Regulatory announcements

Holding(s) in Company

25 August 2015

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:

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation:iii		 Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited (and/or acting for its affiliates) as discretionary investment manager on behalf of multiple portfolios
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):iv		 Aberdeen UK Smaller Companies Equity Fund
5. Date of the transaction
(and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached):v		 10 August 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified: 12 August 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:vi, vii 11%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to sharesvii, 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
Indirectxii Direct Indirect
GB0033147751 8,350,299 8,350,299 7,750,299 7,750,299 10.33%

B:Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument Expiration date xiii Exercise/
Conversion Period xiv		 Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.		 % 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 xvii		 Exercise/
Conversion
period xviii		 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
7,750,299 10.33%

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:
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 5627

 

 

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