29 January 2021
TR-1: Standard form for notification
of major holdings
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)i |
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1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attachedii: |
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
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1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with an "X" if appropriate) |
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Non-UK issuer |
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2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X") |
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights |
X |
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An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments |
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights |
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Other (please specify)iii: |
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3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv |
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Name |
BlackRock, Inc. |
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City and country of registered office (if applicable) |
Wilmington, DE, USA |
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v |
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Name |
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City and country of registered office (if applicable) |
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5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedvi: |
27/01/2021 |
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6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY): |
28/01/2021 |
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7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation |
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% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A) |
% of voting rights
through financial instruments |
Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B) |
Total number of voting rights of issuervii |
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Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached |
10.78% |
0.00% |
10.79% |
81,608,672 |
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Position of previous notification (if applicable) |
9.95% |
0.22% |
10.18% |
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8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedviii |
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A: Voting rights attached to shares |
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Class/type of ISIN code (if possible) |
Number of voting rightsix |
% of voting rights |
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Direct ((DTR5.1) |
Indirect (DTR5.2.1) |
Direct (DTR5.1) |
Indirect (DTR5.2.1) |
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GB0033147751 |
8,803,889 |
10.78% |
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SUBTOTAL 8. A |
8,803,889 |
10.78% |
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B 1: Financial Instruments according to DTR5.3.1R (1) (a) |
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Type of financial instrument |
Expiration |
Exercise/ |
Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted. |
% of voting rights |
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Securities Lending |
6,015 |
0.00% |
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SUBTOTAL 8. B 1 |
6,015 |
0.00% |
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B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to DTR5.3.1R (1) (b) |
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Type of financial instrument |
Expiration |
Exercise/ |
Physical or cash settlementxii |
Number of voting rights |
% of voting rights |
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SUBTOTAL 8.B.2 |
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9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the applicable box with an "X") |
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Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuerxiii |
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Full chain of controlled undertakings through which
the voting rights and/or the |
X |
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Namexv |
% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold |
% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold |
Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold |
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See Attachment |
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10. In case of proxy voting, please identify: |
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Name of the proxy holder |
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The number and % of voting rights held |
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The date until which the voting rights will be held |
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11. Additional informationxvi |
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BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting
Team 020 7743 3650 |
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Place of completion |
12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K. |
Date of completion |
28 January, 2021 |
Section 9 Attachment
Namexv |
% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold |
% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold |
Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold |
BlackRock, Inc. |
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BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. |
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BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. |
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BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. |
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BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. |
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BlackRock Holdco 3, LLC |
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BlackRock Cayman 1 LP |
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BlackRock Cayman West Bay Finco Limited |
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BlackRock Cayman West Bay IV Limited |
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BlackRock Group Limited |
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BlackRock Finance Europe Limited |
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BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited |
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BlackRock, Inc. |
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BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. |
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BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. |
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BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. |
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BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. |
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BlackRock Holdco 3, LLC |
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BlackRock Cayman 1 LP |
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BlackRock Cayman West Bay Finco Limited |
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BlackRock Cayman West Bay IV Limited |
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BlackRock Group Limited |
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BlackRock Finance Europe Limited |
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BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited |
10.46% |
0.00% |
10.46% |
Notes
i Please
note this form should be read jointly with the applicable Disclosure
Guidance and Transparency Rules Chapter 5 (DTR5) available on the
following link:
https://www.handbook.fca.org.uk/handbook/DTR/5/?view=chapter
ii Full name of the legal entity and further specification of the issuer or underlying issuer, provided it is reliable and accurate (e.g. address, LEI, domestic number identity). Indicate in the relevant section whether the issuer is a non UK issuer.
iii Other
reason for the notification could be voluntary notifications,
changes of attribution of the nature of the holding (e.g. expiring
of financial instruments) or acting in concert.
iv This
should be the full name of (a) the shareholder; (b) the natural
person or legal entity acquiring, disposing of or exercising voting
rights in the cases provided for in DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h); (c) all
parties to the agreement referred to in DTR5.2.1 (a) or (d) the
holder of financial instruments referred to in DTR5.3.1.
As
the disclosure of cases of acting in concert may vary due to the
specific circumstances (e.g. same or different total positions of
the parties, entering or exiting of acting in concert by a single
party) the standard form does not provide for a specific method how
to notify cases of acting in concert.
In
relation to the transactions referred to in DTR5.2.1 (b) to
(h), the following list is provided as indication of the persons who
should be mentioned:
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in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (b), the natural person or
legal entity that acquires the voting rights and is entitled to
exercise them under the agreement and the natural person or legal
entity who is transferring temporarily for consideration the voting
rights;
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in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (c), the natural person or
legal entity holding the collateral, provided the person or entity
controls the voting rights and declares its intention of exercising
them, and natural person or legal entity lodging the collateral
under these conditions;
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in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (d), the natural person or
legal entity who has a life interest in shares if that person or
entity is entitled to exercise the voting rights attached to the
shares and the natural person or legal entity who is disposing of
the voting rights when the life interest is created;
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in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (e), the controlling
natural person or legal entity and, provided it has a notification
duty at an individual level under DTR 5.1, under DTR5.2.1 (a) to (d)
or under a combination of any of those situations, the controlled
undertaking;
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in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (f), the deposit taker of
the shares, if he can exercise the voting rights attached to the
shares deposited with him at his discretion, and the depositor of
the shares allowing the deposit taker to exercise the voting rights
at his discretion;
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in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (g), the natural person or
legal entity that controls the voting rights;
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in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (h), the proxy holder, if
he can exercise the voting rights at his discretion, and the
shareholder who has given his proxy to the proxy holder allowing the
latter to exercise the voting rights at his discretion (e.g.
management companies).
v Applicable
in the cases provided for in DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h). This should be the
full name of the shareholder who is the counterparty to the natural
person or legal entity referred to DTR5.2 unless the percentage of
voting rights held by the shareholder is lower than the lowest
notifiable threshold for the disclosure of voting rights holdings in
accordance with national practices (e.g. identification of funds
managed by management companies).
vi The
date on which threshold is crossed or reached should be the date on
which the acquisition or disposal took place or the other reason
triggered the notification obligation. For passive crossings, the
date when the corporate event took effect.
vii The
total number of voting rights held in the issuer shall be composed
of all the shares, including depository receipts representing
shares, to which voting rights are attached even if the exercise
thereof is suspended.
viii If the holding has fallen below the lowest applicable threshold, please note that it might not be necessary to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the new holding is below that threshold.
ix In
case of combined holdings of shares with voting rights attached
"direct holding" and voting rights "indirect holding", please split
the voting rights number and percentage into the direct and indirect
columns - if there is no combined holdings, please leave the
relevant box blank.
x Date
of maturity/expiration of the financial instrument i.e. the date
when right to acquire shares ends.
xi If
the financial instrument has such a period - please specify this
period - for example once every 3 months starting from
[date].
xii In
case of cash settled instruments the number and percentages of
voting rights is to be presented on a delta-adjusted basis (DTR
5.3.3.A).
xiii If
the person subject to the notification obligation is either
controlled and/or does control another undertaking then the second
option applies.
xiv The
full chain of controlled undertakings starting with the ultimate
controlling natural person or legal entity has to be presented also
in the cases, in which only on subsidiary level a threshold is
crossed or reached and the subsidiary undertaking discloses the
notification as only thus the markets get always the full picture of
the group holdings. In case of multiple chains through which the
voting rights and/or financial instruments are effectively held the
chains have to be presented chain by chain leaving a row free
between different chains (e.g.: A, B, C, free row, A, B, D, free
row, A, E, F etc.).
xv The
names of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights
and/or financial instruments are effectively held have to be
presented irrespectively whether the controlled undertakings cross
or reach the lowest applicable threshold themselves.
xvi Example:
Correction of a previous notification.
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