Acquisition

Centaur Media PLC
25 May 2007


25th May 2007


                  Centaur Media plc acquires Creative Handbook


May 25th 2007: Centaur Media plc (Centaur), the specialist business publishing,
information and events group, has acquired the Creative Handbook from Reed
Business Information Ltd. for £0.3m.

The Creative Handbook is an annual directory publication in the creative
services market where Centaur is represented by the monthly magazine Creative
Review and the weekly Design Week.

No staff are included in the transaction and the business will be moved to
Centaur's offices with immediate effect. The next issue of the Handbook (dated
2008) will be published later this year.

Geoff Wilmot, Chief Executive of Centaur, said: "We are delighted to be
acquiring this highly regarded directory from Reed. We believe that it will fit
in very well with our existing print titles and websites that serve this
community. One leg of Centaur's strategy is to build on its strength in the
markets in which it already operates and this latest acquisition reflects the
successful continuation of that strategy."

Enquiries:

Centaur Media plc         Geoff Wilmot, CEO                   Tel: [phone]
                          Roger Beckett, Publishing Director

Gavin Anderson & Company  Robert Speed                        Tel: [phone]
                          Charlotte Stone



About Centaur Media plc:

Centaur's product portfolio currently includes 10 weekly or fortnightly
magazines, 21 other magazines, over 20 online products or services, 25 awards or
other sponsored events, 20 exhibitions and 80 conferences.

Centaur reports its results within 5 distinct business sector segments, namely
Marketing and Creative, Legal and Financial, Engineering and Construction,
Perfect Information and Other. The first 3 segments comprise principally the
following vertical business communities in which Centaur publishes
market-leading magazine titles: Marketing Services, Creative Services, New
Media, Retail Financial Products, Legal Services, Engineering, Private
Homebuilding. Centaur also enjoys strong positions in a number of other
specialist communities, namely HR, Construction, Antique Rugs and Textiles,
Supply Chain & Logistics, Recruitment and Public/Private Finance. In addition,
it serves the Business Travel community with 3 leading trade shows in the UK and
overseas and an associated web service.




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