RNS Number : 5101M Bloomsbury Publishing PLC 15 July 2026  

Results of the 2026 Annual General Meeting

15 July 2026

The Company held its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 15 July 2026. All resolutions tabled at the Meeting were passed on a poll. Resolutions 1 to 14 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 15 to 17 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

TOTAL

% of ISC VOTED

VOTES

WITHHELD

1. To receive the audited accounts of the Company for the year ended 28 February 2026, together with the Report of the Directors and the report of the Auditor thereon.

55,848,462

99.99%

4,746

0.01%

55,853,208

68.46%

50,327

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 2026.

52,131,339

93.27%

3,763,445

6.73%

55,894,784

68.51%

8,751

3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy.

52,921,735

94.67%

2,977,305

5.33%

55,899,040

68.51%

4,495

4. To declare a final dividend of 12.12p per Ordinary share.

55,900,872

99.99%

1,151

0.01%

55,902,023

68.52%

1,512

5. To re-elect John Bason as a Director of the Company.

53,701,320

96.07%

2,199,197

3.93%

55,900,517

68.51%

3,018

6. To re-elect Nigel Newton as a Director of the Company.

55,284,540

98.90%

614,699

1.10%

55,899,239

68.51%

4,296

7. To re-elect Leslie-Ann Reed as a Director of the Company.

55,290,806

98.91%

607,102

1.09%

55,897,908

68.51%

5,627

8. To re-elect Dame Heather Rabbatts as a Director of the Company.

53,623,560

95.93%

2,274,348

4.07%

55,897,908

68.51%

5,627

9. To elect Keith Underwood as a Director of the Company.

55,881,663

99.97%

18,514

0.03%

55,900,177

68.51%

3,358

10. To elect Jenny Ridout as a Director of the Company.

55,882,535

99.97%

17,643

0.03%

55,900,178

68.51%

3,357

11. To elect Chris Blatchford as a Director of the Company.

55,894,147

99.99%

5,030

0.01%

55,899,177

68.51%

4,358

12. To re-appoint Crowe U.K. LLP as Auditor of the Company.

55,887,812

99.98%

11,001

0.02%

55,898,813

68.51%

4,722

13. To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration.

55,895,946

99.99%

4,283

0.01%

55,900,229

68.51%

3,306

14. To authorise the Directors to allot shares.

55,888,233

99.98%

13,836

0.02%

55,902,069

68.52%

1,466

15. To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights.

54,641,591

97.86%

1,193,747

2.14%

55,835,338

68.44%

68,197

16. To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights regarding acquisition/investment.

51,612,358

92.33%

4,289,285

7.67%

55,901,643

68.52%

1,892

17. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares.

54,687,085

99.98%

9,696

0.02%

54,696,781

67.04%

1,206,754

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 13 July 2026, 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

[email protected]

Hudson Sandler

+44 (0) 20 7796 4133

Dan de Belder / Emily Brooker

[email protected]

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