Holding(s) in Company

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
09 October 2007

TR-1: Notification of major interests in shares

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|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying  |   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc   |
|issuer of existing shares to which voting    |                               |
|rights are attached:                         |                               |
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|2. Reason for notification (yes/no)                                          |
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|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                      |    YES    |
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|An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may    |           |
|result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which      |           |
|voting rights are attached                                       |           |
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|An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                 |           |
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|Other (please specify):______________                            |           |
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|3. Full name of person(s) subject to the     |Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)|
|notification obligation:                     |                               |
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|4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different |   Legal & General Assurance   |
|from 3.):                                    | (Pensions Management) Limited |
|                                             |             (PMC)             |
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|5. Date of the transaction (and date on which|        01/10/2007             |
|the threshold is crossed or reached if       |                               |
|different):                                  |                               |
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|6. Date on which issuer notified:            |        05/10/2007             |
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|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or       |      From 3% to 4% (L&G)      |
|reached:                                     |                               |
+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+

 
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|8. Notified details:                                                                       |
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|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                        |
+----------+-----------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
|Class/    |Situation previous     |Resulting situation after the triggering                |
|type of   |to the Triggering      |transaction                                             |
|shares    |transaction            |                                                        |
|          |                       |                                                        |
|if        +-----------+-----------+------------+----------------------+--------------------+
|possible  |Number of  |Number of  |Number of   |Number of voting      |% of voting rights  |
|using     |Shares     |Voting     |shares      |rights                |                    |
|the ISIN  |           |Rights     |            |                      |                    |
|CODE      |           |           +------------+------------+---------+---------+----------+
|          |           |           |Direct      |Direct      |Indirect |Direct   |Indirect  |
|          |           |           |            |            |         |         |          |
+----------+-----------+-----------+------------+------------+---------+---------+----------+
|ORD       |2,761,374  |2,761,374  |2,980,067   |2,980,067   |         |4.05     |          |
|GBP 0.25  |           |           |            |            |         |         |          |
+----------+-----------+-----------+------------+------------+---------+---------+----------+
              
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|B: Financial Instruments                                                      |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                          |
+---------------+-----------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+
|Type of        |Expiration |Exercise/         |Number of voting   |% of voting|
|financial      |date       |Conversion Period/|rights that may be |rights     |
|instrument     |           |Date              |acquired if the    |           |
|               |           |                  |instrument is      |           |
|               |           |                  |exercised/         |           |
|               |           |                  |converted.         |           |
+---------------+-----------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+
|               |           |                  |                   |           |
+---------------+-----------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+

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|Total (A+B)                                                                  |
+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|Number of voting rights              |% of voting rights                     |
+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|2,980,067                            |4.05                                   |
+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+

                                                                                      
                                                               
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|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or    |
|the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                |
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|Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group) (3,903,471- 5.30% =   |
|Total Position)                                                               |
|                                                                              |
|Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited                      |
|(LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) (3,903,471-5.30% = Total Position)              |
|                                                                              |
|Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM)               |
|(3,903,471-5.30% = Total Position)                                            |
|                                                                              |
| Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (2,980,067-4.05% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)|
|                                                                              |
|Legal & General Investment Management       Legal & General Insurance Holdings|
|(Holdings) Limited (Direct)                 Limited (Direct) (LGIH)           |
|(LGIMHD)(2,592,737-3.52% = PMC)                                               |
|                                                                              |
|Legal & General Assurance (Pensions         Legal & General Assurance Society |
|Management) Limited (PMC)                   Limited (LGAS & LGPL)             |
|(2,592,737-3.52% = PMC)                                                       |
|                                            Legal & General Pensions Limited  |
|                                            (Direct) (LGPL)                   |
|                                                                              |
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|Proxy Voting:                                                                |
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|10. Name of the proxy holder:                   |            N/A             |
+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
|11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will   |            N/A             |
|cease to hold:                                  |                            |
+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
|12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to    |            N/A             |
|hold voting rights:                             |                            |
+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+


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|13. Additional information:     | Notification using the total voting rights |
|                                |            figure of 73,561,799            |
|                                |                                            |
|                                |   Please note this notification has been   |
|                                |     delayed due to the large number of     |
|                                |disclosures required following a substantial|
|                                |amount of new business which has come to us |
|                                |   in the form of an in-specie transfer.    |
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|14. Contact name:               |             Helen Lewis (LGIM)             |
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|15. Contact telephone number:   |               020 3124 3851                |
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