Holding(s) in Company

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
11 March 2008


TR-1: 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:                        |                                |
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|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    |Aberdeen Asset Management PLC's,|
|notification obligation:                    |Fund Management Operating       |
|                                            |Subsidiaries                    |
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|4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different|                                |
|from 3.):                                   |                                |
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|5. Date of the transaction (and date on     |07/03/2008                      |
|which the threshold is crossed or reached if|                                |
|different):                                 |                                |
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|6. Date on which issuer notified:           |10/03/2008                      |
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|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or      |12%                             |
|reached:                                    |                                |
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|8. Notified details:                        |                              | |
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+--------------------------------------------+----------------------+-------+-+
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|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                             |
+-------------+-------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
|Class/       |Situation previous |Resulting situation after the triggering          |
|type of      |to the Triggering  |transaction                                       |
|shares       |transaction        |                                                  |
|             +---------+---------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
|if           |Number of|Number of|Number of shares|Number of voting|% of voting     |
|possible     |Shares   |Voting   |                |rights          |rights          |
|using the    |         |Rights   +------+---------+------+---------+-------+--------+
|ISIN CODE    |         |         |Direct|Indirect |Direct|Indirect |Direct |Indirect|
|             |         |         |      |         |      |         |       |        |
+-------------+---------+---------+------+---------+------+---------+-------+--------+
|             |         |         |      |         |      |         |       |        |
|             |         |         |      |         |      |         |       |        |
|GB0033147751 |8,799,284|8,799,284|      |         |      |8,824,284|       |12%     |
|             |         |         |      |         |      |         |       |        |
+-------------+---------+---------+------+---------+------+---------+-------+--------+

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

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|Total (A+B)                                                                  |
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|Number of voting rights              |% of voting rights                     |
+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|                                     |                                       |
|                                     |                                       |
|8,824,284                            |12%                                    |
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|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or   |
|the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable :              |
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|                                                                             |
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|Proxy Voting:                                                                |
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|10. Name of the proxy holder:                   |                            |
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|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:     |                                            |
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|14. Contact name:               |  Ian Portal - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc     |
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|15. Contact telephone number:   |  020 74402468                              |
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