Blocklisting Interim Review

19 Nov 2007 16:29

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC19 November 2007 BLOCKLISTING SIX MONTHLY REVIEW 1. NAME OF COMPANY: BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC 2. NAME OF SCHEME: (A) 1994 APPROVED EXECUTIVE SHARE OPTION SCHEME (B) 1994 UNAPPROVED EXECUTIVE SHARE OPTION SCHEME 3. PERIOD OF RETURN: FROM: TO: 18.05.2007 17.11.2007 4. NUMBER AND CLASS OF SHARE(S) (AMOUNT OF STOCK/DEBT SECURITY) NOT ISSUED UNDER SCHEME (A) 243,230 ORDINARY SHARES OF 1.25P EACH (B) 917,301 ORDINARY SHARES OF 1.25P EACH 5. NUMBER OF SHARES ISSUED/ALLOTTED UNDER SCHEME DURING PERIOD: (A) NIL (B) 127,228 6. BALANCE UNDER SCHEME NOT YET ISSUED/ALLOTTED AT END OF PERIOD: (A) 243,230 (B) 790,073 7. NUMBER AND CLASS OF SHARE(S) (AMOUNT OF STOCK/DEBT SECURITIES) ORIGINALLY LISTED AND THE DATE OF ADMISSION: 1,200,000 ORDINARY SHARES OF 1.25P - 20.11.98 6,994,092 ORDINARY SHARES OF 1.25P - 29.05.01 400,000 ORDINARY SHARES OF 1.25P - 29.09.05 PLEASE CONFIRM TOTAL NUMBER OF SHARES IN ISSUE AT THE END OF THE PERIODIN ORDER FOR US TO UPDATE OUR RECORDS. 73,561,799 ORDINARY SHARES OF 1.25P CONTACT FOR QUERIES NAME: RICHARD CORDESCHI TELEPHONE: 020 7440 2468 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange