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 14 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 10,033,521 2.36% 1,033,731 0.24% securities (2) Derivatives 1,131,543 0.27% 1,197,242 0.28% (other than options) (3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00% agreements to purchase/sell Total 11,165,064 2.63% 2,230,973 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 27,233 4.2725 Purchase 2,852 4.2725 Purchase 10,400 4.2628 Purchase 19,258 4.3266 Purchase 34,733 4.2564 Sale 500 4.2620 Sale 2 4.1350 Sale 15,541 4.2720 Sale 2,200 4.2545 Sale 4,702 4.2718 Sale 13,914 4.2604 Sale 3,900 4.2674 Sale 38,961 4.2600 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per (e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP) CFD Long 4890 4.2459 CFD Long 2200 4.2545 CFD Long 38961 4.2599 CFD Long 13914 4.2603 CFD Long 3900 4.2673 CFD Long 4702 4.2718 CFD Long 15541 4.2719 CFD Short 9896 4.2511 CFD Short 34733 4.2563 CFD Short 2445 4.2597 CFD Short 10400 4.2627 CFD Short 19258 4.3265 (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 15 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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Barclays (BARC)
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