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            <![CDATA[ Bloomsbury Publishing declared a special dividend and lifted targets for the current year, after strong book sales during lockdowns drove a 22% surge in the Harry Potter publisher's annual earnings. Profit before taxation and highlighted items rose to 19.2 million pounds ($27.17 million) in the 12 months to Feb. 28 from 15.7 million pounds a year earlier. Revenue jumped 14% to 185.1 million pounds. The strength of demand for our titles, in print, e-book and audio, and the surge in sales of our digital products, demonstrate the strength of our long-term growth strategy, Chief Executive Nigel Newton said. London-based Bloomsbury had upgraded its 2020-2021 targets multiple times this year thanks to an exceptional sales performance in its consumer division for both adult and children's publishing. The company proposed a special dividend of 9.78 pence in addition to a 10% rise in its final dividend to 7.58 pence per share. Bloomsbury also expects fiscal 2021-2022 results to be comfortably ahead of market estimates, which call for revenues of 177.5 million pounds and profit before taxation and highlighted items of 17.4 million pounds. Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Bloomsbury Publishing declared a special dividend and lifted targets for the current year, after strong book sales during lockdowns drove a 22% surge in the Harry Potter publisher's annual earnings. Profit before taxation and highlighted items rose to 19.2 million pounds ($27.17 million) in the 12 months to Feb. 28 from 15.7 million pounds a year earlier. Revenue jumped 14% to 185.1 million pounds. The strength of demand for our titles, in print, e-book and audio, and the surge in sales of our digital products, demonstrate the strength of our long-term growth strategy, Chief Executive Nigel Newton said. London-based Bloomsbury had upgraded its 2020-2021 targets multiple times this year thanks to an exceptional sales performance in its consumer division for both adult and children's publishing. The company proposed a special dividend of 9.78 pence in addition to a 10% rise in its final dividend to 7.58 pence per share. Bloomsbury also expects fiscal 2021-2022 results to be comfortably ahead of market estimates, which call for revenues of 177.5 million pounds and profit before taxation and highlighted items of 17.4 million pounds. Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ ]]>
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