EBT Share Purchase

RNS Number : 4573E

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

06 April 2011

 



Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Employee Benefit Trust purchase of shares

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc ("Company") received notification from the Ogier Employee Benefit Trustee Limited ("Trustee") as trustee of the Bloomsbury Employee Benefit Trust ("Trust") that on 5 April 2011 the Trustee acquired 185,000 ordinary shares in the Company at an average price of 131.54 pence per share and that on 6 April 2011 the Trustee acquired 27,500 ordinary shares in the Company at an average price of 130.68 pence per share.  Following the purchases the Trustee held 961,260 ordinary shares representing 1.30% of the Company's issued share capital.

The Trust satisfies the exercise of awards and options granted under the share incentive schemes and Sharesave scheme of the Company. The potential beneficiaries of the Trust include the Executive Directors.

Michael Daykin

Group Company Secretary

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

6 April 2011

 

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