Regulatory announcements

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:ii			Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2 Reason for the 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
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments				X
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:iii		BlackRock, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:v		3rdDecember 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:		5thDecember 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:vi, vii		Holding has gone below 10%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to sharesviii, ix
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 rightsx
			Direct	Direct xi		Indirect xii	Direct	Indirect
GB0033147751	7,528,466	7,528,466	N/A	N/A		6,834,770	N/A	9.26%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration datexiii	Exercise/ Conversion Periodxiv	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instrumentsxv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration datexvii

Exercise/ Conversion periodxviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rightsxix, xx

CFD

460,085

Nominal

Delta

0.62%

0.62%

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
7,294,855	9.88%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:xxi
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 7,294,855 (9.88%)
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Michael Daykin Group Company Secretary Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7631 5627

 

 

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