Reed Elsevier NV AGM 23 April 2014

Reed Elsevier NV announces that the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (AGM), held in Amsterdam on 23 April, approved the 2013 financial statements and determined the total dividend for 2013 at € 0,506 per ordinary share of € 0,07 nominal value. After taking account of the interim dividend paid in August 2013 of € 0,132 per ordinary share the final dividend is € 0,374 per ordinary share.
All resolutions were approved by the AGM. These include: the appointment of Mr Nick Luff as an executive director, the re-appointment of Erik Engstrom and Duncan Palmer as executive directors and the re-appointment of all non-executive directors.
The results of the voting on each resolution are set out below:

Resolution

For

%

Against

%

Votes withheld

4. Adoption of the 2013 Annual Financial Statements

483,603,989

99.99%

55,872

0.01%

1,842,862

5.a Release from liability of executive directors

472,029,219

97.78%

10,704,413

2.22%

2,769,559

5.b Release from liability of non-executive directors

472,029,413

97.78%

10,704,219

2.22%

2,769,559

6. Determination and distribution of dividend

481,861,583

99.62%

1,857,632

0.38%

1,783,776

7. Appointment of external auditors

473,084,712

98.08%

9,267,742

1.92%

3,150,736

8. (i) Appointment of Nick

481,844,918

99.62%

1,859,860

0.38%

1,796,863

Luff; and (ii) an award of

shares in the Company

481,844,636

99.62%

1,860,791

0.38%

1,797,764

9a. Re-appointment Anthony Habgood

479,568,259

99.14%

4,140,572

0.86%

1,794,360

9b. Re-appointment of Wolfhart Hauser

482,383,859

99.73%

1,324,857

0.27%

1,794,474

9c. Re-appointment Adrian Hennah

481,916,634

99.63%

1,792,079

0.38%

1,794,477

9d. Re-appointment Lisa Hook

483,682,993

99.99%

33,081

0.01%

1,787,117

9e. Re-appointment Marike van Lier Lels

481,948,903

99.63%

1,766,776

0.38%

1,787,512

9f. Re-appointment Robert Polet

481,901,339

99.62%

1,814,617

0.38%

1,787,235

9g. Re-appointment Linda Sanford

481,922,233

99.63%

1,793,729

0.38%

1,787,229

9h. Re-appointment Ben van

476,806,264

99.76%

1,160,953

0.24%

7,535,974


der Veer

10a. Re-appointment Erik Engstrom

483,678,641

99.99%

37,029

0.01%

1,787,519

10b. Re-appointment Duncan Palmer

483,019,986

99.86%

688,731

0.14%

1,794,474

11. Delegation to the Board of the authority to acquire shares in the Company

481,656,752

99.89%

528,700

0.11%

3,317,739

12a. Designation of the Board as authorised body to issue shares and to grant rights to acquire shares in the capital of the Company

397,512,711

82.19%

86,148,484

17.81%

1,841,996

12b. Extension of the designation of the Board as authorised body to limit or exclude pre-emptive rights to the issuance of shares

391,586,481

80.96%

92,074,041

19.04%

1,842,669

Note:
Votes 'withheld' are not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'for' or 'against' a resolution.

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