Director Shareholding

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
06 April 2004


Bloomsbury Publishing plc (the 'Company')


Bloomsbury Publishing Plc has been notified by JN Newton, a Director of the
Company, that yesterday the Trustees of the Hazelwood Trust made a distribution
for nil consideration of 211,862 shares from the holding of Bloomsbury shares in
this family trust in which Mr Newton is interested, to each of C Newton and W
Newton, his adult children.







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