6 July 2023

Next 15 Group plc

(“Next 15” or the “Company”)

Results of Annual General Meeting

Next 15 Group plc announces that at its Annual General Meeting held at 11am on 6 July 2023 at 60 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 6RT, all resolutions set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 17 May 2023 were duly passed by shareholders. Resolutions 1 to 9 were Ordinary Resolutions and Resolutions 10 to 12 were Special Resolutions. A summary of the resolutions passed and details of the proxy votes received are detailed below:

Resolutions

Votes
For

Votes
Against

Total Votes
Cast

 

No. of Shares

% of Shares voted

No. of Shares

% of Shares voted

No. of Shares

% of ISC voted1

1

To receive and adopt the Annual Report & Accounts for the year ended 31 January 2023

80,102,867

100

0

0

80,102,867

80.68

2

To receive and approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 January 2023

72,575,480

90.55

7,575,403

9.45

80,150,883

80.72

3

To declare a final dividend of 10.1p per ordinary share

79,292,309

98.93

858,574

1.07

80,150,883

80.72

4

To elect Paul Butler as a Director

79,956,527

99.76

189,959

0.24

80,146,486

80.72

5

To re-elect Peter Harris as a Director

79,916,529

99.71

229,957

0.29

80,146,486

80.72

6

To re-elect Robyn Perriss as a Director

79,919,393

99.72

227,093

0.28

80,146,486

80.72

7

To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor to the Company

80,121,334

99.96

28,232

0.04

80,149,566

80.72

8

To authorise the Audit Committee (for and on behalf of the Board of Directors) to determine the Auditors’ remuneration

80,122,005

99.96

28,678

0.04

80,150,733

80.72

9

To authorise the Board to allot shares

71,354,213

89.02

8,796,670

10.98

80,150,994

80.72

10

To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights

73,062,178

91.16

7,088,705

8.84

80,150,883

80.72

11

To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights for the purposes of acquisitions or specified capital investment

71,970,765

89.79

8,180,118

10.21

80,150,883

80.72

12

To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares

68,255,393

99.99

3,779

0.01

68,259,172

 

 

68.75

 

 

 

1

As at 4 July 2023, being the AGM voting record date, the Company’s issued share capital (“ISC”) consisted of 99,289,068 ordinary shares of 2.5p each (“Ordinary Shares”). No Ordinary Shares are held in treasury. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.

 

 

Enquiries

Next 15 Group plc

Mark Sanford, General Counsel & Company Secretary +44 (0) 7590 928794

Numis (Nomad & Joint Broker) +44 (0)20 7260 1000

Mark Lander

Hugo Rubinstein

Berenberg (Joint Broker) +44 (0)20 3207 7800

Ben Wright

Mark Whitmore

MHP

James McFarlane

Eleni Menikou

Veronica Farah +44 (0)20 3128 8013

Next15@mhpgroup.com

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