Holding(s) in Company

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
21 April 2006


                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.
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   1.  Name of company                        2.  Name of shareholder having a major
                                                  interest

       BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC                  The Capital Group Companies, Inc
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   3.  Please state whether notification      4.  Name of the registered holder(s) and, if
       indicates that it is in respect of         more than one holder, the number of
       holding of the shareholder named in        shares held by each of them
       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

       In respect of Shareholder named            Capital Guardian Trust Company
       above
                                                  State Street Nominees Limited 50,500
                                                  Chase Nominees Limited 650,400
                                                  Midland Bank plc 101,300

                                                  Capital International Limited
                                                  Chase Nominees Limited 1,442,000

                                                  Capital International S.A.
                                                  Citibank London 24,800

                                                  Capital Research and Management
                                                  Company
                                                  State Street Nominees Limited
                                                  5,155,000
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   5.  Number of        6.  Percentage of     7.  Number of shares/    8.  Percentage of
       shares/amount        issued classN/        amount of stock          issued class
       of stock             A                     disposed
       acquired

                                                  N/A                      N/A
       N/A
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  9.  Class of security                       10.  Date of             11.  Date company
                                                   transaction              informed

                                                   N/A                      21/4/06
      Ordinary Shares of 1.25 pence each
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  12.  Total holding following this            13.  Total percentage holding of issued
       notification                                 class following this notification

                                                    
       7,424,000                                    10.187%
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  14.  Any additional information            15.  Name of contact and telephone number for
                                                  queries

       -                                          RICHARD CORDESCHI
                                                  020 7440 2468

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  16.  Name and signature of authorised company official
       RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING THIS NOTIFICATION

       RICHARD CORDESCHI

Date of notification      21/04/ 2006
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