Bloomsbury Regulatory News (BMY)

6 Apr 2005 17:06

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC06 April 2005 Bloomsbury Publishing PLC SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF COMPANY BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST ZURICH FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect ofholding of the Shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficialinterest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of thatperson's spouse or children under the age of 18 SEE 2 ABOVE 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them. LITTLEDOWN NOMINEES LTD - A/C 34789 377,275LITTLEDOWN NOMINEES LTD - A/C 21667 160,000LITTLEDOWN NOMINEES LTD - A/C 07203 172,000LITTLEDOWN NOMINEES LTD - A/C 05576 2,700,000LITTLEDOWN NOMINEES LTD - A/C 05577 170,000 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. 6) Percentage of issued Class 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 8) Percentage of issued Class 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 1.25 PENCE EACH 10) Date of transaction 11) Date company informed 5 April 2005 12) Total holding following this notification 3,579,275 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 4.98% 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries 0207 440 2468 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification RICHARD CORDESCHI, COMPANY SECRETARY Date of Notification ........ 6 APRIL 2005 ............... This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange