Regulatory announcements

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Nigel Newton

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Chief Executive and Founder

b)

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

b)

LEI

213800ZL2PEC4C6UOQ53

4

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

Ordinary Shares of 1.25p Each

ISIN: GB0033147751

b)

Nature of the transaction

Share purchase

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

d)

Aggregated information

e)

Date of the transaction

27 August 2025

f)

Place of the transaction

AQXA - 170 shares at 489.25p

AQXD - 542 shares at 489p

BATE - 560 shares at 487.5p

BATP - 7,546 shares at 487.6416p

CHID - 2,397 shares at 488.5077p

CHIX - 497 shares at 489p

JSSI - 544 shares at 488p

SGMX - 2,234 shares at 488.3833p

TRQM - 1,019 shares at 488.75p

TRQX - 1,890 shares at 489.1712

UBSY - 1,085 shares at 488.5581p

-XLON - 1,816 shares at 488.5504p

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Maya Abu-Deeb, Group General Counsel & Company Secretary

[email protected]

Hudson Sandler

+44 (0) 20 7796 4133

Dan de Belder / Hattie Dreyfus / Emily Brooker

[email protected]