Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4519H

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

04 November 2008

TR-1: notification of major interests in shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:	Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		x
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):________
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Capital Group International, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	24 October 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	27 October 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5%
8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the Triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights viii	Number of shares		Number of voting rights ix		% of voting rights
			Direct	Indirect	Direct x	Indirect xi	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary Shares	4,422,752	4,422,752		4,420,262		4,420,262		5.999%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date xiii	Exercise/ Conversion Period/ Date xiv	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights
n/a

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

4,420,262

5.999%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable xv:

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

Annex Notification Of Major Interests In Shares xvi

A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form for legal entities)
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)
Phone number
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable xvii
Full name	Ian Portal, Company Secretary
Contact address	36 Soho Square, London W1D 3QY
Phone number	020 7440 2468
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)