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Results of the 2020 Annual General Meeting
Results of the 2020 Annual General Meeting.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n RNS Number : 6524T\n Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\n 21 July 2020\n \n \n \n 21 July 2020\n \n Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (the \"Company\")\n \n Results of the 2020 Annual General Meeting\n \n \n 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.\n \n The results of the poll were as follows:\n \n \n \n \n \n Resolutions\n \n \n \n \n For and at discretion\n \n \n \n \n Against\n \n \n \n \n Votes Withheld\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Total\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Number\n \n \n \n \n %\n \n \n \n \n Number\n \n \n \n \n %\n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1. \n 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.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 49,191,971\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 99.96\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 17,753\n \n \n \n \n 0.04\n \n \n \n \n 30,314\n \n \n \n \n 49,209,724\n \n \n \n \n \n \n 2. \n 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.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 47,974,060\n \n \n \n \n 97.48\n \n \n \n \n 1,242,678\n \n \n \n \n 2.52\n \n \n \n \n 23,302\n \n \n \n \n 49,216,738\n \n \n \n \n \n \n 3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 47,009,932\n \n \n \n \n 95.52\n \n \n \n \n 2,204,768\n \n \n \n \n 4.48\n \n \n \n \n 25,340\n \n \n \n \n 49,214,700\n \n \n \n \n \n \n 4. \n 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.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 49,210,030\n \n \n \n \n 99.98\n \n \n \n \n 10,374\n \n \n \n \n 0.02\n \n \n \n \n 19,635\n \n \n \n \n 49,220,404\n \n \n \n \n \n \n 5. \n To re-appoint Steven Hall as a Director of the Company.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 49,201,552\n \n \n \n \n 99.98\n \n \n \n \n 11,426\n \n \n \n \n 0.02\n \n \n \n \n 27,061\n \n \n \n \n 49,212,978\n \n \n \n \n \n \n 6. \n To re-appoint Sir Richard Lambert as a Director of the Company.\n \n \n &nbs...