Rule 8.3 - INFORMA

FORM 8.3

    DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
              (Rule 8.3 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers)


1.   KEY INFORMATION

Name of person dealing        BARCLAYS PLC
(Note 1)
Company dealt in              INFORMA
Class of relevant security    ORD GBP0.001
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing               17 July 2008

2.   INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE

(a)  Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant
security dealt in (Note 3)

                            Long                     Short

                      Number       (%)         Number       (%)

(1) Relevant      10,136,174       2.39%      925,231      0.22%
securities
(2) Derivatives    1,028,126       0.24%    1,211,922      0.29%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and            0       0.00%            0      0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total             11,164,300       2.63%    2,137,153      0.50%


(b)  Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other
     than the class dealt in (Note 3)

Class of                    Long                     Short
relevant
security:

                  Number              (%)   Number              (%)

(1) Relevant
securities

(2) Derivatives
(other than
options)

(3) Options and
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total


  (c)  Rights to subscribe (Note 3)

Class of relevant security:   Details



3.   DEALINGS (Note 4)

  (a)  Purchases and sales

Purchase/sale Number of Securities Price per unit
                                   (GBP)
Purchase      11,859               4.1749
Purchase      7,230                4.2855
Purchase      60,005               4.2917
Purchase      121,025              4.0532
Purchase      6,947                3.7616
Purchase      18,755               3.9477
Purchase      382                  4.1482
Purchase      57,889               4.2891
Purchase      57,913               4.2964
Purchase      791                  4.2782
Sale          19,656               3.8874
Sale          1,500                3.8369
Sale          60,005               4.2917
Sale          108,079              4.0240
Sale          27,332               3.9123
Sale          2,358                3.9500
Sale          7,313                3.8935
Sale          32,717               3.9495
Sale          29,000               4.3015

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,  Long/Short    Number of     Price per
(e.g. CFD)     (Note 6)      Securities    unit (GBP)
CFD            Long          1500          3.8369
CFD            Long          19656         3.8873
CFD            Long          7313          3.8935
CFD            Long          27332         3.9122
CFD            Long          32717         3.9495
CFD            Long          108079        4.0239
CFD            Long          60005         4.2917
CFD            Short         6947          3.7615
CFD            Short         18755         3.9476
CFD            Short         121025        4.0531
CFD            Short         382           4.1481
CFD            Short         791           4.2781
CFD            Short         2747          4.2821
CFD            Short         7230          4.2855
CFD            Short         57889         4.289
CFD            Short         60005         4.2917
CFD            Short         57913         4.2963

(c)  Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i)  Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product name,   Writing,          Number of          Exercise  Type, e.g.      Expiry   Option money
e.g. call       selling,          securities to      price     American,       date     paid/received
option          purchasing,       which the option             European etc.            per unit (GBP)
                varying etc.      relates (GBP)


(ii) Exercising

Product name, e.g.  Number of           Exercise price per
call option         securities          unit (Note 5)




(d)  Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)


Nature of transaction Details           Price per unit
(Note 8)                                (if applicable)
                                        (Note 5)




4.   OTHER INFORMATION


Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives


Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the
person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of
any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or
relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any
relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is
referenced.  If none, this should be stated.

None


Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9)                 NO


Date of disclosure                         18 July 2008
Contact name                               Geoff Smith
Telephone number                           020 7116 2913
If a connected EFM, name of
offeree/offeror with which connected
If a connected EFM, state nature of
connection (Note 10)


Notes

The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk