Regulatory announcements

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		no
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 (please specify):	Aggregation of the position being made from 1st July 2014 by Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited as Parent Company for Ignis Investment Services Limited	yes

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:		Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited (Parent Company) -10.097% comprised of: Standard Life Investments Limited - 8% Ignis Investment Services Limited - 2.11%
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):		Vidacos Nominees/HSBC
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached):		01/07/2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:		02/07/2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		10%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shareIf possible use ISIN code		GB0033147751
Situation previous to the triggering transaction
Number of shares		Number of voting rights
5,900,635		5,900,635
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of shares	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
7,455,780	4,515,614	2,940,166	6.115%	3.982%

B:Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	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
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
7,455,780	10.097%

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) -10.10% comprised of: Standard Life Investments Limited - 8% Ignis Investment Services Limited - 2.11%

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:	+44-207-631-5623

 

 

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