26 June 2025

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 26 June 2025 at 60 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 6RT, all resolutions set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 6 May 2025, other than resolution 8 which was withdrawn, were duly passed by shareholders. Resolutions 1 to 13 were Ordinary Resolutions and Resolutions 14 to 17 were Special Resolutions. A summary of the resolutions passed and details of the proxy votes received are detailed below:

Resolutions

Votes
For1

Votes
Against

Total Votes
Cast

Votes Witheld3

 

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 2025

79,016,751

 

99.99%

371

 

0.01%

79,017,122

 

78.29%

 

298,772

 

2

To receive and approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 January 2025

71,326,326

 

89.93%

7,986,123

 

10.07%

79,312,449

 

78.59%

 

3,445

 

3

To declare a final dividend of 10.6p per ordinary share

79,313,728

 

99.99%

371

 

0.01%

79,314,099

 

78.59%

 

1,795

 

4

To elect Mark Astaire as a Director

79,303,363

 

99.99%

6,088

 

0.01%

79,309,451

 

78.58%

 

6,443

 

5

To elect Mickey Kalifa as a Director

79,283,399

 

99.97%

27,752

 

0.03%

79,311,151

 

78.58%

 

4,743

 

6

To elect Samantha Wren as a Director

79,305,844

 

99.99%

4,088

 

0.01%

79,309,932

 

78.58%

 

5,962

 

7

To re-elect Penny Ladkin-Brand as a Director

76,572,297

 

98.52%

1,152,791

 

1.48%

77,725,088

 

77.01%

 

1,590,806

 

9

To re-elect Jonathan Peachey as a Director

79,282,994

 

99.97%

26,457

 

0.03%

79,309,451

 

78.58%

 

6,443

 

10

To re-elect Paul Butler as a Director

78,982,960

 

99.59%

326,491

 

0.41%

 

79,309,451

 

78.58%

 

6,443

 

11

To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor to the Company

79,171,833

 

99.82%

139,401

 

0.18%

79,311,234

 

78.58%

 

4,660

 

12

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

79,173,104

 

99.82%

138,944

 

0.18%

79,312,048

 

78.59%

 

3,846

 

13

To authorise the Board to allot shares

70,538,545

 

88.95%

8,765,534

 

11.05%

79,304,079

 

78.58%

 

11,815

 

14

To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights

71,704,464

 

90.42%

7,599,765

 

9.58%

79,304,229

 

78.58%

 

11,665

 

15

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

70,085,275

 

88.38%

9,218,954

 

11.62%

79,304,229

 

78.58%

 

11,665

 

16

To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares

66,638,948

 

99.99%

3,033

 

0.01%

66,641,981

 

66.03%

 

12,673,913

 

17

That, subject to court approval, the amount standing to the credit of the Company’s share premium account be cancelled

79,308,291

 

99.99%

5,387

 

0.01%

79,313,678

 

78.59%

 

2,216

 

 

 

1

Includes discretionary votes.

2

As at 24 June 2025, being the AGM voting record date, the Company’s issued share capital (“ISC”) consisted of 100,924,813 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 included in the calculation of votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.

Enquiries

Next 15 Group plc

 

Mark Sanford, General Counsel & Company Secretary

+44 (0) 7590 928794

 

Deutsche 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

Simon Evans

Eleni Menikou

Veronica Farah

+44 (0)7812 590 682

Next15@mhpgroup.com

 

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