Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Results of voting on resolutions at the AGM (6163E)

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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% 
      Approve the Remuneration 
  2    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% 
      Reappoint KPMG as external 
 12    auditor                             99.9%        <0.1%     <0.1% 
      Authorise Directors to set 
 13    the auditor's remuneration          99.9%        <0.1%     <0.1% 
      Authority to allot ordinary 
 14    shares                              99.9%        <0.1%      0.1% 
      Disapplication of pre-emption 
 15    rights                              95.9%        <0.1%      4.0% 
      Authority to purchase ordinary 
 16    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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