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BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC; Audited Preliminary Results for the year ended 28 February 2026
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC; Audited Preliminary Results for the year ended 28 February
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[{"type":"text","content":" * Strong outlook underpinning recently upgraded expectations for 2026/27Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (LSE: BMY, \"Bloomsbury\", \"the Company\" or \"the Group\"), the leading independent publisher, today announces audited results for the year ended 28 February 2026. Commenting on the results, Nigel Newton, Chief Executive, said: \"Bloomsbury is pleased to report revenue of £325.9m with profit1 of £44.9m, up 7% year on year, with our strategy of combining general and academic publishing, unusual in our industry, delivering success. Bloomsbury was voted Publisher of the Year 2025. Our Consumer Division has a particularly strong pipeline for 2026/27 including two hugely anticipated new novels in her bestselling series by Sarah J. Maas; Gillian Anderson's More, the follow-up to her bestseller Want; and remarkable new books from our stable of bestselling authors Katherine Rundell, Samantha Shannon, Louise Kennedy, Dan Jones and Peter Frankopan. The launch of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series on television by HBO Max at Christmas will bring the series to a dramatically expanded readership of the new generations of readers since the launch of the books 29 years ago. In Academic & Professional, we grew in print, digital and rights revenue in the second half and see encouraging signs of recovery with good growth in all territories in the current financial year. We announced our first participation in AI licensing for academic content in July 2025, and saw the outperformance of our Academic & Professional Division over the past year. Bloomsbury is benefitting from ongoing AI licensing revenue into the future in 2026/27. In addition, we have established Bloomsbury Singapore to spearhead growth in the expanding Asian markets. In April 2026, we announced a streamlining and simplification of our structure. This has enhanced agility, accountability and financial performance. Separately, we announced a strategic collaboration with Google, focused on technology innovation, AI-powered learning and core publishing infrastructure which is being rolled out across the Company. In recognition of the achievements of this financial year and our confidence in the outlook, the Board recommends a final dividend of 12.12 pence which contributes to a full year dividend of 16.20 pence per share, an increase of 5% year on year. Bloomsbury has an unbroke...