Regulatory announcements

Holding(s) in Company

08 September 2014

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(yes/no)
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		x
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:		BlackRock, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached):		2ndSeptember 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:		3rdSeptember 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		Holding has gone 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

GB0033147751

6,834,770

N/A

Below 5%

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
CFD				N/A	Nominal	Delta
					N/A	N/A

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - N/A (Below 5%)

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 5600

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