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23rd April 2010
Holding(s) in Company
| TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares |
| 1: Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: |
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| 2: Reason for notification (yes/no) |
| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights |
x |
| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached |
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| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments |
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights |
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| Other (please specify): |
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: |
Aberdeen Asset Management PLC's Fund Management Operating Subsidiaries |
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): |
Aberdeen ICVC - UK Smaller Companies Fund |
| 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: |
21/04/2010 |
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: |
22/04/2010 |
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: |
11% |
| 8. Notified details: |
| A: Voting rights attached to shares |
Class/type of
shares
if possible using
the ISIN CODE |
Situation previous
to the triggering
transaction |
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
Number
of
Shares |
Number
of
Voting
Rights |
Number
of shares |
Number of voting
rights |
% of voting rights |
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Direct |
Indirect |
Direct |
Indirect |
| GB0033147751 |
8,993,111 |
8,993,111 |
8,448,111 |
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8,448,111 |
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11.47% |
| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments |
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
| Type of financial instrument |
Expiration date |
Exercise/ Conversion Period |
Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted. |
% of voting rights |
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments |
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
Type of financial
instrument |
Exercise
price |
Expiration
date |
Exercise/
Conversion
period |
Number of voting
rights instrument
refers to |
% of voting rights |
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Nominal |
Delta |
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| Total (A+B+C) |
| Number of voting rights |
Percentage of voting rights |
| 8,448,111 |
11.47% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
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| Proxy Voting: |
| 10. Name of the proxy holder: |
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: |
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: |
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| 13. Additional information: |
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| 14. Contact name: |
Laura Meikle |
| 15. Contact telephone number: |
01224 404 247 |
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