Result of AGM
Summary by AI BETAClose X
8 July 2026
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 8 July 2026 at 60 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 6RT, all resolutions set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 20 May 2026,were duly passed by shareholders. Resolutions 1 to 13 were Ordinary Resolutions and Resolutions 14 to 16 were Special Resolutions. A summary of the resolutions passed and details of the proxy votes received are detailed below:
Resolutions |
Votes
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Votes
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Total Votes
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Votes Witheld3 |
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No. of Shares |
% of Shares voted |
No. of Shares |
% of Shares voted |
No. of Shares |
% of ISC voted2 |
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1 |
To receive and adopt the Annual Report & Accounts for the year ended 31 January 2026 |
72,999,362 |
99.99% |
1,083 |
0.01% |
73,000,445 |
72.25% |
20,883 |
2 |
To receive and approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 January 2026 |
65,429,595 |
89.61% |
7,584,465 |
10.39% |
73,014,060 |
72.26% |
7,268 |
3 |
To approve the Directors’ Remuneration Policy |
65,429,262
|
89.61% |
7,585,682 |
10.39% |
73,014,944 |
72.26% |
6,384 |
4 |
To declare a final dividend of 10.6p per ordinary share |
73,021,327
|
100% |
0 |
0% |
73,021,327 |
72.27% |
1 |
5 |
To elect Sam Knights as a Director |
73,004,679 |
99.99% |
7,156 |
0.01% |
73,011,835 |
72.26% |
9,493 |
6 |
To re-elect Mark Astaire as a Director |
65,399,178 |
89.57% |
7,613,158 |
10.43% |
73,012,336 |
72.26% |
8,992 |
7 |
To re-elect Mickey Kalifa as a Director |
73,009,811 |
99.99% |
8,525 |
0.01% |
73,018,336 |
72.27% |
2,992 |
8 |
To re-elect Samantha Wren as a Director |
72,950,030 |
99.91% |
62,306 |
0.09% |
73,012,336 |
72.26% |
8,992 |
9 |
To re-elect Paul Butler as a Director |
72,480,757 |
99.27% |
531,579 |
0.73% |
73,012,336 |
72.26% |
8,992 |
10 |
To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor to the Company |
73,008,028 |
99.99% |
5,932 |
0.01% |
73,013,960 |
72.26% |
7,368 |
11 |
To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee (for and on behalf of the Board of Directors) to determine the Auditors’ remuneration |
73,012,853 |
99.99% |
8,474 |
0.01% |
73,021,327 |
72.27% |
1 |
12 |
To approve a new Long-Term Incentive Plan |
65,897,338 |
90.26% |
7,107,604 |
9.74% |
73,004,942 |
72.25% |
16,386 |
13 |
To authorise the Board to allot shares |
65,905,415 |
90.26% |
7,115,516 |
9.74% |
73,020,931 |
72.27% |
397 |
14 |
To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights |
65,619,722 |
89.87% |
7,400,327 |
10.13% |
73,020,049 |
72.27% |
1,279 |
15 |
To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights for the purposes of acquisitions or specified capital investment |
65,617,314 |
89.86% |
7,402,733 |
10.14% |
73,020,047 |
72.27% |
1,281 |
16 |
To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares |
62,126,112 |
99.98% |
10,868 |
0.02% |
62,136,980 |
61.50% |
10,884,348 |
|
|
1 |
Includes discretionary votes. |
2 |
As at 3 July 2026, being the AGM voting record date, the Company’s issued share capital (“ISC”) consisted of 101,041,326 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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Next 15 Group plc |
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Mark Sanford, General Counsel & Company Secretary |
+44 (0) 7590 928794
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Deutsche Numis (Nomad & Joint Broker) |
+44 (0)20 7260 1000 |
Mark Lander Hugo Rubinstein |
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Berenberg (Joint Broker) |
+44 (0)20 3207 7800 |
Ben Wright Mark Whitmore |
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MHP Oliver Hughes Eleni Menikou Lucy Gibbs |
+44 (0)7701 308 818 |
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