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               16 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       9,827,454     4.03%       317,700       0.13%
securities
(2) Derivatives    1,117,953     0.46%       622,247       0.26%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and            0     0.00%             0       0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total             10,945,407     4.49%       939,947       0.39%


(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      10,400               6.0798
Purchase      1,545                6.0950
Purchase      600                  6.0700
Purchase      34,709               6.0859
Purchase      953                  6.0656
Purchase      16,949               6.0923
Purchase      11                   6.0864
Sale          4,900                6.1090
Sale          17,815               6.0939
Sale          3,424                6.1090
Sale          1,125                6.1231
Sale          11,055               6.1090
Sale          3,440                6.1211
Sale          4,705                6.0548
Sale          18,863               6.0810
Sale          9,113                6.0937

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,  Long/Short    Number of     Price per
(e.g. CFD)     (Note 6)      Securities    unit (GBP)
CFD            Long          4705          6.0548
CFD            Long          18863         6.0809
CFD            Long          5789          6.0854
CFD            Long          1647          6.0863
CFD            Long          9113          6.0937
CFD            Long          17815         6.0939
CFD            Long          3440          6.121
CFD            Short         953           6.0656
CFD            Short         600           6.07
CFD            Short         10400         6.0798
CFD            Short         34709         6.0858
CFD            Short         11            6.0863
CFD            Short         16949         6.0922
CFD            Short         4040          6.1095

(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                         17 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)