Regulatory announcements

Holding(s) in Company

15 April 2016

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 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 no
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments no
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights no
Other: no

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation:iii		 Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited (Parent Company) - 3.819 % comprised of:
Standard Life Investments Limited - 2.388 %
Ignis Investment Services Limited - 1.431 %
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):iv		 Vidacos Nominees HSBC
5. Date of the transaction
(and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached):v		 14/04/2016
6. Date on which issuer notified: 15/04/2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:vi, vii Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited - 5%
Standard Life Investments Limited - 5%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to sharesvii, 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 xi Indirectxii Direct Indirect
GB0033147751 4,909,261 4,909,261 2,867,627 0 2,867,627 0 3.819

B:Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument Expiration date xiii Exercise/
Conversion Period xiv		 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 Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument		 Exercise
price		 Expiration
date xvii		 Exercise/
Conversion
period xviii		 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
2,867,627 3.819

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited (Parent Company) - 3.819 % comprised of:

Standard Life Investments Limited - 2.388 %

Ignis Investment Services Limited - 1.431 %

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 telephonenumber:
 0207 631 5627

 

 

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