BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC

Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Jul 16, 2025

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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

16 July 2025

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 TOTAL	% of ISC VOTED	VOTES WITHHELD
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

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