Result of AGM

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- 

6 July 2023

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 11am on 6 July 2023 at 60 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 6RT, all resolutions set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 17 May 2023 were duly passed by shareholders. Resolutions 1 to 9 were Ordinary Resolutions and Resolutions 10 to 12 were Special Resolutions. A summary of the resolutions passed and details of the proxy votes received are detailed below:

Resolutions		Votes For		Votes Against		Total Votes Cast
		No. of Shares	% of Shares voted	No. of Shares	% of Shares voted	No. of Shares	% of ISC voted^1
1	To receive and adopt the Annual Report & Accounts for the year ended 31 January 2023	80,102,867	100	0	0	80,102,867	80.68
2	To receive and approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 January 2023	72,575,480	90.55	7,575,403	9.45	80,150,883	80.72
3	To declare a final dividend of 10.1p per ordinary share	79,292,309	98.93	858,574	1.07	80,150,883	80.72
4	To elect Paul Butler as a Director	79,956,527	99.76	189,959	0.24	80,146,486	80.72
5	To re-elect Peter Harris as a Director	79,916,529	99.71	229,957	0.29	80,146,486	80.72
6	To re-elect Robyn Perriss as a Director	79,919,393	99.72	227,093	0.28	80,146,486	80.72
7	To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor to the Company	80,121,334	99.96	28,232	0.04	80,149,566	80.72
8	To authorise the Audit Committee (for and on behalf of the Board of Directors) to determine the Auditors’ remuneration	80,122,005	99.96	28,678	0.04	80,150,733	80.72
9	To authorise the Board to allot shares	71,354,213	89.02	8,796,670	10.98	80,150,994	80.72
10	To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights	73,062,178	91.16	7,088,705	8.84	80,150,883	80.72
11	To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights for the purposes of acquisitions or specified capital investment	71,970,765	89.79	8,180,118	10.21	80,150,883	80.72
12	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares	68,255,393	99.99	3,779	0.01	68,259,172	68.75

1	As at 4 July 2023, being the AGM voting record date, the Company’s issued share capital (“ISC”) consisted of 99,289,068 ordinary shares of 2.5p each (“Ordinary Shares”). No Ordinary Shares are held in treasury. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.

Enquiries

Next 15 Group plc

Mark Sanford, General Counsel & Company Secretary [phone]

Numis (Nomad & Joint Broker) [phone]

Mark Lander

Hugo Rubinstein

Berenberg (Joint Broker) [phone]

Ben Wright

Mark Whitmore

MHP

James McFarlane

Eleni Menikou

Veronica Farah [phone]

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