Bloomsbury Regulatory News (BMY)

10 May 2007 17:26

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC10 May 2007 For immediate release 10 May 2007 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc ("Bloomsbury" or "the Company") Notification of Interests of Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMR") and connected persons Bloomsbury announces the following changes to the interests of Directors andPDMRs in the Company's ordinary shares of 1.25p each ("Shares"). On 8 May 2007 the Company made the following awards of Shares ("Awards") underthe Bloomsbury Performance Share Plan 2005 ("PSP"): Executive Directors Name Role PSP Award Beneficial interest in shares (number) (number excluding Awards)Nigel Newton Chief Executive 120,466 2,758,488Colin Adams Group Finance Director 56,690 50,000Liz Calder Publisher 31,179 27,019 The total number of Shares awarded to Executive Directors under the PSP is equalto 0.28% of the issued share capital of the Company. The Executive Directors have a total beneficial interest (excluding PSP Awards)in 3.86% of the issued share capital of the Company. PDMRs Name PSP Award (number)Jill Coleman 49,249Richard Cordeschi 5,146Minna Fry 42,517Sarah Odedina 42,517Alexandra Pringle 42,517Karen Rinaldi 43,100Kathy Rooney 42,517David Ward 35,431 Awards granted under the PSP will vest on 8 May 2010, but only to the extentthat certain performance criteria based on earnings per share growth and totalshareholder return are satisfied by the Company over a three year performanceperiod. No consideration is payable for the grant of the Awards and the receiptof Shares is conditional upon meeting the performance criteria. It is intendedthat the Company's employee benefit trust will acquire shares (either by way ofsubscription for new shares, market purchase or from treasury) necessary tofulfil any obligation arising from the vesting of the Awards. The notification of these Awards is intended to satisfy the Company'sobligations under Section 324 of the Companies Act 1985 and Disclosure Rule3.1.4. Richard CordeschiGroup Company Secretary This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange