Results of voting on resolutions at the AGM

RNS Number : 6163E

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

19 July 2016

 

19 July 2016

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc ("Bloomsbury")

Results of voting on resolutions at the AGM

All 16 resolutions put to the members were passed on a show of hands.  All resolutions were passed as ordinary resolutions except for resolution 15 and resolution 16, which 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.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.  

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 Remuneration Annual Report/ Statement	99.9%	<0.1%	0.1%
3	Approve the final dividend	99.9%	<0.1%	0.0%
4	Re-elect Sir Anthony Salz	99.9%	<0.1%	<0.1%
5	Elect John Warren	99.9%	<0.1%	<0.1%
6	Re-elect Jill Jones	99.9%	<0.1%	<0.1%
7	Re-elect Stephen Page	99.9%	<0.1%	<0.1%
8	Re-elect Nigel Newton	99.5%	<0.1%	0.4%
9	Re-elect Richard Charkin	99.8%	<0.1%	0.2%
10	Re-elect Wendy Pallot	99.8%	<0.1%	0.2%
11	Elect Jonathan Glasspool	99.8%	<0.1%	0.2%
12	Reappoint KPMG as external auditor	99.9%	<0.1%	<0.1%
13	Authorise Directors to set the auditor's remuneration	99.9%	<0.1%	<0.1%
14	Authority to allot ordinary shares	99.9%	<0.1%	0.1%
15	Disapplication of pre-emption rights	95.9%	<0.1%	4.0%
16	Authority to purchase ordinary shares	99.3%	<0.1%	0.7%

The numbers of proxy votes lodged for each resolution:

Resolution	In Favour	Discretion	Against	Withheld*
1	45,371,081	23,304	265,062	1,884,715
2	45,396,580	24,904	41,161	2,081,517
3	45,650,560	23,304	0	1,870,298
4	45,427,874	23,304	16,984	2,076,000
5	45,435,338	23,304	10,622	2,074,898
6	45,438,138	23,304	10,527	2,072,193
7	45,437,138	23,497	9,527	2,074,000
8	45,253,296	23,497	193,369	2,074,000
9	45,376,599	23,304	68,066	2,076,193
10	45,378,482	24,997	68,066	2,074,117
11	45,374,720	24,997	68,566	2,077,379
12	45,438,168	23,497	11,880	2,070,617
13	45,636,189	23,497	11,196	1,873,280
14	45,618,093	21,145	29,644	1,875,280
15	45,417,987	23,497	1,897,369	205,309
16	45,339,154	21,145	312,553	1,871,310

* 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

Group Company Secretary

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

 

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