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09th July 2009
Holding(s) in Company
| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES |
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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. |
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An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights |
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| Other (please specify): |
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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: |
07 July 2009 |
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: |
08 July 2009 |
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: |
From 4% - 3% (L&G) |
| 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 |
ORD
GBP 0.0125 |
3,022,856 |
3,022,856 |
2,939,775 |
2,939,775 |
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3.98 |
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| 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 |
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Nominal |
Delta |
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| Total (A+B+C) |
| Number of voting rights |
Percentage of voting rights |
| 2,939,775 |
3.98 |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
| Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group) |
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| Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) |
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| Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) |
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| Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (2,939,775 - 3.98% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC) |
| Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) (2,711,217 - 3.67% = PMC) |
Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH) |
| Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) (2,711,217 - 3.67% = PMC) |
Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL) |
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Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL) |
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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 |
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| 13. Additional information: |
Notification using the total voting rights figure of 73,683,623 |
| 14. Contact name: |
Helen Lewis (LGIM) |
| 15. Contact telephone number: |
020 3124 3851 |
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