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9th Oct 2007 15:24

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC09 October 2007 TR-1: Notification of major interests in shares +---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc ||issuer of existing shares to which voting | ||rights are attached: | |+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+|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 |Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)||notification obligation: | |+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+|4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different | Legal & General Assurance ||from 3.): | (Pensions Management) Limited || | (PMC) |+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+|5. Date of the transaction (and date on which| 01/10/2007 ||the threshold is crossed or reached if | ||different): | |+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+|6. Date on which issuer notified: | 05/10/2007 |+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or | From 3% to 4% (L&G) ||reached: | |+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|8. Notified details: |+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|A: Voting rights attached to shares |+----------+-----------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+|Class/ |Situation previous |Resulting situation after the triggering ||type of |to the Triggering |transaction ||shares |transaction | || | | ||if +-----------+-----------+------------+----------------------+--------------------+|possible |Number of |Number of |Number of |Number of voting |% of voting rights ||using |Shares |Voting |shares |rights | ||the ISIN | |Rights | | | ||CODE | | +------------+------------+---------+---------+----------+| | | |Direct |Direct |Indirect |Direct |Indirect || | | | | | | | |+----------+-----------+-----------+------------+------------+---------+---------+----------+|ORD |2,761,374 |2,761,374 |2,980,067 |2,980,067 | |4.05 | ||GBP 0.25 | | | | | | | |+----------+-----------+-----------+------------+------------+---------+---------+----------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|B: Financial Instruments |+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |+---------------+-----------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+|Type of |Expiration |Exercise/ |Number of voting |% of voting||financial |date |Conversion Period/|rights that may be |rights ||instrument | |Date |acquired if the | || | | |instrument is | || | | |exercised/ | || | | |converted. | |+---------------+-----------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+| | | | | |+---------------+-----------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Total (A+B) |+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+|Number of voting rights |% of voting rights |+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+|2,980,067 |4.05 |+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or ||the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group) (3,903,471- 5.30% = ||Total Position) || ||Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited ||(LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) (3,903,471-5.30% = Total Position) || ||Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) ||(3,903,471-5.30% = Total Position) || || Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (2,980,067-4.05% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)|| ||Legal & General Investment Management Legal & General Insurance Holdings||(Holdings) Limited (Direct) Limited (Direct) (LGIH) ||(LGIMHD)(2,592,737-3.52% = PMC) || ||Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Legal & General Assurance Society ||Management) Limited (PMC) Limited (LGAS & LGPL) ||(2,592,737-3.52% = PMC) || Legal & General Pensions Limited || (Direct) (LGPL) || |+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Proxy Voting: |+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+|10. Name of the proxy holder: | N/A |+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+|11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will | N/A ||cease to hold: | |+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+|12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to | N/A ||hold voting rights: | |+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+ +--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+|13. Additional information: | Notification using the total voting rights || | figure of 73,561,799 || | || | Please note this notification has been || | delayed due to the large number of || |disclosures required following a substantial|| |amount of new business which has come to us || | in the form of an in-specie transfer. |+--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+|14. Contact name: | Helen Lewis (LGIM) |+--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+|15. Contact telephone number: | 020 3124 3851 |+--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+ This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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