LONDON (Dow Jones)--Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (BMY.LN) said Friday it has purchased for cancellation 12,500 ordinary shares at an average price of 113.5 pence. MAIN FACTS: -Shares closed Friday at 114.75 pence. -By Tommy Stubbington, Dow Jones Newswires; 44-20-7842-9268; [email protected] (END) Dow Jones Newswires June 11, 2010 11:57 ET (15:57 GMT)