Director Shareholding

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
27 November 2002

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc announces that Sarah Odedina, Editorial Director of
the Children's Division, has exercised options to subscribe for 10,808 Ordinary
Shares at 235p per share under the 1994 Unapproved Share Option Scheme on 26
November 2002.


She subsequently sold 10,808 ordinary shares at 680p per share  on the same day.


Following this exercise and sale, Ms Odedina now holds 25,000 options to
subscribe under the unapproved scheme and 9,192 options under the approved
scheme.




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