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 07 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 10,042,061 2.36% 993,228 0.23% securities (2) Derivatives 1,091,040 0.26% 1,234,919 0.29% (other than options) (3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00% agreements to purchase/sell Total 11,133,101 2.62% 2,228,147 0.52% (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 19,091 4.2026 Purchase 10,659 4.2208 Purchase 25,510 4.1881 Purchase 51,161 4.1862 Purchase 16,617 4.1881 Purchase 55,623 4.1881 Purchase 5,650 4.2275 Purchase 28,957 4.2147 Purchase 5,650 4.2500 Sale 5,650 4.2500 Sale 4,743 4.2268 Sale 21,289 4.2223 Sale 6,318 4.1518 Sale 64,451 4.1439 Sale 38,511 4.1886 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per (e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP) CFD Long 64451 4.1438 CFD Long 6318 4.1518 CFD Long 38511 4.1885 CFD Long 21289 4.2222 CFD Long 4743 4.2268 CFD Short 6180 4.1597 CFD Short 2353 4.1802 CFD Short 51161 4.1861 CFD Short 41942 4.1887 CFD Short 36902 4.1986 CFD Short 28957 4.2146 CFD Short 10659 4.2208 CFD Short 8375 4.2267 (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 08 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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