Results of the 2023 Annual General Meeting

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Resolutions	For and at discretion		Against		Votes Withheld	Total
Resolutions	Number	%	Number	%	Votes Withheld	Total
1. To receive the audited accounts of the Company for the year ended 28 February 2023, together with the Report of the Directors and the report of the Auditor thereon.	57,757,256	100	0	0.00	10,956	57,757,256
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 2023.	57,055,315	99.31	398,514	0.69	314,383	57,453,829
3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy.	55,661,670	97.07	1,682,662	2.93	423,880	57,344,332
4. To declare a final dividend of 10.34p per Ordinary share.	57,767,655	100	0	0	557	57,767,655
5. To re-elect John Bason as a Director of the Company.	56,966,567	98.63	792,202	1.37	9,443	57,758,769
6. To re-elect Sir Richard Lambert as a Director of the Company.	56,951,743	98.60	807,026	1.40	9,443	57,758,769
7. To re-elect Nigel Newton as a Director of the Company.	56,918,452	98.54	841,902	1.46	7,858	57,760,354
8. To re-elect Leslie-Ann Reed as a Director.	56,952,918	98.61	805,305	1.39	9,989	57,758,223
9. To re-elect Penny Scott-Bayfield as a Director.	57,752,658	99.99	7,696	0.01	7,858	57,760,354
10. To re-elect Baroness Lola Young of Hornsey as a Director.	57,270,521	99.15	489,833	0.85	7,858	57,760,354
11. To re-appoint Crowe U.K. LLP as Auditor of the Company.	57,748,412	99.99	7,636	0.01	12,164	57,756,048
12. To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration.	57,757,486	99.99	7,237	0.01	3,489	57,764,723
13. To authorise the Directors to allot shares.	57,717,322	99.93	39,198	0.07	11,692	57,756,520
14. To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights.	57,696,438	99.90	56,074	0.10	15,700	57,752,512
15. To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights regarding acquisition/investment.	50,550,831	90.06	5,581,446	9.94	1,635,935	56,132,277
16. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares.	56,813,379	99.98	12,132	0.02	942,701	56,825,511
17. To approve the 2023 Executive Share Plan	57,707,410	99.92	49,008	0.08	11,794	57,756,418
18. To approve the 2023 Sharesave Plan	57,739,004	99.97	18,516	0.03	10,692	57,757,520
19. To amend the Articles of Association	57,742,608	99.97	19,866	0.03	5,738	57,762,474

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Maya Abu-Deeb, Group General Counsel & Company Secretary	maya.abu-deeb@bloomsbury.com
Hudson Sandler	+44 (0) 20 7796 4133
Dan de Belder / Amelia Craddock / Emily Brooker	bloomsbury@hudsonsandler.com

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