Bloomsbury Regulatory News (BMY)

22 Apr 2005 18:00

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC22 April 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company Bloomsbury Publishing plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest The Capita Group of Companies, Inc 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interestor in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person'sspouse or children under the age of 18 See 2 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them Capital Guardian Trust CompanyState Street Nominees Limited - 43,500Chase Nominees Limited - 635,700Midland Bank Plc - 40,500 Capital International LimitedChase Nominees Limited - 1,263,200 Capital Research and Management Company4,015,000 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired NA 6. Percentage of issued class NA 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed NA 8. Percentage of issued class NA 9. Class of security Ordinary Shares of 1.25P 10. Date of transaction NA 11. Date company informed 21 April 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 5,997,900 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 8.345% 14. Any additional information 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Richard Cordeschi020 7440 2468 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for makingthis notification Richard CordeschiCompany Secretary Date of notification 25 April 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange