Holding(s) in Company

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC 23 January 2007 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF COMPANY BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST SCHRODERS PLC 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 THE SHARES REFERRED TO IN SECTION 12 ARE HELD IN PORTFOLIOS MANAGED BY THE FIRM MENTIONED IN SECTION 4 ON A DISCRETIONARY BASIS FOR CLIENTS UNDER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS. 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them. SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. N/A 6) Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by the company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) N/A 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 8) Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by the company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) N/A 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 1.25 PENCE EACH 10) Date of transaction N/A 11) Date company informed 22/1/2007 12) Total holding following this notification 4,911,385 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (any treasury shares held by the company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 6.688% 14) Any additional information VOTING RIGHTS HELD INDIRECTLY 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries RICHARD CORDESCHI 020 7440 2468 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification RICHARD CORDESCHI Date of Notification 23/1/2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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