AGM Trading Update

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.