Rule 8.3 - UNITED BUSINESS MEDIA

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              UNITED BUSINESS MEDIA
Class of relevant security    ORD GBP0.338068
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing               12 June 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       9,793,014       4.02%      422,638      0.17%
securities
(2) Derivatives    1,223,714       0.50%      696,083      0.29%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and            0       0.00%            0      0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total             11,016,728       4.52%    1,118,721      0.46%

(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      1,524                5.9900
Purchase      20,541               5.9597
Purchase      24,610               5.9499
Purchase      2,957                5.9606
Purchase      36,416               5.9442
Purchase      169                  5.9105
Sale          40,167               5.9324
Sale          30,735               5.9466
Sale          32,595               5.9375
Sale          9,682                5.9893
Sale          21,566               5.9502
Sale          14,879               5.9351
Sale          17,700               5.9270
Sale          4,100                5.8890
Sale          1,836                5.9900
Sale          900                  5.9917

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,  Long/Short    Number of     Price per
(e.g. CFD)     (Note 6)      Securities    unit (GBP)
CFD            Long          4100          5.889
CFD            Long          40167         5.9324
CFD            Long          48040         5.9356
CFD            Long          30735         5.9466
CFD            Long          21566         5.9501
CFD            Long          9682          5.9892
CFD            Long          23272         5.9912
CFD            Long          900           5.9916
CFD            Short         169           5.9105
CFD            Short         11363         5.9367
CFD            Short         32595         5.9375
CFD            Short         36416         5.9441
CFD            Short         24610         5.9498
CFD            Short         20541         5.9596
CFD            Short         2957          5.9605
CFD            Short         680           5.99

(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
None

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.




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


Date of disclosure                         13 June 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