Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Results of the 2021 Annual General Meeting (0407G)

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RNS Number : 0407G

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

21 July 2021

21 July 2021

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (the "Company")

Results of the 2021 Annual General Meeting

The Company held its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 21 July 2021. All the resolutions put to shareholders were duly passed on a show of hands. Resolutions 1 to 13 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 14 to 16 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 
  2021, together 
  with the Report 
  of the Directors 
  and the report 
  of the Auditor 
  thereon.                     53,967,112     99.99      75      0.01   24,016      53,967,187 
                            ---------------  -------  --------  -----  ----------  ----------- 
 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 
  2021.                        52,831,777     98.96    556,752   1.04   602,674     53,388,529 
                            ---------------  -------  --------  -----  ----------  ----------- 
 3. To approve 
  a special dividend 
  of 9.78p per 
  Ordinary share               53,977,716     99.99     3,170    0.01   10,317      53,980,886 
                            ---------------  -------  --------  -----  ----------  ----------- 
 4. To declare 
  a final dividend 
  of 7.58p per 
  Ordinary share               53,977,716     99.99     3,170    0.01   10,317      53,980,886 
                            ---------------  -------  --------  -----  ----------  ----------- 
 5. To re-appoint 
  Steven Hall 
  as a Director 
  of the Company.              53,963,049     99.98     9,151    0.02   19,003      53,972,200 
                            ---------------  -------  --------  -----  ----------  ----------- 
 6. To re-appoint 
  Sir Richard 
  Lambert as 
  a Director 
  of the Company.              53,931,321     99.92    45,103    0.08   14,779      53,976,424 
                            ---------------  -------  --------  -----  ----------  ----------- 
 7. To re-appoint 
  Nigel Newton 
  as a Director 
  of the Company.              53,906,012     99.88    65,412    0.12   19,779      53,971,424 
                            ---------------  -------  --------  -----  ----------  ----------- 
 8. To re-appoint 
  Leslie-Ann 
  Reed as a Director.          53,946,992     99.95    25,832    0.05   18,379      53,972,824 
                            ---------------  -------  --------  -----  ----------  ----------- 
 9. To re-appoint 
  Penny Scott-Bayfield 
  as a Director.               53,954,288     99.97    18,536    0.03   18,379      53,972,824 
                            ---------------  -------  --------  -----  ----------  ----------- 
 10. To appoint 
  Baroness Lola 
  Young of Hornsey 
  as a Director.               53,961,157     99.97    16,667    0.03   13,379      53,977,824 
                            ---------------  -------  --------  -----  ----------  ----------- 
 11. To re-appoint 
  KPMG LLP as 
  Auditor of 
  the Company.                 53,961,744     99.97    17,028    0.03   12,431      53,978,772 
                            ---------------  -------  --------  -----  ----------  ----------- 
 12. To authorise 
  the Directors 
  to determine 
  the auditors' 
  remuneration.                53,962,025     99.98    11,894    0.02   17,284      53,973,919 
                            ---------------  -------  --------  -----  ----------  ----------- 
 13. To authorise 
  the Directors 
  to allot shares.             53,870,936     99.80    107,105   0.20   13,162      53,978,041 
                            ---------------  -------  --------  -----  ----------  ----------- 
 14. To authorise 
  the Directors 
  to disapply 
  pre-emption 
  rights.                      53,954,576     99.96    23,465    0.04   13,162      53,978,041 
                            ---------------  -------  --------  -----  ----------  ----------- 
 15. To authorise 
  the Directors 
  to disapply 
  pre-emption 
  rights regarding 
  acquisition/investment.      53,708,576     99.51    266,370   0.49   16,257      53,974,946 
                            ---------------  -------  --------  -----  ----------  ----------- 
 16. To authorise 
  the Company 
  to purchase 
  its own shares.              52,379,300     99.96    18,979    0.04   1,592,924   52,398,279 
                            ---------------  -------  --------  -----  ----------  ----------- 
 

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 19 July 2021, 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.

Maya Abu-Deeb

Group General Counsel & Company Secretary

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

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