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RNS Number : 5765F
Next PLC
18 May 2017
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NEXT PLC
Results of 2017 Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
The Board of Next plc is pleased to announce that at the AGM of
Next shareholders held on 18 May 2017 all resolutions as set out in
the Notice of Meeting contained in the Annual Report and Accounts
for the year ended 28 January 2017 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 6pm on 16 May
2017, being those eligible to be voted on at the AGM, was
147,056,562.
% of
shares
on
register
at 6pm
TOTAL VOTES 16 May Votes
For Against CAST 2017 withheld(1)
------------------------ ---------- ------------------------ ----------------- --------------- --------- ------------
Resolution Special / No. of Votes % No. of % No. of Votes % No. of
Ordinary Votes Votes
------------------------ ---------- --------------- ------- ---------- ----- --------------- --------- ------------
1 To receive and adopt
the accounts and
reports of the
directors and auditor Ordinary 108,995,810 99.58 455,579 0.42 109,451,389 74.43 28,113
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2 To approve the
Directors'
Remuneration Policy Ordinary 107,107,291 98.64 1,471,317 1.36 108,578,608 73.83 900,892
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3 To approve the
Remuneration Report Ordinary 108,223,045 99.60 436,396 0.40 108,659,441 73.89 820,060
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4 To declare a final
dividend of 105p per
ordinary share Ordinary 109,464,444 100.00 4,504 0.00 109,468,948 74.44 10,554
------------------------ ---------- --------------- ------- ---------- ----- --------------- --------- ------------
5 To re-elect John
Barton as a director Ordinary 106,807,508 97.60 2,623,541 2.40 109,431,049 74.41 48,453
------------------------ ---------- --------------- ------- ---------- ----- --------------- --------- ------------
6 To elect Jonathan
Bewes as a director Ordinary 109,068,801 99.67 361,757 0.33 109,430,558 74.41 48,944
------------------------ ---------- --------------- ------- ---------- ----- --------------- --------- ------------
7 To re-elect Caroline
Goodall as a director Ordinary 108,918,613 99.53 512,570 0.47 109,431,183 74.41 48,319
------------------------ ---------- --------------- ------- ---------- ----- --------------- --------- ------------
8 To re-elect Amanda
James as a director Ordinary 108,890,381 99.51 540,933 0.49 109,431,314 74.41 48,188
------------------------ ---------- --------------- ------- ---------- ----- --------------- --------- ------------
9 To re-elect Michael
Law as a director Ordinary 108,967,226 99.58 463,597 0.42 109,430,823 74.41 48,679
------------------------ ---------- --------------- ------- ---------- ----- --------------- --------- ------------
10 To elect Michael
Roney as a director Ordinary 108,488,792 99.92 92,150 0.08 108,580,942 73.84 898,559
------------------------ ---------- --------------- ------- ---------- ----- --------------- --------- ------------
11 To re-elect Francis
Salway as a director Ordinary 109,061,016 99.66 369,451 0.34 109,430,467 74.41 49,035
------------------------ ---------- --------------- ------- ---------- ----- --------------- --------- ------------
12 To re-elect Jane
Shields as a director Ordinary 108,968,059 99.58 462,334 0.42 109,430,393 74.41 49,109
------------------------ ---------- --------------- ------- ---------- ----- --------------- --------- ------------
13 To re-elect Dame
Dianne Thompson as a
director Ordinary 109,007,329 99.61 423,373 0.39 109,430,702 74.41 48,800
------------------------ ---------- --------------- ------- ---------- ----- --------------- --------- ------------
14 To re-elect Lord
Wolfson as a director Ordinary 108,968,010 99.58 464,501 0.42 109,432,511 74.42 46,991
------------------------ ---------- --------------- ------- ---------- ----- --------------- --------- ------------
15 To appoint
PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP as auditor and
authorise the
directors to set their
remuneration Ordinary 109,316,280 99.94 63,785 0.06 109,380,065 74.38 99,436
------------------------ ---------- --------------- ------- ---------- ----- --------------- --------- ------------
16 Authority for the
directors to amend the
rules of the NEXT Long
Term Incentive Plan Ordinary 108,796,669 99.39 665,001 0.61 109,461,670 74.44 17,832
------------------------ ---------- --------------- ------- ---------- ----- --------------- --------- ------------
17 Directors' authority
to allot shares Ordinary 103,330,203 94.47 6,046,545 5.53 109,376,748 74.38 102,753
------------------------ ---------- --------------- ------- ---------- ----- --------------- --------- ------------
18 Authority to
disapply pre-emption
rights Special 109,116,676 99.69 340,206 0.31 109,456,882 74.43 22,620
------------------------ ---------- --------------- ------- ---------- ----- --------------- --------- ------------
19 Authority to
disapply additional
pre-emption rights Special 103,069,338 94.16 6,388,333 5.84 109,457,671 74.43 21,830
------------------------ ---------- --------------- ------- ---------- ----- --------------- --------- ------------
20 Authority for
on-market purchase of
own shares Special 107,862,705 98.54 1,601,914 1.46 109,464,619 74.44 14,883
------------------------ ---------- --------------- ------- ---------- ----- --------------- --------- ------------
21(2) Authority for
off-market purchases
of own shares Special 108,273,887 98.92 1,186,586 1.08 109,460,473 74.43 19,028
Less votes disregarded under the
provisions of the Companies Act
2006 (3,000,000)(2) (3,000,000)(2)
Resolution 21 total 105,273,887 98.89 1,186,586 1.11 106,460,473 72.39
------------------------------------ --------------- ------- ---------- ----- --------------- --------- ------------
22 Increasing the
Company's borrowing
powers Special 106,699,892 97.90 2,289,071 2.10 108,988,963 74.11 490,538
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23 To authorise the
calling of general
meetings (other than
Annual General
Meetings) on 14
clear days' notice Special 104,699,713 96.06 4,296,677 3.94 108,996,390 74.12 483,111
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Note(1) : 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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