21 July 2020
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 Withheld | Total | ||
Number | % | Number | % | |||
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 |
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 |
3. To approve the Directors’ Remuneration Policy. | 47,009,932 | 95.52 | 2,204,768 | 4.48 | 25,340 | 49,214,700 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
8. To re-appoint Leslie-Ann Reed as a Director. | 49,124,036 | 99.82 | 88,189 | 0.18 | 27,814 | 49,212,225 |
9. To re-appoint Penny Scott-Bayfield as a Director. | 49,125,109 | 99.82 | 87,116 | 0.18 | 27,814 | 49,212,225 |
10. To re-appoint John Warren as a Director. | 49,190,060 | 99.98 | 12,165 | 0.02 | 37,814 | 49,202,225 |
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 |
12. To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors’ remuneration. | 49,206,966 | 99.98 | 11,728 | 0.02 | 21,345 | 49,218,694 |
13. To authorise the Directors to allot shares. | 49,089,273 | 99.74 | 129,378 | 0.26 | 21,388 | 49,218,651 |
14. To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights. | 48,778,530 | 99.11 | 439,954 | 0.89 | 21,555 | 49,218,484 |
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 |
16. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares. | 49,159,659 | 99.92 | 40,472 | 0.08 | 39,907 | 49,200,131 |
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 |
NOTES:
Maya Abu-Deeb
Group General Counsel & Company Secretary
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Telephone: +44(0)20 7631 5600
Email: [email protected]
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