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RNS Number : 1900R  Bloomsbury Publishing PLC  16 July 2025

BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC

("Bloomsbury" or "the Company")

 

AGM Trading Update

Results for the full year expected to be in line with consensus

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (LSE: BMY), the leading independent publisher,
provides the following trading update ahead of the Company's Annual General
Meeting ("AGM") at 12.00pm today.

The Board expects to deliver full year results in line with consensus
expectations.*

In the Consumer Division, Sarah J. Maas topped bestseller lists again in the
UK and US with the paperback launch of House of Flame and Shadow in June. The
publication of J.K. Rowling's Pocket Potters series begins in August and we
have a strong front list in the remainder of the year. Bloomsbury was voted
Publisher of the Year at the British Book Awards 2025.

In the Non-Consumer Division, Rowman & Littlefield integration continued
with over 5,300 titles digitised and available on Bloomsbury Digital Resources
and in June we moved Rowman & Littlefield's distribution in the US to
Macmillan Publishing Services. The intellectual property value of our academic
list has enabled us to sign our first non-exclusive content partnership. Our
international expansion continues with opening our new office in Singapore
this year to benefit from the forecast growth in the student population in the
region.

Operationally, we successfully transitioned our UK distribution to Hachette UK
Distribution which has streamlined logistics and increased agility in our
supply chain.

We continue to execute our Bloomsbury 2030 vision focused on our growth,
portfolio and people. The resilience of our business created through the
portfolio of portfolios strategy underpins the confidence our Board has in the
future.

We will provide further details with our Interim Results announcement on 23
October 2025.

*The Board considers current consensus market expectations for the year ending
28 February 2026 to be revenue of £335.9m and profit before taxation and
highlighted items of £41.6m.

For further information, please contact:

 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
 Tamsin Garrity, Head of Investor Relations      tamsin.garrity@bloomsbury.com
 Hudson Sandler                                  +44 (0) 20 7796 4133
 Dan de Belder / Hattie Dreyfus / Emily Brooker  bloomsbury@hudsonsandler.com

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