Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Results of voting on resolutions at the AGM (4021L)

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RNS Number : 4021L

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

18 July 2017

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc ("Bloomsbury")

Results of voting on resolutions at the AGM held 18 July 2017

All 17 resolutions put to the members were passed on a show of hands. All resolutions were passed as ordinary resolutions except for resolutions 15, 16 and 17, 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 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            99.9%        <0.1%     <0.1% 
      Approve the Remuneration Annual 
  2    Report/ Statement                        99.9%        <0.1%     <0.1% 
      Approve the Directors Remuneration 
  3    Policy                                   99.4%        <0.1%      0.5% 
  4   Approve the final dividend                99.9%           0%     <0.1% 
  5   Re-elect John Warren                      99.9%        <0.1%     <0.1% 
  6   Re-elect Jill Jones                       99.9%        <0.1%     <0.1% 
  7   Re-elect Steven Hall                      99.9%        <0.1%     <0.1% 
  8   Re-elect Nigel Newton                     99.6%        <0.1%      0.4% 
  9   Re-elect Richard Charkin                  99.9%        <0.1%     <0.1% 
 10   Re-elect Wendy Pallot                     97.2%        <0.1%      2.7% 
 11   Re-elect Jonathan Glasspool               99.9%        <0.1%     <0.1% 
 12   Reappoint KPMG as external auditor        99.9%        <0.1%     <0.1% 
      Authorise Directors to set the 
 13    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                                   99.9%        <0.1%     <0.1% 
      Disapplication of pre-emption 
 16    rights re: acquisition/ investment       99.4%        <0.1%      0.5% 
      Authority to purchase ordinary 
 17    shares                                   99.4%        <0.1%      0.5% 
 

The numbers of proxy votes lodged for each resolution:

 
 Resolution    In Favour   Discretion     Against   Withheld* 
          1   57,680,781       10,069       8,100       2,000 
          2   57,546,289       11,669      51,060      91,932 
          3   57,365,097       11,669     309,752      14,432 
          4   57,690,516       10,069           0         365 
          5   57,651,379       14,069      30,858       4,644 
          6   57,657,084       14,069      29,358         439 
          7   57,654,084       14,069      28,758       4,039 
          8   57,444,248       14,069     240,194       2,439 
          9   57,650,480       14,069      33,962       2,439 
         10   56,105,432       19,069   1,576,010         439 
         11   57,659,980       20,069      18,462       2,439 
         12   57,666,301       19,069      14,948         632 
         13   57,669,953       19,069       9,735       2,193 
         14   57,632,102       20,907      38,976       8,965 
         15   57,632,618       20,907      39,865       7,560 
         16   57,364,638       20,947     306,805       8,560 
         17   57,357,787       22,414     314,905       5,844 
 

* 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)

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