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(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		LIONTRUST INVESTMENT PARTNERS LLP
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv		N/A
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:v		29/01/2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:		30/01/2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:vi, vii		12 %

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

Directxi

Indirectxii

Direct

Indirect

GB0033147751

8,819,379

8,819,379

8,870,879

8,870,879

N/A

12.01 %

N/A

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

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

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

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Nominal

Delta

N/A

N/A

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

8,870,879

12.01 %

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:xxi
N/A
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:
14. Contact name:	Michael Daykin Group Company Secretary Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7631 5627

 

 

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