111,014,326	69.18	110,080
14. To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors and authorise the directors to set their remuneration	Ordinary	110,624,454	99.78	247,334	0.22	110,871,788	69.09	252,618
15. Authority to allot shares	Ordinary	108,961,752	98.28	1,903,765	1.72	110,865,517	69.09	258,889
16. Authority to disapply pre-emption rights	Special	110,876,411	99.96	46,674	0.04	110,923,085	69.12	201,321
17. Authority for on-market purchase of own shares	Special	108,378,056	98.87	1,243,244	1.13	109,621,300	68.31	1,503,106
182. Authority to enter into Programme Agreements with each of Goldman Sachs International, UBS AG, Deutsche Bank AG and Barclays Bank plc Less votes disregarded under the provisions of the Companies Act 2006 Resolution 18 total	Special	108,624,733 (5,000,000)2 103,624,733	97.92 97.82	2,304,821 2,304,821	2.08 2.18	110,929,554 (5,000,000)2 105,929,554	69.13 66.01	194,852 194,852
19. To authorise the calling of general meeting (other than annual general meetings) on 14 clear days' notice	Special	100,415,692	90.46	10,592,058	9.54	111,007,750	69.18	116,656

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 5.0 million. As explained in the Notice of Meeting, Next has disregarded 5.0 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.

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.hemscott.com/nsm.do.  

 

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