Director Shareholding

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
02 July 2003


                   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc ('the Company')


Bloomsbury Publishing Plc announces that it received notification on 1 July 2003
that the following directors exercised and sold shares in the Company on 1 July
2003:

                 Options       Exercise         Shares Sold Sale Price       Options now held Shares now
                 Exercised     Price (p)                    (p)                               held

Minna Fry        80,000        104.25p          80,000      232p             298,000          0


Liz Calder       120,000       66.25p           120,000     232p             724,000          34,488


David Ward       80,000        58.75p           80,000      232p             208,000          30,264

                 20,232        20.75p

Alexandra        28,940        58.75p           28,940      232p             298,000          0
Pringle

Colin Adams      360,000       66.25p           360,000     232p             445,616          102,196

Colin Adams*                                    40,000      232p


*Of the 40,000 shares sold by Mr Adams, 36,400 were registered in his name and
 3,600 were registered in the name of his wife Mrs Alison Adams.

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