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23 July 2012
Result of Annual General Meeting
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The Annual General Meeting of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc was held at 50 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP on Monday 23 July 2011.
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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.
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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.
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Percentages of proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting:
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Resolution | In favour | Discretion | Against | ||
1 | Receive the report and account | 99.4% | 0.6% | Β | |
2 | Approve the Directors Remuneration Report | 99.2% | 0.7% | Β | |
3 | Approve the final dividend | 99.9% | Β | ||
4 | Re-elect Sarah Jane Thomson | 99.7% | 0.3% | Β | |
5 | Re-elect Richard Charkin | 99.8% | 0.2% | Β | |
6 | Reappoint Baker Tilly | 99.4% | 0.6% | Β | |
7 | Authority to allot ordinary shares | 99.9% | 0.1% | Β | |
8 | Disapplication of pre-emption rights | 99.9% | Β | ||
9 | Authority to purchase ordinary shares | 99.9% | Β | ||
10 | Approval to call general meetings at reduced notice | 99.4% | 0.6% | Β | |
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The numbers of proxy votes lodged for each resolution in advance of the meeting:
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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 |
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* 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.
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Michael Daykin
Company Secretary
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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