AGM Statement

RNS Number : 2944I

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

23 July 2012

 



23 July 2012

Result of Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc was held at 50 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP on Monday 23 July 2011.

All 10 resolutions put to the members were passed on a show of hands.  Resolutions 1 to 7 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 8 to 10 were passed as special resolutions.

Copies of all resolutions passed at the meeting other than as ordinary business are being submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.Morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

Percentages of proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting:

	Resolution	In favour	Discretion	Against
1	Receive the report and account	99.4%	<0.1%	0.6%
2	Approve the Directors Remuneration Report	99.2%	<0.1%	0.7%
3	Approve the final dividend	99.9%	<0.1%	<0.1%
4	Re-elect Sarah Jane Thomson	99.7%	<0.1%	0.3%
5	Re-elect Richard Charkin	99.8%	<0.1%	0.2%
6	Reappoint Baker Tilly	99.4%	<0.1%	0.6%
7	Authority to allot ordinary shares	99.9%	<0.1%	0.1%
8	Disapplication of pre-emption rights	99.9%	<0.1%	<0.1%
9	Authority to purchase ordinary shares	99.9%	<0.1%	<0.1%
10	Approval to call general meetings at reduced notice	99.4%	<0.1%	0.6%

The numbers of proxy votes lodged for each resolution in advance of the meeting:

Resolution	In favour	Discretion	Against	Withheld*
1	46,728,600	19,303	265,072	3,346
2	46,480,117	16,926	346,205	173,043
3	46,999,652	16,663	6	0
4	46,857,549	19,574	138,956	242
5	46,913,974	19,574	80,931	1,842
6	46,722,264	19,604	272,048	2,435
7	46,965,695	17,744	25,432	7,450
8	46,979,145	16,702	10,829	9,645
9	46,976,195	16,702	23,184	240
10	46,714,390	16,391	281,500	4,040

* A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes in favour, discretionary or against a resolution.

Michael Daykin

Company Secretary

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

 

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