BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC

AGM Information • Jul 18, 2017

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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

18 July 2017

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc ("Bloomsbury")

Results of voting on resolutions at the AGM held 18 July 2017

All 17 resolutions put to the members were passed on a show of hands.  All resolutions were passed as ordinary resolutions except for resolutions 15, 16 and 17, which were passed as special resolutions.

Copies of all resolutions passed at the meeting other than as ordinary business are being submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and for inspection at: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do. 

Percentages of proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting:

	Resolution	In Favour	Discretion	Against
1	Receive the report and account	99.9%	<0.1%	<0.1%
2	Approve the Remuneration Annual Report/ Statement	99.9%	<0.1%	<0.1%
3	Approve the Directors Remuneration Policy	99.4%	<0.1%	0.5%
4	Approve the final dividend	99.9%	0%	<0.1%
5	Re-elect John Warren	99.9%	<0.1%	<0.1%
6	Re-elect Jill Jones	99.9%	<0.1%	<0.1%
7	Re-elect Steven Hall	99.9%	<0.1%	<0.1%
8	Re-elect Nigel Newton	99.6%	<0.1%	0.4%
9	Re-elect Richard Charkin	99.9%	<0.1%	<0.1%
10	Re-elect Wendy Pallot	97.2%	<0.1%	2.7%
11	Re-elect Jonathan Glasspool	99.9%	<0.1%	<0.1%
12	Reappoint KPMG as external auditor	99.9%	<0.1%	<0.1%
13	Authorise Directors to set the auditor's remuneration	99.9%	<0.1%	<0.1%
14	Authority to allot ordinary shares	99.9%	<0.1%	<0.1%
15	Disapplication of pre-emption rights	99.9%	<0.1%	<0.1%
16	Disapplication of pre-emption rights re: acquisition/ investment	99.4%	<0.1%	0.5%
17	Authority to purchase ordinary shares	99.4%	<0.1%	0.5%

The numbers of proxy votes lodged for each resolution:

Resolution	In Favour	Discretion	Against	Withheld*
1	57,680,781	10,069	8,100	2,000
2	57,546,289	11,669	51,060	91,932
3	57,365,097	11,669	309,752	14,432
4	57,690,516	10,069	0	365
5	57,651,379	14,069	30,858	4,644
6	57,657,084	14,069	29,358	439
7	57,654,084	14,069	28,758	4,039
8	57,444,248	14,069	240,194	2,439
9	57,650,480	14,069	33,962	2,439
10	56,105,432	19,069	1,576,010	439
11	57,659,980	20,069	18,462	2,439
12	57,666,301	19,069	14,948	632
13	57,669,953	19,069	9,735	2,193
14	57,632,102	20,907	38,976	8,965
15	57,632,618	20,907	39,865	7,560
16	57,364,638	20,947	306,805	8,560
17	57,357,787	22,414	314,905	5,844

* A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes in favour, discretionary or against a resolution.

Michael Daykin (Group Company Secretary)

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