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Next PLC
16 May 2019
Contacts: Alistair Mackinnon-Musson
Rowbell PR Tel: 020 7717 5239
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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).
% of
shares
on
register
at
TOTAL 6.30pm
VOTES 14 May Votes
For Against CAST 2019 withheld(1)
---------- ------------------------ ------------------- ----------------- --------- ------------
Resolution Special No. of % No. of % No. of % No. of
/ Votes Votes Votes Votes
Ordinary
---------- --------------- ------- ----------- ------ ----------------- --------- ------------
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
---------- --------------- ------- ----------- ------ ----------------- --------- ------------
18(2) 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
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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.
Note(2) : 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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