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		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		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:		no

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:iii		Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited (Parent Company) - 3.819 % comprised of: Standard Life Investments Limited - 2.388 % Ignis Investment Services Limited - 1.431 %
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv		Vidacos Nominees HSBC
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached):v		14/04/2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:		15/04/2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:vi, vii		Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited - 5% Standard Life Investments Limited - 5%

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

Direct xi

Indirectxii

Direct

Indirect

GB0033147751

4,909,261

4,909,261

2,867,627

0

2,867,627

0

3.819

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
2,867,627	3.819

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) - 3.819 % comprised of: Standard Life Investments Limited - 2.388 % Ignis Investment Services Limited - 1.431 %

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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