RNS Number : 1405Z
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
09 January 2024

9 January 2024

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (the "Company")

Director/PDMR Shareholdings

The Company was made aware today that, as part of a dividend reinvestment plan, John Bason, Non-Executive Director, purchased 91 ordinary shares of £0.0125 ("Ordinary Shares") on the market at a price of 422.0 pence per Ordinary Share on 1 December 2023. Following this transaction, he holds a total of 10,865 shares in the Company, representing approximately 0.01% of the current Issued Share Capital of the Company.

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them.

This form is required for disclosure of transactions under Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Regulation), which is part of UK law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

John Bason

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Non-Executive Director

b)

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

b)

LEI

213800ZL2PEC4C6UOQ53

4

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

Ordinary Shares of 1.25p Each

ISIN: GB0033147751

b)

Nature of the transaction

Share purchase

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price

No. of shares

422.0p

91

d)

Aggregated information


e)

Date of the transaction

1 December 2023

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange

For further information, please contact:

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc


Maya Abu-Deeb, Group General Counsel & Company Secretary

maya.abu-deeb@bloomsbury.com

Hudson Sandler

+44 (0) 20 7796 4133

Dan de Belder / Hattie Dreyfus / Emily Brooker

bloomsbury@hudsonsandler.com

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