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Bloomsbury PublishingAnnouncement

02/11/2022 15:00

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RNS Number : 1176F  Bloomsbury Publishing PLC  02 November 2022

2 November 2022

 

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (the "Company")

 

Director/PDMR Shareholdings

 

Exercise of SAYE Option

 

On 1 November 2022, Penny Scott-Bayfield, Group Finance Director and PDMR,
exercised her SAYE option under the Company's 2019 Sharesave Plan to buy a
total of 9,740 ordinary shares of 1.25 pence in the Company at £1.848 per
share.

 

The exercise will be satisfied through the transfer of shares from the
Bloomsbury Employee Benefit Trust.

 

Following this transaction, the shareholding of Ms Scott-Bayfield in the
Company will be as follows:

 

 PDMR                  Total shareholding in the Company  Percentage of the Company's issued share capital

 Penny Scott-Bayfield  104,316 Ordinary Shares            0.128%

 

 

Notifications

 

The relevant notification set out below is provided in accordance with the
requirements of Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.

 

 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely
      associated
 a)   Name                                                         Penny Scott-Bayfield
 2    Reason for the notification
 a)   Position/status                                              Group Finance Director
 b)   Initial notification /Amendment                              Initial notification

 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction

    platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

 a)   Name                                                         Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
 b)   LEI                                                          213800ZL2PEC4C6UOQ53
 4    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  Ordinary Shares of 1.25p Each

      Identification code

                                                                   ISIN: GB0033147751
 b)   Nature of the transaction                                    Exercise of an option to acquire ordinary shares under the Company's 2019
                                                                   Sharesave Plan
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)                                       Price    No. of shares
                                                                   £1.848   9,740
 d)   Aggregated information                                       N/A
 e)   Date of the transaction                                      1 November 2022
 f)   Place of the transaction                                     London Stock Exchange

d)

Aggregated information

N/A

e)

Date of the transaction

1 November 2022

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange

 

 

 

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                                bloomsbury@hudsonsandler.com

 

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