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23 July 2012
Result of Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc was held at 50 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP on Monday 23 July 2011.
All 10 resolutions put to the members were passed on a show of hands. Resolutions 1 to 7 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 8 to 10 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.Morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
Percentages of proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting:
Resolution | In favour | Discretion | Against | ||
1 | Receive the report and account | 99.4% | 0.6% |
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2 | Approve the Directors Remuneration Report | 99.2% | 0.7% |
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3 | Approve the final dividend | 99.9% |
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4 | Re-elect Sarah Jane Thomson | 99.7% | 0.3% |
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5 | Re-elect Richard Charkin | 99.8% | 0.2% |
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6 | Reappoint Baker Tilly | 99.4% | 0.6% |
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7 | Authority to allot ordinary shares | 99.9% | 0.1% |
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8 | Disapplication of pre-emption rights | 99.9% |
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9 | Authority to purchase ordinary shares | 99.9% |
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10 | Approval to call general meetings at reduced notice | 99.4% | 0.6% |
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The numbers of proxy votes lodged for each resolution in advance of the meeting:
Resolution | In favour | Discretion | Against | Withheld* |
1 | 46,728,600 | 19,303 | 265,072 | 3,346 |
2 | 46,480,117 | 16,926 | 346,205 | 173,043 |
3 | 46,999,652 | 16,663 | 6 | 0 |
4 | 46,857,549 | 19,574 | 138,956 | 242 |
5 | 46,913,974 | 19,574 | 80,931 | 1,842 |
6 | 46,722,264 | 19,604 | 272,048 | 2,435 |
7 | 46,965,695 | 17,744 | 25,432 | 7,450 |
8 | 46,979,145 | 16,702 | 10,829 | 9,645 |
9 | 46,976,195 | 16,702 | 23,184 | 240 |
10 | 46,714,390 | 16,391 | 281,500 | 4,040 |
* 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
Company Secretary
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc