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Director/PDMR Shareholdings
Director/PDMR Shareholdings.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n RNS Number : 6645I\n Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\n 13 August 2021\n \n \n \n 13 August 2021\n \n Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (the \"Company\")\n \n Director/PDMR Shareholdings\n \n Sale of shares following the vesting and exercise of options under the Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2014 Performance Share Plan (\"2014 PSP\")\n \n \n The Company announced on 3 August 2021 that the conditional share award granted in July 2018 under the 2014 PSP vested in full on 31 July 2021. \n \n \n Nigel Newton, Chief Executive and PDMR, acquired 221,292 ordinary shares of 1.25 pence in the Company (\"Ordinary Shares\") (comprising 201,851 vested 2014 PSP shares and 19,441 dividend equivalent shares, both for nil consideration).\n \n Penny Scott-Bayfield, Group Finance Director and PDMR, acquired 70,635 Ordinary Shares (comprising 64,430 vested 2014 PSP shares and 6,205 dividend equivalent shares, both for nil consideration). O\n n 9 August 2021, Mr Newton and Ms Scott-Bayfield sold 104,556 and 33,375 Ordinary Shares respectively at an average price of £3.4224 per share in order to fund the tax liability, National Insurance liability and administrative fees arising on vesting. \n \n \n On 11 August 2021, Mr Newton and Ms Scott-Bayfield sold an additional 447 and 143 Ordinary Shares at a price of £3.635 per share in order to fund outstanding administrative fees arising on vesting and retained the balance of 116,289 and 37,117 Ordinary Shares respectively.\n \n \n Following these transactions, the shareholdings of Mr Newton and Ms Scott-Bayfield's (including persons closely associated) in the Company are as follows:\n \n \n \n \n \n PDMR\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Total shareholding in the Company\n \n \n \n \n Percentage of the Company's issued share capital\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nigel Newton\n \n \n \n \n 1,306,694 Ordinary Shares\n \n \n \n \n 1.6012%\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Penny Scott-Bayfield\n \n \n \n \n 37,117 Ordinary Shares\n \n \n \n \n 0.0004%\n \n \n \n \n Notifications\n \n The relevant notifications set out below are provided in accordance with the requirements of Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.\n \n \n \n \n \n 1\n \n \n \n \n Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated\n \n \n \n \n \n \n a)\n \n \n \n \n Name\n \n...