EBT Share Purchase

RNS Number : 8503D

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

29 March 2011

 



Bloomsbury Publishing plc

Employee Benefit Trust purchase of shares

Bloomsbury Publishing plc ("Company") received notification on 28 March 2011 from the Ogier Employee Benefit Trustee Limited ("Trustee") as trustee of the Bloomsbury Employee Benefit Trust ("Trust") that on 28 March 2011 the Trustee acquired 35,000 ordinary shares in the Company at an average price of 127.1 pence per share. Following the purchase the Trustee held 123,760 ordinary shares representing 0.17% of the Company's issued share capital.

The Trust satisfies the exercise of awards and options granted under the share incentive schemes and Sharesave scheme of the Company. The potential beneficiaries of the Trust include the Executive Directors.

Michael Daykin

Group Company Secretary

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

29 March 2011

 

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