Regulatory News:
For immediate release
25 April 2012
Reed Elsevier NV announces that the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (AGM), held in Amsterdam on 24 April, approved the 2011 financial statements and determined the final dividend for 2011 at € 0.326 per ordinary share of € 0.07 nominal value. After taking account of the interim dividend paid in August 2011 of € 0.110 per ordinary share the total dividend is € 0.436 per ordinary share.
All resolutions were approved by the AGM. These include: the appointment of David Brennan as member of the Supervisory Board with effect from 1 November 2012, the re-appointment of Erik Engstrom and Mark Armour as members of the Executive Board and the re-appointment of all members of the Supervisory Board.
The results of the voting on each resolution are set out below:
| Resolution | Â | For | Â | % | Â | Against | Â | % | Â | Votes withheld | |
3. Adoption of the 2011 | 452,638,668 | 99.99% | 33,482 | 0.01% | 10,414 | ||||||
4a. Release from liability of | 446,387,972 | 99.26% | 3,316,063 | 0.74% | 2,978,455 | ||||||
4b. Release from liability of | 446,389,164 | 99.26% | 3,315,056 | 0.74% | 2,978,455 | ||||||
5. Determination and | 452,663,608 | 100.00% | 4,214 | 0.00% | 12,424 | ||||||
6. Appointment of external | 443,401,622 | 98.89% | 4,963,600 | 1.11% | 4,315,952 | ||||||
7a. Appointment David | 450,621,840 | 99,95% | 233,568 | 0.05% | 1,827,269 | ||||||
7b. Re-appointment Mark | 449,933,959 | 99.89% | 512,068 | 0.11% | 2,235,219 | ||||||
7c. Re-appointment | 450,691,538 | 99.97% | 116,296 | 0.03% | 1,874,841 | ||||||
7d. Re-appointment Adrian | 436,790,052 | 96.90% | 13,966,704 | 3.10% | 1,925,921 | ||||||
7e. Re-appointment Lisa | 436,888,997 | 96.89% | 14,017,540 | 3.11% | 1,776,105 | ||||||
7f. Re-appointment Marike | 436,180,822 | 96.73% | 14,725,498 | 3.27% | 1,776,337 | ||||||
7g. Re-appointment Robert | 436,017,529 | 96.72% | 14,787,259 | 3.28% | 1,876,341 | ||||||
7h. Re-appointment David | 432,571,373 | 96.59% | 15,270,770 | 3.41% | 4,840,531 | ||||||
7i. Re-appointment Ben van | 450,810,780 | 99.98% | 95,700 | 0.02% | 1,776,195 | ||||||
8a. Re-appointment Erik | 450,716,362 | 99,96% | 191,270 | 0.04% | 1,774,953 | ||||||
8b. Re-appointment Mark | 437,826,473 | 97.19% | 12,640,358 | 2.81% | 2,214,813 | ||||||
9. Delegation to the | 447,992,205 | 99.37% | 2,841,063 | 0.63% | 1,849,399 | ||||||
10a. Designation of the | 425,368,759 | 94.44% | 25,043,474 | 5.56% | 2,269,007 | ||||||
10b. Extension of the | 397,491,692 | 87.83% | 55,101,540 | 12.17% | 89,293 |
Note:
Votes 'withheld' are not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'for' or 'against' a resolution.
-ENDS-
Issued on behalf of Reed Elsevier NV
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