Result of AGM

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Next PLC

17 May 2012

 



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NEXT PLC

Results of 2012 Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

The Board of Next plc is pleased to announce that, at the AGM of Next shareholders held on 17 May 2012, all resolutions as set out in the Notice of Meeting contained in the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 28 January 2012 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 15 May 2012, being those eligible to be voted on at the AGM, was 167,030,620.

		For		Against		TOTAL VOTES CAST	% of shares on register at 6pm 15 May 2012	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	123,151,942	100.00	123	0.00	123,152,065	73.73	75,511
2. To approve the remuneration report	Ordinary	117,216,626	95.49	5,537,967	4.51	122,754,593	73.49	472,983
3. To declare a final dividend of 62.5p per share	Ordinary	123,153,119	100.00	0	0.00	123,153,119	73.73	74,457
4. To re-elect John Barton as a director	Ordinary	122,308,663	99.32	840,227	0.68	123,148,890	73.73	78,686
5. To re-elect Christos Angelides as a director	Ordinary	120,407,705	98.74	1,539,748	1.26	121,947,453	73.01	1,280,123
6. To re-elect Steve Barber as a director	Ordinary	122,579,502	99.54	570,650	0.46	123,150,152	73.73	77,424
7. To re-elect Christine Cross as a director	Ordinary	122,578,664	99.54	571,488	0.46	123,150,152	73.73	77,424
8. To re-elect Jonathan Dawson as a director	Ordinary	122,575,032	99.53	573,529	0.47	123,148,561	73.73	79,015
9. To re-elect David Keens as a director	Ordinary	120,407,963	99.21	962,778	0.79	121,370,741	72.66	1,856,835
10. To re-elect Francis Salway as a director	Ordinary	122,579,604	99.54	570,548	0.46	123,150,152	73.73	77,424
11. To re-elect Andrew Varley as a director	Ordinary	122,335,737	99.34	813,129	0.66	123,148,866	73.73	78,710
12. To re-elect Simon Wolfson as a director	Ordinary	120,407,171	99.21	963,570	0.79	121,370,741	72.66	1,856,835
13. To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors and authorise the directors to set their remuneration	Ordinary	123,041,787	99.91	109,279	0.09	123,151,066	73.73	76,510
14. Authority to allot shares	Ordinary	114,982,012	93.84	7,552,051	6.16	122,534,063	73.36	693,513
15. Authority to disapply pre-emption rights	Special	123,110,166	99.97	32,241	0.03	123,142,407	73.72	85,169
16. Authority for on-market purchase of own shares	Special	119,984,667	98.86	1,382,411	1.14	121,367,078	72.66	1,860,498
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 Less votes disregarded under the provisions of the Companies Act 2006 Resolution 17 total	Special	120,065,003 (8,000,000)2 112,065,003	97.52 97.35	3,048,950 3,048,950	2.48 2.65	123,113,953 (8,000,000)2 115,113,953	73.71 68.92	113,623 113,623
18. To authorise the calling of general meeting (other than annual general meetings) on 14 clear days' notice	Special	111,988,350	90.94	11,159,399	9.06	123,147,749	73.73	79,827

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 8.0 million. As explained in the Notice of Meeting, Next has disregarded 8.0 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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