Holding(s) in Company

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
11 October 2007



TR-1(i): notification of major interests in shares

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|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying |   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc    |
|issuer of existing shares to which voting   |                                |
|rights are attached(ii):                    |                                |
+--------------------------------------------+----------------------+---------+
|2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or |         |
|boxes)                                                             |         |
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|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                        |    x    |
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|An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may      |         |
|result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting |         |
|rights are attached                                                |         |
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|An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                   |         |
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|Other (please specify):________                                    |         |
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|3. Full name of person(s) subject to the    |  Capital Group International,  |
|notification obligation(iii):               |              Inc.              |
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|4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different|                                |
|from 3.)(iv):                               |                                |
+--------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
|5. Date of the transaction (and date on     |       28 September 2007        |
|which the threshold is crossed or reached if|                                |
|different)(v):                              |                                |
+--------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
|6. Date on which issuer notified:           |        10 October 2007         |
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|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or      |               7%               |
|reached:                                    |                                |
+--------------------------------------------+------------------------------+-+
|8. Notified details:                        |                              | |
+--------------------------------------------+----------------------+-------+-+
+--------------------------------------------+----------------------+-------+-+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                             |
+---------+-------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
|Class/   |Situation previous |Resulting situation after the triggering          |
|type of  |to the Triggering  |transaction(vii)                                  |
|shares   |transaction (vi)   |                                                  |
|         +---------+---------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
|if       |Number of|Number of|Number of shares|Number of voting|% of voting     |
|possible |Shares   |Voting   |                |rights ix       |rights          |
|using the|         |Rights   +------+---------+------+---------+-------+--------+
|ISIN CODE|         |viii     |Direct|Indirect |Direct|Indirect |Direct |Indirect|
|         |         |         |      |         |x     |xi       |       |        |
+---------+---------+---------+------+---------+------+---------+-------+--------+
|         |         |         |      |         |      |         |       |        |
|         |         |         |      |         |      |         |       |        |
|Ordinary |5,149,183|5,149,183|      |5,365,683|      |5,365,683|       |7.2941% |
|Shares   |         |         |      |         |      |         |       |        |
+---------+---------+---------+------+---------+------+---------+-------+--------+

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|B: Financial Instruments                                                      |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii                      |
+---------------+-----------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+
|Type of        |Expiration |Exercise/         |Number of voting   |% of voting|
|financial      |date xiii  |Conversion Period/|rights that may be |rights     |
|instrument     |           |Date xiv          |acquired if the    |           |
|               |           |                  |instrument is      |           |
|               |           |                  |exercised/         |           |
|               |           |                  |converted.         |           |
+---------------+-----------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+
|               |           |                  |                   |           |
|               |           |                  |                   |           |
|      n/a      |           |                  |                   |           |
+---------------+-----------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+

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|Total (A+B)                                                                  |
+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|Number of voting rights              |% of voting rights                     |
+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|                                     |                                       |
|                                     |                                       |
|5,365,683                            |7.2941%                                |
+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
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|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or   |
|the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable xv:            |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                                                                             |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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|Proxy Voting:                                                                |
+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
|10. Name of the proxy holder:                   |                            |
+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
|11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will   |                            |
|cease to hold:                                  |                            |
+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
|12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to    |                            |
|hold voting rights:                             |                            |
+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+

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|13. Additional information:     |                                            |
+--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
|14. Contact name:               |                                            |
+--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
|15. Contact telephone number:   |                                            |
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