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Result of AGM

 

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resolution 8 which was withdrawn, were duly passed by shareholders.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                             Votes                             Total Votes                       Votes Witheld(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         79,016,751     99.99%             371            0.01%              79,017,122     78.29%             298,772           
         January 2025                                                                    
                                 
                                 
              
                  
                 
                                                                                         
                                 
                                 
              
                  
                 
 2       To receive and approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report for the year ended    71,326,326     89.93%             7,986,123      10.07%             79,312,449     78.59%             3,445             
         31 January 2025                                                                 
                                 
                                 
              
                  
                 
                                                                                         
                                 
                                 
              
                  
                 
 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    79,173,104     99.82%             138,944        0.18%              79,312,048     78.59%             3,846             
         Directors) to determine the Auditors’ remuneration                              
                                 
                                 
              
                  
                 
                                                                                         
                                 
                                 
              
                  
                 
 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       70,085,275     88.38%             9,218,954      11.62%             79,304,229     78.58%             11,665            
         acquisitions or specified capital investment                                    
                                 
                                 
              
                  
                 
                                                                                         
                                 
                                 
              
                  
                 
 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       79,308,291     99.99%             5,387          0.01%              79,313,678     78.59%             2,216             
         Company’s share premium account be cancelled                                    
                                 
                                 
              
                  
                 
                                                                                         
                                 
                                 
              
                  
                 

                                                                                    
 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.                                      

 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                                
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Mark Whitmore                                                                                            
                                                                                                           
 MHP                                                    +44 (0)7812 590 682                                
 
                                                      
                                                  
 
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Eleni Menikou                                                                                            
 
                                                                                                         
 
Veronica Farah                                                                                           


 



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