Company Announcements

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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