Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 3923U

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

14 May 2008

For immediate release 14th May 2008

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

('Bloomsbury' or 'the Company')

Notification of Interests of Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ('PDMR') and connected persons

Bloomsbury announces the following changes to the interests of Directors and PDMRs in the Company's ordinary shares of 1.25p each ('Shares').

On 12th May 2008 the Company made the following awards of Shares ('Awards') under the Bloomsbury Performance Share Plan 2005 ('PSP'):

Executive Directors

Name	Role	PSP Award (number)	Total PSP Awards (including current award)	Beneficial interest in shares (number excluding Awards)
Nigel Newton	Chief Executive	194,706	475,611	2,758,488
Colin Adams	Group Finance Director	83,744	208,205	50,000
Richard Charkin	Executive Director	295,848	295,848	12,000

The total number of Shares awarded to Executive Directors under the PSP is equal to 1.31 % of the issued share capital of the Company.

The Executive Directors have a total beneficial interest (excluding PSP Awards) in 3.83% of the issued share capital of the Company.

PDMRs

Name

PSP Award (number)

Total Awards

(including current award)

Kathy Rooney

37,384

130,865

Jill Coleman

43,303

188,970

Awards granted under the PSP will vest on 12th May 2011, but only to the extent that certain performance criteria based on earnings per share growth and total shareholder return are satisfied by the Company over a three year performance period. No consideration is payable for the grant of the Awards and the receipt of Shares is conditional upon meeting the performance criteria. It is intended that the Company's employee benefit trust will acquire shares (either by way of subscription for new shares, market purchase or from treasury) necessary to fulfil any obligation arising from the vesting of the Awards.