Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5270T

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

08 June 2009

 



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 notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		Yes
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):	28 May 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	29 May 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Above 7%

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	Number of shares		Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
			Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary Shares	4,854,306	4,854,306		5,469,306		5,469,306		7.4227%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period/ Date	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
5,469,306	7.4227%

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

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:

13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Ian Portal (Bloomsbury Publishing Plc)
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7440 2468

As of 15 April 2009

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc	Number of Shares	Percent of Outstanding
Capital Group International, Inc. ('CGII') holdings	5,469,306	7.423%
Holdings by CGII Management Companies and Funds:
Capital Guardian Trust Company	3,643,887		4.945%
Capital International Limited	1,825,419		2.477%

 

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