EGM Reed Elsevier NV appoints Supervisory Board member
Dowload press release
Amsterdam, 3 September 2009
Reed Elsevier NV announced today that at an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (EGM), held in Amsterdam on 3 September 2009, a resolution to appoint Mr Ben van der Veer RA as a member of the Supervisory Board was approved with immediate effect.
As previously announced on 13 August 2009, Mr Van der Veer has also been appointed as a non-executive director of Reed Elsevier PLC and of Reed Elsevier Group plc and as a member of the audit committees with effect from 3 September 2009.
The EGM also approved a partial amendment of the articles of association of the company. These amendments are of a technical nature.
The results of the voting on each resolution are set out below:
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Resolution
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For
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Against
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Vote
withheld
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2. Appointment Mr Ben van der Veer RA as member of the Supervisory Board
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Approved
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366,248,528
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525,759
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278
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3. Partial amendment of articles of association
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Approved
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365,720,235
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539,052
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515,278
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ENDS