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RNS Number : 9226M
Next PLC
14 May 2020
Contacts: Alistair Mackinnon-Musson
Rowbell PR Tel: 020 7717 5239
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NEXT PLC
Results of 2020 Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
The Board of Next plc is pleased to announce that at the AGM of
Next shareholders held on 14 May 2020 all resolutions as set out in
the Notice of Meeting contained in the Annual Report and Accounts
for the year ended 25 January 2020 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 6.30 pm on 12 May
2020, being those eligible to be voted on at the AGM, was
132,949,276.
% of
shares
on
register
at
6.30pm
TOTAL VOTES 12 May Votes
For Against CAST 2020 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 101,107,641 100.0% 773 0.0% 101,108,414 76.05% 227,830
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2 To adopt the
Remuneration Policy Ordinary 92,690,078 91.82% 8,252,433 8.18% 100,942,511 75.93% 393,732
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3 To approve the
Remuneration report Ordinary 96,952,432 97.03% 2,964,177 2.97% 99,916,609 75.15% 1,419,634
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4 To re-elect Jonathan
Bewes as a director Ordinary 98,475,535 97.33% 2,696,361 2.67% 101,171,896 76.10% 164,347
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5 To re-elect Tristia
Harrison as a director Ordinary 100,525,541 99.36% 646,624 0.64% 101,172,165 76.10% 164,079
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6 To re-elect Amanda
James as a director Ordinary 99,722,096 98.57% 1,450,063 1.43% 101,172,159 76.10% 164,084
---------- -------------- ------- ----------- ------- ------------ --------- ------------
7 To re-elect Richard
Papp as a director Ordinary 100,264,827 99.10% 907,216 0.90% 101,172,043 76.10% 164,200
---------- -------------- ------- ----------- ------- ------------ --------- ------------
8 To re-elect Michael
Roney as a director Ordinary 89,187,316 89.66% 10,283,486 10.34% 99,470,802 74.82% 1,865,441
---------- -------------- ------- ----------- ------- ------------ --------- ------------
9 To re-elect Francis
Salway as a director Ordinary 98,012,612 96.94% 3,092,043 3.06% 101,104,655 76.05% 231,588
---------- -------------- ------- ----------- ------- ------------ --------- ------------
10 To re-elect
Jane Shields as
a director Ordinary 100,433,259 99.27% 741,992 0.73% 101,175,251 76.10% 160,992
---------- -------------- ------- ----------- ------- ------------ --------- ------------
11 To re-elect
Dame Dianne Thompson
as a director Ordinary 100,625,877 99.46% 545,139 0.54% 101,171,016 76.10% 165,228
---------- -------------- ------- ----------- ------- ------------ --------- ------------
12 To re-elect
Lord Wolfson as
a director Ordinary 100,506,243 99.34% 670,280 0.66% 101,176,523 76.10% 159,721
---------- -------------- ------- ----------- ------- ------------ --------- ------------
13 To re-appoint
PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP as auditor Ordinary 101,138,671 99.96% 37,893 0.04% 101,176,564 76.10% 159,680
---------- -------------- ------- ----------- ------- ------------ --------- ------------
14 To authorise
the Audit Committee
to set the auditor's
remuneration Ordinary 101,134,044 99.96% 43,221 0.04% 101,177,265 76.10% 158,979
---------- -------------- ------- ----------- ------- ------------ --------- ------------
15 To authorise
the directors to
amend the rules
of the Next LTIP Ordinary 98,389,678 97.25% 2,781,351 2.75% 101,171,029 76.10% 165,215
---------- -------------- ------- ----------- ------- ------------ --------- ------------
16 To extend the
Next SMP Ordinary 96,776,834 95.66% 4,394,235 4.34% 101,171,069 76.10% 165,175
---------- -------------- ------- ----------- ------- ------------ --------- ------------
17 To extend the
Next Sharesave
Plan Ordinary 100,560,711 99.40% 611,772 0.60% 101,172,483 76.10% 163,761
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18 To extend the
Next MSOP Ordinary 100,573,749 99.41% 597,084 0.59% 101,170,833 76.10% 165,411
---------- -------------- ------- ----------- ------- ------------ --------- ------------
19 Directors' authority
to allot shares Ordinary 96,957,358 95.83% 4,216,648 4.17% 101,174,006 76.10% 162,238
---------- -------------- ------- ----------- ------- ------------ --------- ------------
20 General authority
to disapply
pre-emption
rights Special 101,119,365 99.95% 51,815 0.05% 101,171,180 76.10% 165,064
---------- -------------- ------- ----------- ------- ------------ --------- ------------
21 Additional authority
to disapply
pre-emption
rights Special 98,633,784 97.49% 2,536,676 2.51% 101,170,460 76.10% 165,784
---------- -------------- ------- ----------- ------- ------------ --------- ------------
22 Authority for
on-market purchase
of own shares Special 98,956,361 97.86% 2,168,873 2.14% 101,125,234 76.06% 211,009
---------- -------------- ------- ----------- ------- ------------ --------- ------------
23(2) Authority
for off-market
purchases of own
shares Special 98,653,832 97.56% 2,470,722 2.44% 101,124,554 76.06% 211,689
Less votes disregarded
under the provisions
of the Companies
Act 2006 (3,000,000) (3,000,000)
Resolution 23 total 95,653,832(2) 97.48% 2,470,722 2.52% 98,124,554 73.81% 211,689
-------------- ------- ----------- ------- ------------ --------- ------------
24 To increase
the Company's
borrowing
powers Special 93,726,546 92.64% 7,440,865 7.36% 101,167,411 76.09% 168,833
---------- -------------- ------- ----------- ------- ------------ --------- ------------
25 To adopt new
articles of
association Special 101,158,861 100.0% 4,561 0.0% 101,163,422 76.09% 172,822
---------- -------------- ------- ----------- ------- ------------ --------- ------------
26 Notice period
of general meetings Special 96,031,957 94.92% 5,144,260 5.08% 101,176,217 76.10% 160,026
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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. 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 and 9.2.6ER(1), a copy of
resolutions passed as special business along with the new articles
of association will be submitted as soon as practicable to the
National Storage Mechanism and will be available shortly for
inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
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