Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 1176F

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

02 November 2022

 

2 November 2022

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (the "Company")

Director/PDMR Shareholdings

Exercise of SAYE Option

On 1 November 2022, Penny Scott-Bayfield, Group Finance Director and PDMR, exercised her SAYE option under the Company's 2019 Sharesave Plan to buy a total of 9,740 ordinary shares of 1.25 pence in the Company at £1.848 per share.

The exercise will be satisfied through the transfer of shares from the Bloomsbury Employee Benefit Trust.

Following this transaction, the shareholding of Ms Scott-Bayfield in the Company will be as follows:

PDMR	Total shareholding in the Company	Percentage of the Company's issued share capital
Penny Scott-Bayfield	104,316 Ordinary Shares	0.128%

Notifications

The relevant notification set out below is provided in accordance with the requirements of Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Penny Scott-Bayfield
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Group Finance Director
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
b)	LEI	213800ZL2PEC4C6UOQ53
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary Shares of 1.25p Each ISIN: GB0033147751
b)	Nature of the transaction	Exercise of an option to acquire ordinary shares under the Company's 2019 Sharesave Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price No. of shares £1.848 9,740
d)	Aggregated information	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	1 November 2022
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

For further information, please contact:

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Maya Abu-Deeb, Group General Counsel & Company Secretary	[e-mail]
Hudson Sandler	[phone]
Dan de Belder / Hattie Dreyfus	[e-mail]

 

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