Result of AGM

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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

29 May 2009

 



Result of Meeting

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc ('the Company')

29 May 2009

At the 2009 Annual General Meeting ('AGM') of the Company held on 29 May 2009, six routine resolutions and three special business resolutions, as set out in the notice of the AGM dated 21 April 2009, were passed by the requisite majority on a show of hands.

The voting of those members who cast votes by proxy prior to the AGM on these resolutions is summarised in the following table:

	For *		Against			Withheld
Ordinary Business Resolution 1	Votes	%age	Votes	%age		Votes
Approval of 2008 Annual Report	56,582,148	99.53	265,000	0.47		282,593
Resolution 2
Approval of Remuneration Report	52,310,752	91.69	4,740,864	8.31		78,124
Resolution 3
Declaration of Final Dividend	57,129,741	100	0	0		0
Resolution 4
Re-election of Jeremy Wilson as a Director	56,777,873	99.39	349,631	0.61		2,237
Resolution 5
Re-election of Colin Adams as a Director	56,501,248	99.20	456,256	0.80		172,237
Resolution 6 Re-appointment of Auditors	56,860,801	99.53	268,266	0.47		674
Special Business Resolution 7
S80 Authority to allot shares	56,789,051	99.41	340,247	0.60		443
Resolution 8
Disapplication of s 89 pre-emption rights	57,119,328	99.98	8,798	0.01		1,615
Resolution 9
Authority to  make market purchases of shares	57,120,972	99.99	7,597	0.01		1,172

*Includes shares voted at Chairman's discretion

Enquiries:      Ian Portal

                Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 

                [phone]

 

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