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 |
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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 |
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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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