Acquisition

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
04 January 2005


4 January 2005


Bloomsbury Publishing Plc ('Bloomsbury')


Completion of acquisition of Walker Publishing


Bloomsbury Publishing Plc announces that the acquisition of Walker Publishing
Company, Inc, which was announced on 22nd December 2004, completed on 31
December 2004. As a result 49,130 new Bloomsbury ordinary shares were issued to
satisfy the non-cash consideration payable on completion.


Application will be made for the new ordinary shares to be admitted to the
Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock
Exchange's market for listed securities. It is expected that admission will take
place no later than 11 January 2005. The new ordinary shares will rank pari
passu with the existing issued ordinary shares.


For further information, please contact:

Tim Spratt/Charles Palmer,  Financial Dynamics 020 7831 3113
Sandy Karon, PA to the Chief Executive 020 7494 6015







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