27 June 2024
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 9:30am on 27 June 2024 at 60 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 6RT, all resolutions set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 3 May 2024 were duly passed by shareholders. Resolutions 1 to 8 were Ordinary Resolutions and Resolutions 9 to 11 were Special Resolutions. A summary of the resolutions passed and details of the proxy votes received are detailed below:
Resolutions | Votes | Votes | Total Votes | Votes Withheld3 | ||||
| No. of Shares | % of Shares voted | No. of Shares | % of Shares voted | No. of Shares | % of ISC voted2 | ||
1 | To receive and adopt the Annual Report & Accounts for the year ended 31 January 2024 | 80,885,990 | 100% | 0 | 0.00% | 80,885,990 | 80.32% | 50,131 |
2 | To receive and approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 January 2024 | 73,976,173 | 91.41% | 6,951,874 | 8.59% | 80,928,047 | 80.36% | 8,074 |
3 | To declare a final dividend of 10.6p per ordinary share | 80,011,578 | 98.86% | 922,823 | 1.14% | 80,934,401 | 80.37% | 1,720 |
4 | To re-elect Penny Ladkin-Brand as a Director | 80,313,630 | 99.23% | 620,417 | 0.77% | 80,934,047 | 80.37% | 2,074 |
5 | To re-elect Jonathan Peachey as a Director | 80,756,048 | 99.78% | 177,999 | 0.22% | 80,934,047 | 80.37% | 2,074 |
6 | To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor to the Company | 80,928,119 | 99.99% | 6,082 | 0.01% | 80,934,201 | 80.37% | 1,920 |
7 | To authorise the Audit Committee (for and on behalf of the Board of Directors) to determine the Auditors’ remuneration | 80,930,273 | 99.99% | 3,928 | 0.01% | 80,934,201 | 80.37% | 1,920 |
8 | To authorise the Board to allot shares | 72,471,226 | 89.54% | 8,463,175 | 10.46% | 80,934,401 | 80.37% | 1,720 |
9 | To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights | 74,952,480 | 92.61% | 5,981,921 | 7.39% | 80,934,401 | 80.37% | 1,720 |
10 | To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights for the purposes of acquisitions or specified capital investment | 73,192,164 | 90.43% | 7,742,237 | 9.57% | 80,934,401 | 80.37% | 1,720 |
11 | To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares | 69,462,656 | 99.99% | 2,119 | 0.01% | 69,464,775 | 68.98% | 11,471,346 |
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1 | Includes discretionary votes. |
2 | As at 25 June 2024, being the AGM voting record date, the Company’s issued share capital (“ISC”) consisted of 100,700,070 ordinary shares of 2.5p each (“Ordinary Shares”). No Ordinary Shares are held in treasury. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. |
3 | A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes validly cast |
Enquiries
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Next 15 Group plc |
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Mark Sanford, General Counsel & Company Secretary | +44 (0) 7590 928794
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Deutsche Numis (Nomad & Joint Broker) | +44 (0)20 7260 1000 |
Mark Lander Hugo Rubinstein |
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Berenberg (Joint Broker) | +44 (0)20 3207 7800 |
Ben Wright Mark Whitmore |
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MHP Simon Evans Eleni Menikou Veronica Farah | +44 (0)20 3128 8013 |
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