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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC held its Annual General Meeting on 16 July 2025, where all 15 tabled resolutions were passed on a poll, with approximately 70% of the issued share capital voted. Shareholders approved a final dividend of 11.54p per Ordinary share, re-elected five Directors, elected Dame Heather Rabbatts as a Director, and re-appointed Crowe U.K. LLP as auditor. The resolutions also granted authority for the Directors to allot shares, disapply pre-emption rights, and for the Company to purchase its own shares.
| Date | 16 Jul 2025 |
| Time | 15:16:29 |
| Category | AGMs and other meetings |
| ID | 3552R |
Results of the 2025 Annual General Meeting
16 July 2025
The Company held its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 16 July 2025. All resolutions tabled at the Meeting were passed on a poll. Resolutions 1 to 12 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 13 to 15 were passed as special resolutions.
The results of the poll for each resolution are shown in the table below:
|
Resolutions |
VOTES FOR |
% |
VOTES AGAINST |
% |
VOTES |
% of ISC VOTED |
VOTES |
|
1. To receive the audited accounts of the Company for the year ended 28 February 2025, together with the Report of the Directors and the report of the Auditor thereon. |
57,346,441 |
100.00 |
1,329 |
0.00 |
57,347,770 |
70.27% |
34,994 |
|
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 2025. |
53,467,523 |
94.66 |
3,016,867 |
5.34 |
56,484,390 |
69.21% |
898,374 |
|
3. To declare a final dividend of 11.54p per Ordinary share. |
57,380,184 |
100.00 |
1,127 |
0.00 |
57,381,311 |
70.31% |
1,453 |
|
4. To re-elect John Bason as a Director of the Company. |
54,266,737 |
94.59 |
3,100,782 |
5.41 |
57,367,519 |
70.30% |
15,245 |
|
5. To re-elect Nigel Newton as a Director of the Company. |
56,838,213 |
99.08 |
530,318 |
0.92 |
57,368,531 |
70.30% |
14,233 |
|
6. To re-elect Leslie-Ann Reed as a Director of the Company. |
56,923,027 |
99.23 |
442,717 |
0.77 |
57,365,744 |
70.29% |
17,020 |
|
7. To re-elect Penny Scott-Bayfield as a Director of the Company. |
57,358,655 |
99.98 |
9,364 |
0.02 |
57,368,019 |
70.30% |
14,745 |
|
8. To re-elect Baroness Lola Young of Hornsey as a Director of the Company. |
57,343,215 |
99.96 |
23,029 |
0.04 |
57,366,244 |
70.29% |
16,520 |
|
9. To elect Dame Heather Rabbatts as a Director of the Company. |
57,349,418 |
99.97 |
19,101 |
0.03 |
57,368,519 |
70.30% |
14,245 |
|
10. To re-appoint Crowe U.K. LLP as Auditor of the Company. |
57,355,684 |
99.98 |
11,597 |
0.02 |
57,367,281 |
70.30% |
15,483 |
|
11. To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration. |
57,365,149 |
99.98 |
8,751 |
0.02 |
57,373,900 |
70.30% |
8,864 |
|
12. To authorise the Directors to allot shares. |
57,350,970 |
99.95 |
26,972 |
0.05 |
57,377,942 |
70.31% |
4,822 |
|
13. To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights. |
56,066,057 |
97.72 |
1,309,190 |
2.28 |
57,375,247 |
70.31% |
7,517 |
|
14. To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights regarding acquisition/investment. |
54,947,644 |
95.77 |
2,428,265 |
4.23 |
57,375,909 |
70.31% |
6,855 |
|
15. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares. |
56,446,523 |
99.96 |
21,869 |
0.04 |
56,468,392 |
69.19% |
914,372 |
NOTES:
1. The 'For' vote includes those giving discretion to the Chair of the Meeting.
2. A 'Vote Withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'For' and 'Against' a resolution.
3. As at Monday 14 July 2025, there were 81,608,672 ordinary shares of 1.25 pence in issue.
4. The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available at the National Storage Mechanism https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism and on the Company's website at www.bloomsbury-ir.co.uk.
5. In accordance with Listing Rule 6.4.2 R, copies of the resolutions passed at the meeting other than those considered as ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
For further information, please contact:
|
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 / Hattie Dreyfus / Emily Brooker |
bloomsbury@hudsonsandler.com |