Result of AGM

Next PLC

21 May 2026

 

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NEXT plc ("NEXT")

Results of 2026 Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

The Board of NEXT plc is pleased to announce that at the AGM of NEXT shareholders held on 21 May 2026, all resolutions as set out in the Notice of Meeting contained in the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 January 2026 were passed.

All resolutions were put to the meeting and voted on a poll and results are detailed below.

The total number of shares on the register at 9:00 am on 19 May 2026, being those eligible to be voted on at the AGM, was 120,133,700.

		For		Against		TOTAL VOTES CAST	% of shares on register at 9:00AM 19 May 2026	Votes withheld1
Resolution	Special / Ordinary	No. of Votes	%	No. of Votes	%	No. of Votes	%	No. of Votes
1 To receive and adopt the accounts and reports of the directors and auditor	Ordinary	78,220,076	99.70	234,681	0.30	78,454,757	65.31	713,972
2 To approve the Remuneration Policy	Ordinary	70,095,142	88.88	8,767,002	11.12	78,862,144	65.65	306,585
3 To approve the Remuneration Report	Ordinary	70,968,791	89.96	7,918,916	10.04	78,887,707	65.67	281,022
4 To declare a final dividend of 181 pence per ordinary share	Ordinary	79,150,599	100.00	149	0.00	79,150,748	65.89	17,981
5 To elect Annette Court as a director	Ordinary	77,044,552	97.34	2,104,309	2.66	79,148,861	65.88	19,868
6 To elect Jeni Mundy as a director	Ordinary	77,044,340	97.34	2,104,408	2.66	79,148,748	65.88	19,981
7 To re-elect Jonathan Blanchard as a director	Ordinary	78,479,722	99.15	669,415	0.85	79,149,137	65.88	19,592
8 To re-elect Venetia Butterfield as a director	Ordinary	75,613,449	95.53	3,535,578	4.47	79,149,027	65.88	19,702
9 To re-elect Soumen Das as a director	Ordinary	75,320,634	95.16	3,828,083	4.84	79,148,717	65.88	20,012
10 To re-elect Tom Hall as a director	Ordinary	74,655,239	94.30	4,509,379	5.70	79,164,618	65.90	4,111
11 To re-elect Dame Tristia Harrison as a director	Ordinary	75,612,322	95.53	3,536,636	4.47	79,148,958	65.88	19,771
12 To re-elect Richard Papp as a director	Ordinary	78,591,108	99.30	557,969	0.70	79,149,077	65.88	19,652
13 To re-elect Michael Roney as a director	Ordinary	73,642,796	93.02	5,521,768	6.98	79,164,564	65.90	4,165
14 To re-elect Jeremy Stakol as a director	Ordinary	78,587,237	99.27	577,349	0.73	79,164,586	65.90	4,143
15 To re-elect Amy Stirling as a director	Ordinary	75,613,777	95.53	3,535,262	4.47	79,149,039	65.88	19,690
16 To re-elect Lord Wolfson as a director	Ordinary	78,643,489	99.34	521,292	0.66	79,164,781	65.90	3,948
17 To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor	Ordinary	79,038,603	99.86	110,571	0.14	79,149,174	65.88	19,555
18 To authorise the Audit Committee to set the auditor's remuneration	Ordinary	79,042,185	99.86	107,054	0.14	79,149,239	65.88	19,490
19 To approve the amended rules of the NEXT Long Term Incentive Plan	Ordinary	76,660,888	96.87	2,476,302	3.13	79,137,190	65.87	31,539
20 Directors' authority to allot shares	Ordinary	75,824,247	95.80	3,323,916	4.20	79,148,163	65.88	20,566
21 General authority to disapply pre-emption rights	Special	76,113,704	96.17	3,031,852	3.83	79,145,556	65.88	23,173
22 Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights	Special	70,614,876	89.22	8,530,653	10.78	79,145,529	65.88	23,200
23 Authority for on-market purchase of own shares	Special	75,468,206	95.35	3,678,155	4.65	79,146,361	65.88	22,368
24 Authority for off-market purchases of own shares		79,017,464	99.84	128,763	0.16	79,146,227	65.88	22,502
Less votes disregarded under the provisions of the Companies Act 2006	Special	(3,000,000)				(3,000,000)
Resolution 24 total2		76,017,464	99.83	128,763	0.17	76,146,227	63.38	22,502
25 Notice period of general meetings	Special	72,213,894	91.24	6,935,793	8.76	79,149,687	65.88	19,042

In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.2R, a copy of the resolutions passed as special business will be submitted as soon as practicable to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available shortly for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

Note¹:  The 'Vote Withheld' option is provided to enable the shareholder to abstain on any resolution. It is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for and against a resolution.

Note²: The total maximum number of Ordinary Shares which may be purchased by NEXT for cancellation pursuant to such contingent purchase contracts is 3.0 million. NEXT has disregarded 3.0 million votes from both the total number of votes cast in favour of the resolution and the total votes cast so that the voting of those shares did not affect the result of the poll.

 

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