14 hours ago
Result of AGM
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
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all resolutions set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 6 May 2025, other than resolution 8 which was withdrawn, were duly passed by shareholders.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
Expand
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.
Expand
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@
Expand
