Admission to Official List

Centaur Holdings PLC
15 December 2004



Centaur Holdings PLC
15 December 2004

                         Admission to the Official List
                                      and
     to trading on the London Stock Exchange's market for listed securities

Centaur Holdings PLC (the 'Company'), the specialist business publishing and 
information group, has published its listing particulars ahead of its proposed 
admission to the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange. 
The Company expects to start trading on the main market at 8.00am on 17 December 
2004.

This move to the Official List completes the process announced at the time of
the Company's listing on AIM on 10 March 2004. The listing will not raise new
funds for the Company.

The move to the Official List does not affect the holdings of existing
shareholders of the Company. The Company's RIC code will continue to be CAU
(CAU.L for Reuters and CAU LN for Bloomberg). On admission there will remain
147,994,118 ordinary shares in issue.

Graham Sherren, the Company's CEO and Chairman said:

'We are pleased with the excellent progress the Company has made since the
listing on AIM in March. Our strategy of building on the success of our
market-leading weekly magazines in distinct business communities and also into
exhibitions, conferences and internet services has served us well and we see
good opportunities for growth in the future. Our move to the Official List was
an objective at the time of our float and has been achieved before the year end
in line with our plans. We believe it is the right move for a company with
Centaur's track record and size and will provide the opportunity to further
raise Centaur's profile amongst a broader investor base.'

This announcement does not constitute an offer or invitation to any person to
subscribe for or purchase any securities in the Company or any other entity.

Contacts

Centaur Holdings PLC                             020 7970 4000
Graham Sherren
Geoffrey Wilmot

Numis Securities Limited                         020 7776 1500
Stuart Skinner
Jag Mundi
Rhodri Cruwys

Gavin Anderson & Company                         020 7554 1400
Laura Hickman
Janine Brewis

Background on Centaur

 1. Centaur's product portfolio currently comprises 9 weekly magazines, 1
    fortnightly magazine, 10 monthly magazines, 5 magazines of a quarterly or
    bi-monthly frequency, 2 monthly newsletters, 14 annual showcases, 11
    internet portals, 4 online information services, 25 awards or other
    sponsored events, 20 exhibitions and 100 conferences.


 2. Centaur reports its results within 5 distinct business community 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 established magazine titles: Marketing Services, Creative
    Services, New Media, Retail Financial Products, Legal Services, Engineering,
    Private Homebuilding.


 3. It also serves in a number of other specialist communities, namely HR, 
    Visual Arts Production, Construction, Antique Rugs and Textiles and Public/
    Private Finance. In addition, it serves the Business Travel community with 
    4 leading trade shows in the UK and overseas.



Numis Securities Limited is acting for the Company and no one else in connection
with Admission and will not be responsible to any other person for providing the
protections afforded to customers of Numis Securities Limited or for providing
advice in relation to Admission.

This announcement has been issued by the Company and is the sole responsibility
of the Company and has been approved solely for the purposes of Section 21 of
the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 by Numis Securities Limited,
Cheapside House, 138 Cheapside, London EC2V 6LH.

Copies of the Listing Particulars, dated 14 December 2004, are available for
inspection at the Document Viewing Facility of the Financial Services Authority,
25 The North Colonnade, London, E14 5HS during normal business hours on any
weekday (excluding Saturday, Sunday and public holidays) from the date of this
announcement until a date one month following Admission.



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