21 May 2013
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST 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 the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | ||||
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | Yes | |||
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 | ||||
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | ||||
Other (please specify): | ||||
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: |
Legal & General Group Plc (L&G) | |||
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): |
Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) | |||
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: |
16 May 2013 | |||
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 20 May 2013 | |||
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: |
L&G (From 3% to 4%) |
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 | ||||||||||||
Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |||||||||||||
Ordinary GBP 0.0125 | 2,889,465 (As on 11/11/2009) |
3,216,000 | 3,216,000 | 4.35% | ||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||
Nominal | Delta | |||||||||||||||
Total (A+B+C) | ||||||||||||||||
Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |||||||||||||||
3,216,000 | 4.35% | |||||||||||||||
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: | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: |
N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: |
N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
13. Additional information: | Notification using the total voting rights figure of 73,844,724 |
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14. Contact name: | Michael Daykin Group Company Secretary, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
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15. Contact telephone number: | +44(0) 207 631 5627 |
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