Blocklisting Interim Review

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
17 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 PERIOD
IN ORDER FOR US TO UPDATE OUR RECORDS.

  72,983,182 Ordinary Shares of 1.25p


CONTACT FOR QUERIES

NAME: Richard Cordeschi

TELEPHONE: [phone]


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