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Next plc (the Company)
Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each (Shares)
For immediate release
10 February 2016
GENERAL MEETING RESULTS
The Board is pleased to announce that at the General Meeting of Next plc shareholders held on 10 February 2016, the Special Resolution as set out in the Notice of Meeting was put to the meeting and duly passed on a poll. The results are detailed below.
The total number of shares on the register at 6pm on 8 February 2016, being those eligible to be voted on at the meeting, was 150,669,683
For | Against | Total Votes Cast | % of shares on register at 6pm 8 Feb 2016 | Votes withheld1 | |||
Special resolution3 | No of votes | %
| No of votes
| % | No of votes2 | % | No of votes |
(a) To authorise the appropriations of distributable profits of Next plc to the payment of the Relevant Distributions, each by reference to the same record date as the original accounting entries for the Relevant Distributions. (b) To waive and release any and all claims which Next plc has or may have against each of its shareholders who appeared on the register of shareholders on the relevant record date for each Relevant Distribution arising out of or in connection with the payment of the Relevant Distributions. (c) To waive and release any and all claims which Next plc has or may have against each of its directors and former directors arising out of or in connection with the approval, declaration or payment of the Relevant Distributions. | 100,379,139 | 98.1 | 1,914,057 | 1.9 | 102,293,196 | 67.9 | 69,478
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Note 1: The 'Vote Withheld' option is provided to enable the shareholder to abstain on the resolution. It is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for and against the resolution.
Note 2: The directors and former directors (including their connected persons) have not voted on their combined shareholdings which represents 1,874,837 ordinary shares.
Note 3: Following the passing of the resolution, and as described in detail in the circular published by Next plc on 18 January 2016, Next plc has today entered into a deed of release in respect of its shareholders and a deed of release in respect of its directors and former directors.
S L Anderson
Company Secretary
Next plc