Director Shareholding

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
15 July 2002


                   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC ('the Company')


London 15 July 2002:  The Company advises that on 12 July 2002 the
under-mentioned directors have exercised the following options to subscribe for
ordinary shares in the Company as detailed below:


Seller                         Options exercised          Exercised price

Ms Elizabeth Calder            50,000                     265p

Mr Alan Wherry                 50,000                     265p

                                5,058                      83p



Following this exercise the directors have sold the under-mentioned shares on 12
July 2002.


Seller                          Amount Sold          Price per share  Resultant share holding

Ms Elizabeth Calder             50,000               685p             9,598
Mr Alan Wherry                  93,882               685p             1,000



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