EGM Statement

Informa Group PLC 19 December 2003 INFORMA GROUP PLC FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Not for release, publication or distribution, in whole or in part, in or into the US, Canada, Australia, The Republic of Ireland or Japan 19 December 2003 Informa Group plc ("Informa" or the "Company") On 2 December 2003 Informa announced the proposed acquisition of PJB Publications Limited (the "Acquisition"). In view of its size the Acquisition required the approval of Informa shareholders and a circular in connection with the same was posted to Informa shareholders on 3 December 2003. Informa today announces that at an extraordinary general meeting of the Company held earlier today the requisite majority of Informa shareholders passed an ordinary resolution approving the Acquisition. It is expected that the Acquisition will complete on Monday 22 December 2003 and that admission to listing on the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's market for listed securities of the 530,223 new ordinary shares to be issued to Dr Philip Brown as part of the consideration for the Acquisition will be effective at 8 a.m. on 23 December 2003. Enquiries: Informa Group plc 020 7017 4302 Peter Rigby Chairman David Gilbertson Chief Executive Jim Wilkinson Finance Director Bell Pottinger Financial 020 7861 3877 Catherine Lees Zoe Sanders UBS Investment Bank 020 7567 8000 Michael Lacey-Solymar Adam Joy Ian Bonnor-Moris UBS is acting for Informa in connection with the Acquisition and no one else and will not be responsible to anyone other than Informa for providing the protections offered to clients of UBS nor for providing advice in relation to the Acquisition. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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