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RNS Number : 3552R  Bloomsbury Publishing PLC  16 July 2025

Results of the 2025 Annual General Meeting

16 July 2025

The Company held its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 16 July 2025. All
resolutions tabled at the Meeting were passed on a poll. Resolutions 1 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                                                                      VOTES FOR   %       VOTES AGAINST  %     VOTES       % of ISC VOTED  VOTES

TOTAL
WITHHELD
 1. To receive the audited accounts of the Company for the year ended 28          57,346,441  100.00  1,329          0.00  57,347,770  70.27%          34,994
 February 2025, together with the Report of the Directors and the report of the
 Auditor thereon.
 2. To approve the Annual Statement by the Chair of the Remuneration Committee    53,467,523  94.66   3,016,867      5.34  56,484,390  69.21%          898,374
 and the Annual Report on Directors' Remuneration for the year ended 28
 February 2025.
 3. To declare a final dividend of 11.54p per Ordinary share.                     57,380,184  100.00  1,127          0.00  57,381,311  70.31%          1,453
 4. To re-elect John Bason as a Director of the Company.                          54,266,737  94.59   3,100,782      5.41  57,367,519  70.30%          15,245
 5. To re-elect Nigel Newton as a Director of the Company.                        56,838,213  99.08   530,318        0.92  57,368,531  70.30%          14,233
 6. To re-elect Leslie-Ann Reed as a Director of the Company.                     56,923,027  99.23   442,717        0.77  57,365,744  70.29%          17,020
 7. To re-elect Penny Scott-Bayfield as a Director of the Company.                57,358,655  99.98   9,364          0.02  57,368,019  70.30%          14,745
 8. To re-elect Baroness Lola Young of Hornsey as a Director of the Company.      57,343,215  99.96   23,029         0.04  57,366,244  70.29%          16,520
 9. To elect Dame Heather Rabbatts as a Director of the Company.                  57,349,418  99.97   19,101         0.03  57,368,519  70.30%          14,245
 10. To re-appoint Crowe U.K. LLP as Auditor of the Company.                      57,355,684  99.98   11,597         0.02  57,367,281  70.30%          15,483
 11. To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration.          57,365,149  99.98   8,751          0.02  57,373,900  70.30%          8,864
 12. To authorise the Directors to allot shares.                                  57,350,970  99.95   26,972         0.05  57,377,942  70.31%          4,822
 13. To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights.                   56,066,057  97.72   1,309,190      2.28  57,375,247  70.31%          7,517
 14. To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights regarding          54,947,644  95.77   2,428,265      4.23  57,375,909  70.31%          6,855
 acquisition/investment.
 15. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares.                         56,446,523  99.96   21,869         0.04  56,468,392  69.19%          914,372

 

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 Monday 14 July 2025, there were 81,608,672 ordinary shares of
1.25 pence in issue.

4.    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) .

5.    In accordance with Listing Rule 6.4.2 R, 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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