27th Apr 2005 15:33
Reed Elsevier PLC27 April 2005 27 April 2005 ISSUED ON BEHALF OF REED ELSEVIER PLC Results of Annual General Meeting and Extraordinary General Meeting 2005 Reed Elsevier PLC announces that at its Annual General Meeting and ExtraordinaryGeneral Meeting held on Wednesday 27 April 2005, all resolutions put to themeeting were approved by votes on a show of hands. For information, the following represents the proxy position at the close ofbooks at 11.00 a.m. on Monday 25 April 2005. The number of ordinary shares inissue at that date was 1,275,331,978. AGM VOTES FOR VOTES TO BE CAST VOTES AGAINST VOTES ABSTAIN AT CHAIRMAN'S DISCRETION 1 Report & Accounts 698,694,131 926,577 3,875,896 17,457,7582 Remuneration Report 631,705,888 904,458 72,312,692 16,019,1433 Dividend 719,702,144 896,703 186,441 169,0754 Re-appoint Auditors 708,726,165 911,521 3,495,650 7,808,0155 Auditors' Remuneration 718,808,612 911,709 1,150,915 70,1166 Appointment of J H M Hommen as a 718,403,897 1,012,177 1,356,299 170,514 director7 Appointment of E Engstrom as a 713,576,056 1,003,650 1,444,363 4,918,818 director8 Appointment of M H Armour as a 682,392,841 986,316 37,461,367 102,363 director9 Appointment of Sir Crispin Davis as a 678,247,868 986,332 41,615,247 90,808 director10 Appiontment of A Prozes as a director 718,866,205 1,003,499 964,151 104,90011 Allotment of shares 719,252,999 969,280 606,255 112,81812 Disapply pre-emption rights 717,657,132 1,020,015 2,025,601 237,80413 Purchase own shares 719,357,686 1,001,095 82,417 315,814 EGM VOTES FOR VOTES TO BE CAST VOTES AGAINST VOTES ABSTAIN AT CHAIRMAN'S DISCRETION 1. Appointment of S Zelnick as a 668,113,757 843,732 1,810,962 504,831 director Two copies of the resolutions passed as Special Business have been submitted tothe UK Listing Authority and will be available for inspection at the UK ListingAuthority's Document Viewing Facility. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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