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RNS Number : 6426W 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 99.99% 26 0.01% 44,227 58,404,684
February 2024, together with the Report of the Directors and the report of the 58,360,431
Auditor thereon.
2. To approve the Annual Statement by the Chair of the Remuneration Committee 95.72% 2,497,536 4.28% 7,356 58,403,653
and the Annual Report on Directors' Remuneration for the year ended 29 55,898,761
February 2024.
3. To declare a final dividend of 10.99p per Ordinary share. 99.99% 63 0.01% 642 58,404,684
58,403,979
4. To re-elect John Bason as a Director of the Company. 98.75% 729,305 1.25% 11,358 58,404,684
57,664,021
5. To re-elect Nigel Newton as a Director of the Company. 98.49% 880,080 1.51% 9,049 58,404,684
57,515,555
6. To re-elect Leslie-Ann Reed as a Director of the Company. 96.55% 2,011,742 3.45% 11,358 58,404,684
56,381,584
7. To re-elect Penny Scott-Bayfield as a Director of the Company. 99.97% 17,795 0.03% 11,358 58,404,684
58,375,531
8. To re-elect Baroness Lola Young of Hornsey as a Director of the Company. 98.61% 811,999 1.39% 11,358 58,404,684
57,581,327
9. WITHDRAWN - - - - - -
10. To re-appoint Crowe U.K. LLP as Auditor of the Company. 99.99% 6,273 0.01% 4,017 58,404,684
58,394,394
11. To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration. 99.99% 3,842 0.01% 1,915 58,404,684
58,398,927
12. To authorise the Directors to allot shares. 99.95% 27,939 0.05% 5,742 58,404,684
58,371,003
13. To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights. 98.45% 905,592 1.55% 8,227 58,404,684
57,490,865
14. To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights regarding 88.85% 6,512,063 11.15% 4,657 58,404,684
acquisition/investment. 51,887,964
15. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares. 99.98% 11,680 0.02% 617,180 58,404,684
57,775,824
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
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) and on the
Company's website at www.bloomsbury-ir.co.uk
(https://www.bloomsbury-ir.co.uk/index) .
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
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .
For further information, please contact:
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Maya Abu-Deeb, Group General Counsel & Company Secretary maya.abu-deeb@bloomsbury.com
+44 (0) 20 7796 4133
Hudson Sandler
Dan de Belder / Hattie Dreyfus / Emily Brooker bloomsbury@hudsonsandler.com
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