18 June 2015
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 | 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 | ||
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: |
Legal & General Group Plc (L&G) | ||||
4. Full
name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): |
N/A | ||||
5. Date of
the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached): |
16 June 2015 | ||||
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 18 June 2015 | ||||
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | L&G (Below 3%) |
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 | ||||||||||
Ordinary GBP 0.0125 | 2,294,096 (As of 22/10/2013) |
Below 3% | Below 3% | - | 0.00% | - |
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 |
Below 3% |
9. Chain of controlled
undertakings through which the voting rights and/or
the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
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 |
13.
Additional information: |
Notification using the total voting rights figure of75,003,734 |
14.
Contact name: |
Michael
Daykin Group Company Secretary Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
15.
Contact telephonenumber: |
0207 631 5627 |
To return to the Regulatory Announcements section click here
updated every minute
Interim Results
Annual General Meeting
Trading Update
Preliminary Results for the year ended 28 February 2025