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 02 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 9,217,259 2.17% 1,448,409 0.34% securities (2) Derivatives 1,530,615 0.36% 1,043,513 0.25% (other than options) (3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00% agreements to purchase/sell Total 10,747,874 2.53% 2,491,922 0.59% (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 177,677 4.2417 Purchase 217,610 4.2200 Purchase 30,000 3.8079 Sale 8,879 4.2252 Sale 1,858 4.2279 Sale 4,001 4.1256 Sale 177,677 4.2417 Sale 249,668 4.1952 Sale 3,357 4.1734 Sale 9,459 4.2743 Sale 15,571 4.2086 Sale 224,103 4.2144 Sale 56,171 4.2745 Sale 3,300 4.2675 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per (e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP) CFD Long 4001 4.1256 CFD Long 3357 4.1733 CFD Long 249668 4.1952 CFD Long 15571 4.2085 CFD Long 224103 4.2144 CFD Long 8879 4.2251 CFD Long 1858 4.2278 CFD Long 177677 4.2416 CFD Long 3300 4.2675 CFD Long 9459 4.2743 CFD Long 56171 4.2744 CFD Short 6792 4.2196 CFD Short 217610 4.22 CFD Short 32101 4.2389 CFD Short 177677 4.2416 (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 03 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

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