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RNS Number : 1928T
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
20 July 2022
20 July 2022
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (the "Company")
Results of the 2022 Annual General Meeting
The Company held its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 20 July
2022. All the resolutions put to shareholders were duly passed on a
show of hands. Resolutions 1 to 12 were passed as ordinary
resolutions and resolutions 13 to 15 were passed as special
resolutions.
Details of shareholders' proxy votes lodged in advance of the
Annual General Meeting for each resolution are shown in the table
below:
Resolutions For and at discretion Against Votes Total
Withheld
Number % Number %
--------------- ------- ---------- -----
1. To receive
the audited
accounts of
the Company
for the year
ended 28 February
2022, together
with the Report
of the Directors
and the report
of the Auditor
thereon. 54,397,707 100 0 0 14,270 54,397,707
--------------- ------- ---------- ----- ---------- -----------
2. To approve
the Annual
Statement by
the Chair of
the Remuneration
Committee and
the Annual
Report on Directors'
Remuneration
for the year
ended 28 February
2022. 53,340,868 98.92 584,006 1.08 487,103 53,924,874
--------------- ------- ---------- ----- ---------- -----------
3. To declare
a final dividend
of 9.40p per
Ordinary share. 54,408,882 100 0 0 3,095 54,408,882
--------------- ------- ---------- ----- ---------- -----------
4. To elect
John Bason
as a Director
of the Company. 44,220,429 95.94 1,871,976 4.06 8,319,572 46,092,405
--------------- ------- ---------- ----- ---------- -----------
5. To re-elect
Sir Richard
Lambert as
a Director
of the Company. 54,148,793 99.53 258,140 0.47 5,044 54,406,933
--------------- ------- ---------- ----- ---------- -----------
6. To re-elect
Nigel Newton
as a Director
of the Company. 54,103,875 99.44 303,058 0.56 5,044 54,406,933
--------------- ------- ---------- ----- ---------- -----------
7. To re-elect
Leslie-Ann
Reed as a Director. 53,847,339 98.97 559,594 1.03 5,044 54,406,933
--------------- ------- ---------- ----- ---------- -----------
8. To re-elect
Penny Scott-Bayfield
as a Director. 54,403,677 99.99 3,256 0.01 5,044 54,406,933
--------------- ------- ---------- ----- ---------- -----------
9. To re-elect
Baroness Lola
Young of Hornsey
as a Director. 54,159,612 99.55 247,321 0.45 54,406,933
--------------- ------- ---------- ----- ---------- -----------
10. To appoint
Crowe U.K.
LLP as Auditor
of the Company. 54,400,784 99.99 5,935 0.01 54,406,719
--------------- ------- ---------- ----- ---------- -----------
11. To authorise
the Directors
to determine
the auditors'
remuneration. 54,403,622 99.99 3,311 0.01 54,406,933
--------------- ------- ---------- ----- ---------- -----------
12. To authorise
the Directors
to allot shares. 54,370,405 99.94 34,624 0.06 54,405,029
--------------- ------- ---------- ----- ---------- -----------
13. To authorise
the Directors
to disapply
pre-emption
rights. 54,370,755 99.93 36,474 0.07 54,407,229
--------------- ------- ---------- ----- ---------- -----------
14. To authorise
the Directors
to disapply
pre-emption
rights regarding
acquisition/investment. 54,125,755 99.48 280,474 0.52 54,406,229
--------------- ------- ---------- ----- ---------- -----------
15. To authorise
the Company
to purchase
its own shares. 53,009,479 99.98 13,199 0.02 53,022,678
--------------- ------- ---------- ----- ---------- -----------
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 18 July 2022, 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 and on the
Company's website at www.bloomsbury-ir.co.uk .
5. 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 .
For further information, please contact:
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Maya Abu-Deeb, Group General Counsel & maya.abu-deeb@bloomsbury.com
Company Secretary
Hudson Sandler +44 (0) 20 7796 4133
Dan de Belder / Hattie Dreyfus bloomsbury@hudsonsandler.com
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