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		Schroders plc
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached):v		07.11.14
6. Date on which issuer notified:		10.11.14
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:vi, vii		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

Ordinary GB0033147751

7,275,320

7,275,320

3,609,260

N/A

3,609,260

N/A

4.888%

B:Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date xiii	Exercise/ conversion period/date xiv	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 xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date xviii	Exercise/ Conversion period	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
3,609,260	4.888%

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

Schroder Investment Management Limited 3,577,500 4.845% Schroder & Co. Ltd 31,760 0.043%

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:	The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios managed by those firms on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements. This disclosure is based on issue share capital amount 73,844,724.
14. Contact name:	Michael Daykin Group Company Secretary Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
15. Contact telephone number:	0207 631 5627

 

 

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