Holding(s) in Company

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
23 August 2004


                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

ZFS Group

3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18

See 2 above

4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them

Littledown Nominees Ltd - A/c 34789 377,275
Littledown Nominees Ltd - A/c 21667 194,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd - A/c 07203 172,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd - A/c 05576 3,575,301
Littledown Nominees Ltd - A/c 05577 222,475

5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired
-

6. Percentage of issued class
-

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed
-

8. Percentage of issued class
-

9. Class of security

Ordinary shares of 1.25 pence each

10. Date of transaction
-

11. Date company informed

18 August 2004

12. Total holding following this notification

4,541,051

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

6.41%

14. Any additional information

Littledown Nominees Ltd is a nominee for the ZFS Group subsidiaries:
Allied Dunbar Assurance plc; Eagle Star Insurance Company Ltd; Eagle
Star Life Assurance Company Ltd; Zurich Financial Services UK Pension
Trustee Ltd; Eagle Star Executives Pension Trustee Ltd; Eagle Star
Securities Ltd; Sceptre Trust Ltd; Home & Overseas Insurance Company
Ltd. It is also a nominee for various companies not within the ZFS
Group.

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Colin Adams
020 7494 2111

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification


Date of notification

23 August 2004

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