Results of the 2024 Annual General Meeting

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

16 July 2024

 

Results of the 2024 Annual General Meeting

16 July 2024

The Company held its Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 16 July 2024. All resolutions tabled at the Meeting were passed on a poll. Resolutions 1 to 8 and 10 to 12 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 13 to 15 were passed as special resolutions.

The results of the poll 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 29 February 2024, together with the Report of the Directors and the report of the Auditor thereon.	58,360,431	99.99%	26	0.01%	44,227	58,404,684
2. To approve the Annual Statement by the Chair of the Remuneration Committee and the Annual Report on Directors' Remuneration for the year ended 29 February 2024.	55,898,761	95.72%	2,497,536	4.28%	7,356	58,403,653
3. To declare a final dividend of 10.99p per Ordinary share.	58,403,979	99.99%	63	0.01%	642	58,404,684
4. To re-elect John Bason as a Director of the Company.	57,664,021	98.75%	729,305	1.25%	11,358	58,404,684
5. To re-elect Nigel Newton as a Director of the Company.	57,515,555	98.49%	880,080	1.51%	9,049	58,404,684
6. To re-elect Leslie-Ann Reed as a Director of the Company.	56,381,584	96.55%	2,011,742	3.45%	11,358	58,404,684
7. To re-elect Penny Scott-Bayfield as a Director of the Company.	58,375,531	99.97%	17,795	0.03%	11,358	58,404,684
8. To re-elect Baroness Lola Young of Hornsey as a Director of the Company.	57,581,327	98.61%	811,999	1.39%	11,358	58,404,684
9. WITHDRAWN	-	-	-	-	-	-
10. To re-appoint Crowe U.K. LLP as Auditor of the Company.	58,394,394	99.99%	6,273	0.01%	4,017	58,404,684
11. To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration.	58,398,927	99.99%	3,842	0.01%	1,915	58,404,684
12. To authorise the Directors to allot shares.	58,371,003	99.95%	27,939	0.05%	5,742	58,404,684
13. To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights.	57,490,865	98.45%	905,592	1.55%	8,227	58,404,684
14. To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights regarding acquisition/investment.	51,887,964	88.85%	6,512,063	11.15%	4,657	58,404,684
15. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares.	57,775,824	99.98%	11,680	0.02%	617,180	58,404,684

NOTES:

1.    The 'For' vote includes those giving discretion to the Chair of the Meeting.

2.    A 'Vote Withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'For' and 'Against' a resolution.

3.    As at Friday 12 July 2024, there were 81,608,672 ordinary shares of 1.25 pence in issue.

4. Resolution 9 was not tabled at the Meeting as the candidate withdrew.

5.    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 https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism and on the Company's website at www.bloomsbury-ir.co.uk.

6.    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://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism. 

For further information, please contact:

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Maya Abu-Deeb, Group General Counsel & Company Secretary	[e-mail]
Hudson Sandler	[phone]
Dan de Belder / Hattie Dreyfus / Emily Brooker	[e-mail]

 

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