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Result of AGM

 

27 June 2024

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 27 June 2024 at 60 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 6RT, all resolutions
set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 3 May 2024 were duly
passed by shareholders. Resolutions 1 to 8 were Ordinary Resolutions and
Resolutions 9 to 11 were Special Resolutions. A summary of the resolutions
passed and details of the proxy votes received are detailed below:
 Resolutions                                                                             Votes                             Votes                             Total Votes                       Votes Withheld(3)  
                                                                                         
For(1)                           
Against                          
Cast                                                
                                                                                         No. of Shares  % of Shares voted  No. of Shares  % of Shares voted  No. of Shares  % of ISC voted(2)  
 1       To receive and adopt the Annual Report & Accounts for the year ended 31         80,885,990     100%               0              0.00%              80,885,990     80.32%             50,131             
         January 2024                                                                                                                                                                                             
 2       To receive and approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report for the year ended    73,976,173     91.41%             6,951,874      8.59%              80,928,047     80.36%             8,074              
         31 January 2024                                                                                                                                                                                          
 3       To declare a final dividend of 10.6p per ordinary share                         80,011,578     98.86%             922,823        1.14%              80,934,401     80.37%             1,720              
 4       To re-elect Penny Ladkin-Brand as a Director                                    80,313,630     99.23%             620,417        0.77%              80,934,047     80.37%             2,074              
 5       To re-elect Jonathan Peachey as a Director                                      80,756,048     99.78%             177,999        0.22%              80,934,047     80.37%             2,074              
 6       To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor to the Company                            80,928,119     99.99%             6,082          0.01%              80,934,201     80.37%             1,920              
 7       To authorise the Audit Committee (for and on behalf of the Board of Directors)  80,930,273     99.99%             3,928          0.01%              80,934,201     80.37%             1,920              
         to determine the Auditors’ remuneration                                                                                                                                                                  
 8       To authorise the Board to allot shares                                          72,471,226     89.54%             8,463,175      10.46%             80,934,401     80.37%             1,720              
 9       To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights                           74,952,480     92.61%             5,981,921      7.39%              80,934,401     80.37%             1,720              
 10      To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights for the purposes of       73,192,164     90.43%             7,742,237      9.57%              80,934,401     80.37%             1,720              
         acquisitions or specified capital investment                                                                                                                                                             
 11      To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares                             69,462,656     99.99%             2,119          0.01%              69,464,775     68.98%             11,471,346         

                                                                                    
 1   Includes discretionary votes.                                                  
 2   As at 25 June 2024, being the AGM voting record date, the Company’s issued     
     share capital (“ISC”) consisted of 100,700,070 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 counted in the calculation of  
     the proportion of votes validly cast                                           

 Enquiries                                                                                                 
 
                                                                                                         
 
                                                                                                         
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 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                                                    +44 (0)20 3128 8013                                
 
                                                      
                                                  
 
Simon Evans                                           
Next15@mhpgroup.com (mailto:Next15@mhpgroup.com)  
 
                                                                                                         
 
Eleni Menikou                                                                                            
 
                                                                                                         
 
Veronica Farah                                                                                           


 



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