Regulatory announcements

Holding(s) in Company

11 November 2014

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(please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
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
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation:iii		 Schroders plc
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

07.11.14
6. Date on which issuer notified:

10.11.14
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:vi, vii Below 5%

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

Directxi Indirectxii Direct Indirect
Ordinary
GB0033147751		 7,275,320 7,275,320 3,609,260 N/A 3,609,260 N/A 4.888%

B:Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument Expiration date xiii Exercise/ conversion period/date xiv No. of voting rights that may be acquired
(if the instrument exercised/converted)		 Percentage of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument		 Exercise
price		 Expiration
date xviii		 Exercise/
Conversion
period		 Number of voting
rights instrument
refers to		 % of voting rights
xix, xx
Nominal Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights

3,609,260

 4.888%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Schroder Investment Management Limited 3,577,500 4.845%
Schroder & Co. Ltd 31,760 0.043%

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:

The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios managed by those firms on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements.
This disclosure is based on issue share capital amount 73,844,724.
14. Contact name:
 Michael Daykin
Group Company Secretary
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
15. Contact telephone number:
 0207 631 5627

 

 

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