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RNS Number : 9473R  Future PLC  05 February 2026

Future plc

5 February 2026

 

FUTURE PLC (the 'Company')

 

 Board changes and Result of Annual General Meeting

 

 

Board changes

 

As announced by the Company on 4 December 2025, immediately following today's
AGM, the following Board changes took place:

 

●     Richard Huntingford stepped down as Chair and Director of the
Company.

●     Mark Brooker was appointed as Chair of the Company and as Chair of
the Nomination Committee. Mark stepped down as Senior Independent Director
(SID) and Chair of the Remuneration Committee.

●     Alan Newman took over the role of SID, in addition to continuing
to chair the Audit & Risk Committee.

●     Angela Seymour-Jackson took over as Chair of the Remuneration
Committee, in addition to continuing in her role as Chair of Go.Compare.

●     Ivana Kirkbride became a member of the Remuneration Committee,
joining Angela Seymour-Jackson and Rob Hattrell.

 

Result of AGM

 

The Board is pleased to note that all resolutions passed with the requisite
majority of votes.  Details of the votes cast are set out below.

 

Resolutions 1 to 17 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary resolutions,
resolutions 18 to 21 were passed as special resolutions.

 

The results of votes cast by proxy for each resolution were as follows:

 

 

 Resolution  Votes for   %       Votes against  %       Total votes  % of ISC* voted  Votes withheld
 1           69,597,006  99.99%  8,098          0.01%   69,605,104   73.43%           2,680,229
 2           72,273,515  99.99%  6025           0.01%   72,279,540   76.25%           5793
 3           67995440    94.08%  4280606        5.92%   72276046     76.24%           9287
 4           71136380    98.42%  1139700        1.58%   72276080     76.24%           9253
 5           72227863    99.93%  51058          0.07%   72278921     76.25%           6412
 6           71387258    98.77%  890628         1.23%   72277886     76.24%           7447
 7           66189949    91.58%  6087104        8.42%   72277053     76.24%           8280
 8           71467154    98.88%  810662         1.12%   72277816     76.24%           7517
 9           69086006    98.71%  906246         1.29%   69992252     73.83%           2293081
 10          71465699    98.88%  811044         1.12%   72276743     76.24%           8590
 11          66615457    92.17%  5661976        7.83%   72277433     76.24%           7900
 12          68766538    95.14%  3512275        4.86%   72278813     76.25%           6520
 13          72236421    99.98%  11647          0.02%   72248068     76.21%           37265
 14          72248521    99.99%  8963           0.01%   72257484     76.22%           27849
 15          70602601    97.68%  1675359        2.32%   72277960     76.24%           7373
 16          67567605    93.88%  4402063        6.12%   71969668     75.92%           315665
 17          69761802    96.54%  2497385        3.46%   72259187     76.22%           26146
 18          63894116    88.43%  8363508        11.57%  72257624     76.22%           27709
 19          62601441    86.61%  9676068        13.39%  72277509     76.24%           7824
 20          71934004    99.97%  19351          0.03%   71953355     75.90%           331978
 21          70422128    97.43%  1856017        2.57%   72278145     76.24%           7188

 

* Issued share capital

 

Notes:

1.         As at the date of the AGM, the Company had 94,742,014
ordinary shares in issue. The Company did not hold any shares in treasury and
therefore the number of total voting rights as at the date of the AGM was
94,742,014.

2.         The full text of the resolutions is set out in the notice
of annual general meeting, which can be found on the Company's website at:
https://futureplc.com/shareholder-info/.

3.         Percentages are expressed as a proportion of the total
votes cast.

4.         A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not included in
the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" the resolution.

5.         Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chair
have been included in the "For" total.

A copy of the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting will be
submitted to the National Storage Mechanism in accordance with UK Listing Rule
9.6.2(R).

The proxy voting information will shortly be available on the Company's
website at https://www.futureplc.com/shareholder-info/
(https://www.futureplc.com/shareholder-info/)

Enquiries:

 

 Future   plc                                Tel: +44 (0)1225 442244

 Kevin Li Ying, Chief Executive Officer

 Sharjeel Suleman, Chief Finance Officer

 David Bateson, Company Secretary

 Marion Le Bot, Head of Investor Relations

 

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 213800K2581YRLEXV353

 

About Future

 

About Future

We are the platform for creating and distributing trusted, specialist content,
to build engaged and valuable global communities. We operate ~175 brands in
diversified content verticals, with multiple market leading positions and
three core monetisation frameworks: advertising, eCommerce affiliate and
direct consumer monetisation (subscriptions and newstrade magazine sale). Our
content is published and distributed through a range of formats including
websites, email newsletters, videos, magazines and live events. The successful
execution of our strategy is focused on three pillars: grow engaged audience,
diversify and grow revenue per user and optimise the portfolio.

 

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