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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
21 July 2020
21 July 2020
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (the "Company")
Results of the 2020 Annual General Meeting
The Company held its Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 21 July
2020. All the resolutions put to shareholders were duly passed on a
poll. Resolutions 1 to 13 were passed as ordinary resolutions and
resolutions 14 to 17 were passed as special resolutions.
The results of the poll were as follows:
Resolutions For and at discretion Against Votes Total
Withheld
Number % Number %
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1. To receive
the audited
accounts of
the Company
for the year
ended 29 February
2020, together
with the Report
of the Directors
and the report
of the Auditor
thereon. 49,191,971 99.96 17,753 0.04 30,314 49,209,724
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2. To approve
the Annual
Statement by
the Chair of
the Remuneration
Committee and
the Annual
Report on Directors'
Remuneration
for the year
ended 29 February
2020. 47,974,060 97.48 1,242,678 2.52 23,302 49,216,738
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3. To approve
the Directors'
Remuneration
Policy. 47,009,932 95.52 2,204,768 4.48 25,340 49,214,700
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4. To authorise
the Directors
to settle the
intended final
dividend for
the year ended
29 February
2020 of 6.89
pence per share
by way of a
bonus issue
of new Ordinary
Shares. 49,210,030 99.98 10,374 0.02 19,635 49,220,404
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5. To re-appoint
Steven Hall
as a Director
of the Company. 49,201,552 99.98 11,426 0.02 27,061 49,212,978
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6. To re-appoint
Sir Richard
Lambert as
a Director
of the Company. 49,159,686 99.91 42,538 0.09 37,814 49,202,224
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7. To re-appoint
Nigel Newton
as a Director
of the Company. 49,136,267 99.85 75,957 0.15 27,814 49,212,224
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8. To re-appoint
Leslie-Ann
Reed as a Director. 49,124,036 99.82 88,189 0.18 27,814 49,212,225
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9. To re-appoint
Penny Scott-Bayfield
as a Director. 49,125,109 99.82 87,116 0.18 27,814 49,212,225
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10. To re-appoint
John Warren
as a Director. 49,190,060 99.98 12,165 0.02 37,814 49,202,225
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11. To re-appoint
KPMG LLP as
Auditor of
the Company. 48,182,363 97.89 1,036,498 2.11 21,178 49,218,861
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12. To authorise
the Directors
to determine
the auditors'
remuneration. 49,206,966 99.98 11,728 0.02 21,345 49,218,694
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13. To authorise
the Directors
to allot shares. 49,089,273 99.74 129,378 0.26 21,388 49,218,651
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14. To authorise
the Directors
to disapply
pre-emption
rights. 48,778,530 99.11 439,954 0.89 21,555 49,218,484
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15. To authorise
the Directors
to disapply
pre-emption
rights regarding
acquisition/investment. 48,774,994 99.11 437,349 0.89 27,695 49,212,343
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16. To authorise
the Company
to purchase
its own shares. 49,159,659 99.92 40,472 0.08 39,907 49,200,131
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17. To adopt
the new Articles
of Association
in substitution
for the existing
Articles of
Association. 46,768,677 95.04 2,442,139 4.96 29,222 49,210,816
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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 Friday 17 July 2020, there were 79,094,998 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
Telephone: +44(0)20 7631 5600
Email: maya.abu-deeb@bloomsbury.com
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