Bloomsbury Regulatory News (BMY)

26 Sep 2007 16:43

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC26 September 2007 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (or "the Company") Appointment of Richard Charkin Bloomsbury Publishing Plc has today appointed Richard Charkin an ExecutiveDirector of the Company with effect from 1 October 2007. Richard joins the team with responsibility for operations worldwide and withparticular focus on spearheading growth through acquisitions, new publishingareas and international expansion. Richard began his career in 1972 as Science Editor of Harrap & Co. He has sinceheld senior roles at Pergamon Press, Oxford University Press, Reed International/Reed Elsevier, Current Science Group, culminating in his current position asChief Executive Officer Macmillan Publishers Limited and Executive Director ofVerlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck. He is also currently Chairman of MacmillanIndia Ltd., a company listed on the Madras and Bombay Stock Exchanges, and theNational Stock Exchange of India. In relation to Richard's appointment there areno other details to disclose under paragraph 9.6.13 (1) to (6) of the ListingRules. Other publishing interests of Richard include being Non-Executive Director ofMelbourne University Publishing, Non-Executive Director of Wisden Group, Memberof the Strategy Advisory Board of the British Library, Chair of the Society ofBookmen and he was recently President of the Publishers Association. Nigel Newton said, "I am extremely pleased to welcome Richard to our Board. Heis a very accomplished executive with vast operational and boardroom experiencein publishing. I have no doubt Richard will make a valuable contribution to boththe Company and the Board and I am delighted that he will be able to join ourteam." Enquiries: Dan de Belder Bell Pottinger 020 7861 3881 or e-mail ddebelder@bell-pottinger.co.uk About Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (www.bloomsbury.com and www.bloomsbury-ir.co.uk) Bloomsbury Publishing is one of the world's leading independent, publicly quotedpublishing houses with a reputation for a high quality management team and ahighly valuable portfolio of intellectual properties including the Encarta WorldEnglish Dictionary, JK Rowling's Harry Potter, Margaret Atwood, John Irving,David Guterson and Ben Schott. Other databases include Who's Who, Whitaker'sAlmanack, Reed's Nautical Almanac, Black's Medical Dictionary, the MacmillanEnglish Dictionary for Advanced Learners of English, Business: The UltimateResource and RSPB Handbook of British Birds. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange