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At a General Meeting held on 15 January 2026, NEXT plc shareholders passed two resolutions. Resolution 1, concerning amendments to the articles of association, received 99.89% of votes cast in favour, and Resolution 2, regarding the issue of B Shares, received 99.83% of votes cast in favour. A total of 122,436,612 ordinary shares were eligible to vote, with the total votes cast for each resolution representing 68.19% of these shares.
| Date | 15 Jan 2026 |
| Time | 11:48:41 |
| Category | AGMs and other meetings |
| ID | 0959P |
15 January 2026
NEXT plc ("NEXT")
Results of General Meeting - January 2026
The Board of NEXT plc is pleased to announce that at the General Meeting of NEXT shareholders held on 15 January 2026, resolutions 1 and 2, as set out in the Notice of Meeting contained in the explanatory circular regarding the B Share Scheme published on 19 December 2025 (the "Circular"), 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 6:30pm on 13 January 2026, being those eligible to be voted on at the General Meeting, was 122,436,612 ordinary shares of 10 pence each. All the ordinary shares carry one vote each and there are no shares held in Treasury.
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For |
Against |
TOTAL VOTES CAST |
% of shares on register at |
Votes withheld1 |
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Resolution |
Special / Ordinary |
No. of Votes |
% |
No. of Votes |
% |
No. of Votes |
% |
No. of Votes |
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1 Amendments to the articles of association |
Special |
83,391,480 |
99.89 |
95,498 |
0.11 |
83,486,978 |
68.19 |
17,243 |
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2 Issue of B Shares |
Ordinary |
83,350,264 |
99.83 |
139,448 |
0.17 |
83,489,712 |
68.19 |
14,509 |
In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.2, a copy of the resolutions passed as special business, along with the new articles of association, have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and are now available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the Circular, which is available on NEXT's website at www.nextplc.co.uk.
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.
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Date: |
Thursday 15 January 2026
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Contacts: |
Jonathan Blanchard, Chief Financial Officer (analyst calls) |
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NEXT PLC |
Tel: 0333 777 888 |
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Alistair Mackinnon-Musson |
Email: [email protected] |
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Rowbell PR
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Tel: 020 7717 5239 |