Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8367X

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

30 June 2008

Result of Meeting

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc ('Bloomsbury' or 'the Company')

30 June 2008

At the 2008 Annual General Meeting ('AGM') of the Company held on 27 June 2008, seven routine resolutions and four special business resolutions, as set out in the notice of the AGM dated 20 May 2008, 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		Withheld
Ordinary Business Resolution 1	Votes	%age	Votes	%age	Votes
Approval of 2007 Annual Report	51,063,572	99.98	265,000	0.52	303,393
Resolution 2
Approval of Remuneration Report	51,498,317	99.98	8,140	0.02	125,507
Resolution 3
Declaration of Final Dividend	51,631,505	99.99	460	0.01	0

Resolution 4
Re-election of Nigel Newton as a Director	51,363,557	99.48	266,793	0.52	1,615
Resolution 5
Re-election of Michael Mayer as a Director	51,361,957	99.48	268,393	0.52	1,615
Resolution 6 Election of Richard Charkin	51,363,557	99.48	266,793	0.52	1,615
Resolution 7
Re-appointment of Auditors	51,363,319	99.48	268,200	0.52	446
Special Business Resolution 8
S80 Authority to allot shares	51,625,412	99.99	6,360	0.01	193
Resolution 9
Disapplication of s 89 pre-emption rights	51,628,558	99.99	2,682	0.01	725
Resolution 10
Authority to make market purchases of shares	51,627,676	99.99	2,752	0.01	1,537
Resolution 11
Alteration to the articles of association to allow electronic communication	51,364,250	99.48	266,740	0.52	975