Bloomsbury Regulatory News (BMY)

15 Jan 2008 07:01

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC15 January 2008 Trading Statement Bloomsbury Publishing announces that 2007 trading was better than expected andthat its results will be ahead of current market consensus. Sales were strong in the UK and Germany and significant progress was made in ourspecialist publishing. We had a good finish to the year from a number of titlesincluding the Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, Cranford, The RiverCottage Fish Book and continued re-orders from the Harry Potter series. A numberof significant rights deals were also concluded in the year. 2008 is off to a good start with the recommendation of A Thousand Splendid Sunson the Richard and Judy TV programme on 9th January and is now at the top ofmost UK retailers' bestseller lists. The preliminary results for the year ended 31st December 2007 will be announcedon 1st April 2008. -ends- Enquiries: Bell PottingerDan de Belder / Rosanne Perry020 7861 3232 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