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08 December 2025
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (the "Company")
Director/PDMR Shareholdings
The Company was made aware today that, as part of a dividend reinvestment plan, John Bason, the Company's Non-executive Chairman, purchased 90 ordinary shares of £0.0125 ("Ordinary Shares") on the market at a price of 496.84 pence per Ordinary Share on 28 November 2025. Following this transaction, he (including persons closely associated with him) holds a total of 23,109 shares in the Company, representing approximately 0.03% 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 Chairman | ||||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
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| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800ZL2PEC4C6UOQ53 | ||||
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| 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
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c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information
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e) | Date of the transaction | 28 November 2025 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | AQSE Trading (Equity) | ||||
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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