25th Apr 2012 15:43
ISSUED ON BEHALF OF REED ELSEVIER PLC
Results of Annual General Meeting 2012
The Annual General Meeting of Reed Elsevier PLC was held on Wednesday 25th April.
The table below shows the results of the poll on all 19 resolutions. Each shareholder present in person, or by proxy, was entitled to one vote per share held.
RESOLUTION | VOTESFOR | % | VOTESAGAINST | % | VOTESWITHHELD | |
1. | Receipt of financial statements | 919,471,925 | 98.88 | 10,387,409 | 1.12 | 5,895,115 |
2. | Approval of Remuneration Report | 883,059,742 | 94.96 | 46,896,628 | 5.04 | 5,798,079 |
3. | Declaration of final dividend | 935,051,975 | 100.00 | 10,053 | 0.00 | 692,974 |
4. | Re-appointment of auditors | 933,664,106 | 99.85 | 1,384,059 | 0.15 | 705,246 |
5. | Auditors' remuneration | 934,799,302 | 99.97 | 241,406 | 0.03 | 713,379 |
6. | Elect David Brennan as a director with effect from 01 November 2012 | 934,652,756 | 99.96 | 344,233 | 0.04 | 758,288 |
7. | Re-elect Mark Armour as a director | 923,382,540 | 99.96 | 374,827 | 0.04 | 11,996,084 |
8. | Re-elect Mark Elliott as a director | 931,091,941 | 99.71 | 2,721,779 | 0.29 | 1,936,960 |
9. | Re-elect Erik Engstrom as a director | 934,691,071 | 99.97 | 325,223 | 0.03 | 737,071 |
10. | Re-elect Anthony Habgood as a director | 932,781,615 | 99.84 | 1,470,087 | 0.16 | 1,507,702 |
11. | Re-elect Adrian Hennah as a director | 924,967,462 | 99.40 | 5,580,695 | 0.60 | 5,206,980 |
12. | Re-elect Lisa Hook as a director | 928,651,724 | 99.80 | 1,905,957 | 0.20 | 5,197,596 |
13. | Re-elect Robert Polet as a director | 933,345,360 | 99.82 | 1,672,598 | 0.18 | 737,319 |
14. | Re-elect Sir David Reid as a director | 870,376,032 | 96.89 | 27,971,538 | 3.11 | 37,391,618 |
15. | Re-elect Ben van der Veer as a director | 933,714,401 | 99.86 | 1,302,861 | 0.14 | 736,911 |
16. | Authority to allot shares | 824,727,604 | 88.66 | 105,519,552 | 11.34 | 5,504,611 |
17. | Disapplication of pre-emption rights | 887,967,389 | 95.05 | 46,222,743 | 4.95 | 1,564,893 |
18. | Authority to purchase own shares | 928,945,326 | 99.79 | 2,000,681 | 0.21 | 4,809,104 |
19. | Notice period for general meetings | 853,591,737 | 91.30 | 81,382,394 | 8.70 | 780,980 |
NOTES:
1. The 'For' vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion.
2. Votes 'Withheld' are not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.
3. Resolutions 6 and 17 to 19 are Special Resolutions.
4. At the close of business on Monday 23 April 2012 the total number of ordinary shares in issue, excluding Treasury shares, was 1,217,539,851
5. The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual of General Meeting, which is available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do and on the Company's website at www.reedelsevier.com.
6. As per Listing Rule 9.6.2 a copy of the resolutions passed, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism for inspection at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.
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