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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC17 May 2006 SCHEDULE 5 BLOCKLISTING SIX MONTHLY RETURN 1. NAME OF COMPANY: Bloomsbury Publishing Limited 2. NAME OF SCHEME: (a) 1994 Approved Executive Share Option Scheme (b) 1994 Unapproved Executive Share Option Scheme 3. PERIOD OF RETURN: FROM: 18/11/2005 TO: 17/05/2006 4. NUMBER AND CLASS OF SHARE(S) (a) 342,834 Ordinary Shares of 1.25p each (AMOUNT OF STOCK/DEBT SECURITY) NOT ISSUED UNDER SCHEME (b) 1,699,086 Ordinary Shares of 1.25p each AT END OF THE LAST PERIOD: 5. NUMBER OF SHARES ISSUED/ALLOTTED (a) 46,136 UNDER SCHEME DURING PERIOD: (b) 383,864 6. BALANCE UNDER SCHEME NOT YET (a) 296,698 ISSUED/ALLOTTED AT END OF PERIOD: (b) 1,315,222 7. NUMBER AND CLASS OF SHARE(S) 1,200,000 Ordinary Shares of 1.25p - 20/11/98 (AMOUNT OF STOCK/DEBT SECURITIES) ORIGINALLY LISTED 6,994,092 Ordinary Shares of 1.25p - 29/05/01 AND THE DATE OF ADMISSION: 400,000 Ordinary Shares of 1.25p - 29/09/05 PLEASE CONFIRM TOTAL NUMBER OF SHARES IN ISSUE AT THE END OF THE PERIODIN ORDER FOR US TO UPDATE OUR RECORDS. 72,983,182 Ordinary Shares of 1.25p CONTACT FOR QUERIES NAME: Richard Cordeschi TELEPHONE: 020 7440 2468 END This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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