Result of Meeting
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc ('the Company')
29 May 2009
At the 2009 Annual General Meeting ('AGM') of the Company held on 29 May 2009, six routine resolutions and three special business resolutions, as set out in the notice of the AGM dated 21 April 2009, were passed by the requisite majority on a show of hands.
The voting of those members who cast votes by proxy prior to the AGM on these resolutions is summarised in the following table:
|
For * |
|
Against |
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|
Withheld |
Ordinary Business Resolution 1 |
Votes |
%age |
Votes |
%age |
|
Votes |
Approval of 2008 Annual Report |
56,582,148 |
99.53 |
265,000 |
0.47 |
|
282,593 |
Resolution 2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Approval of Remuneration Report |
52,310,752 |
91.69 |
4,740,864 |
8.31 |
|
78,124 |
Resolution 3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Declaration of Final Dividend |
57,129,741 |
100 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Resolution 4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Re-election of Jeremy Wilson as a Director |
56,777,873 |
99.39 |
349,631 |
0.61 |
|
2,237 |
Resolution 5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Re-election of Colin Adams as a Director |
56,501,248 |
99.20 |
456,256 |
0.80 |
|
172,237 |
Resolution 6 Re-appointment of Auditors |
56,860,801 |
99.53 |
268,266 |
0.47 |
|
674 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Special Business Resolution 7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
S80 Authority to allot shares |
56,789,051 |
99.41 |
340,247 |
0.60 |
|
443 |
Resolution 8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disapplication of s 89 pre-emption rights |
57,119,328 |
99.98 |
8,798 |
0.01 |
|
1,615 |
Resolution 9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Authority to make market purchases of shares |
57,120,972 |
99.99 |
7,597 |
0.01 |
|
1,172 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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*Includes shares voted at Chairman's discretion
Enquiries: Ian Portal
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
+44 (0)20 7440 2468