Purchase of Own Securities

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC 19 September 2002 19 September 2002 Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Purchase of own securities Bloomsbury Publishing PLC announces that it has today, 19 September 2002, purchased for cancellation the following ordinary shares of 5p each ('Ordinary Shares'): - 120,000 Ordinary Shares at £5.60 per share; - 50,000 Ordinary Shares at £5.55 per share; and - 50,000 Ordinary Share at £5.50 per share. End This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange