Bloomsbury Regulatory News (BMY)

22 Nov 2006 14:56

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC22 November 2006 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF COMPANY BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST THE CAPITAL GROUP COMPANIES INC 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the Shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 IN RESPECT OF SHAREHOLDER NAMED ABOVE 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them. CAPITAL GUARDIAN TRUST COMPANY STATE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED 50,500 CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED 640,587 MIDLAND BANK PLC 101,300 CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED 1,442,000 CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL S.A. CITIBANK LONDON 24,800 CAPITAL RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT COMPANY STATE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED 5,805,000 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. N/A 6) Percentage of issued Class N/A 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 8) Percentage of issued Class N/A 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 1.25 PENCE EACH 10) Date of transaction N/A 11) Date company informed 21/11/06 12) Total holding following this notification 8,064,187 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 10.986% 14) Any additional information - 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries RICHARD CORDESCHI 020 7440 2468 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification RICHARD CORDESCHI Date of Notification 22/11/2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange