Results of the 2019 Annual General Meeting

RNS Number : 8874F

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

17 July 2019

 

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (the "Company")

Results of the 2019 Annual General Meeting

The Company held its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 17 July 2019. All the resolutions put to shareholders were duly passed on a show of hands. Resolutions 1 to 13 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 14, 15 and 16 were passed as special resolutions.

Details of shareholders' proxy votes lodged in advance of the Annual General Meeting for each resolution are shown in the table below:

Resolutions	For and at discretion		Against		Votes Withheld	Total
	Number	%	Number	%
1. To receive the audited accounts of the Company for the year ended 28 February 2019, together with the Report of the Directors and the report of the Auditor thereon.	46,754,994	99.97	12,690	0.03	17,774	46,767,684
2. To approve the Annual Statement by the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and the Annual Report on Directors' Remuneration for the year ended 28 February 2019	46,417,877	99.22	366,082	0.78	1,500	46,783,959
3. To declare a final dividend of 6.75p per Ordinary share	46,785,453	99.99	6	0.01	0	46,785,459
4. To appoint Leslie-Ann Reed as a Director of the Company.	47,095,880	99.98	10,208	0.02	2,095	47,106,088
5. To re-appoint John Warren as a Director of the Company.	46,773,156	99.98	10,208	0.02	2,095	46,783,364
6. To re-appoint Steven Hall as a Director of the Company.	46,773,656	99.98	9,708	0.02	2,095	46,783,364
7. To re-appoint Nigel Newton as a Director	46,481,135	99.36	299,311	0.64	5,013	46,780,446
8. To re-appoint Penny Scott-Bayfield as a Director	46,672,429	99.77	108,017	0.23	5,013	46,780,446
9. To re-appoint Jonathan Glasspool as a Director	46,736,584	99.91	43,862	0.09	5,013	46,780,446
10. To re-appoint Sir Richard Lambert as a Director	46,738,513	99.90	44,850	0.10	2,095	46,783,363
11. To re-appoint KPMG LLP as Auditor of the Company	46,772,173	99.98	9,969	0.02	3,316	46,782,142
12. To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration.	46,776,820	99.98	8,169	0.02	470	46,784,989
13. To authorise the Directors to allot shares	45,251,805	96.72	1,533,646	3.28	8	46,785,451
14. To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights	44,350,228	94.79	2,435,223	5.21	8	46,785,451
15. To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights regarding acquisition/investment	45,250,729	96.73	1,531,803	3.27	2,926	46,782,532
16. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares.	46,736,428	99.95	25,198	0.05	23,832	46,761,626

NOTES:

1.    The 'For' vote includes those giving discretion to the Chairman.

2.    Votes 'Withheld' are not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'For' and 'Against' a resolution.

3.    As at Tuesday 16 July 2019, there were 75,328,570 ordinary shares of 1.25 pence in issue.

4.    The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available at the National Storage Mechanism http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM and on the Company's website at www.bloomsbury-ir.co.uk.

5.    In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions passed at the meeting other than those considered as ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM. 

Committee Membership Changes

Pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.11R, the Company announces that Leslie-Ann Reed, following her appointment as Non-Executive Director, will become a member of the Nomination Committee with immediate effect. Leslie-Ann is also a member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees.

Maya Abu-Deeb
Group General Counsel & Company Secretary
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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