Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
03 June 2003
3 June 2003
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (the 'Company')
Proposed Share Sub-Division
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc announced today that at the Extraordinary General
Meeting to be held on Thursday, 26 June 2003 at 12.15pm (or as soon thereafter
as the Company's Annual General Meeting convened for 12 noon on the same date
and in the same place shall have been concluded or adjourned) a resolution will
be proposed to implement a share sub-division on the basis of four New Ordinary
Shares of 1.25p each for every Existing Ordinary Share of 5p held. The
sub-division is to be proposed in order to increase the marketability and
liquidity of the Company's Ordinary Shares.
The new shares will rank pari passu with the Existing Ordinary Shares, save that
they will have a nominal value of 1.25p each, rather than 5p each.
Expected timetable:
Latest time for return of Forms of Proxy 12.15pm on
Tuesday, 24
June 2003
Extraordinary General Meeting 12.15pm on
Thursday, 26
June 2003 (or
as soon
thereafter as
the Company's
Annual General
Meeting
convened for 12
noon on the
same date and
in the same
place shall
have been
concluded or
adjourned)
Last day for dealings in Existing Ordinary Shares Friday, 27 June
2003
Record date for Sub-Division of the Company's Existing Friday, 27 June
Ordinary Shares 2003
Dealings in New Ordinary Shares on the London Stock Monday, 30 June
Exchange commence, CREST accounts are credited with New 2003
Ordinary Shares
Despatch of share certificates in respect of New Friday, 4 July
Ordinary Shares 2003
A circular giving further details of the sub-division has been posted to
shareholders today
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