Holding in Company

Informa Group PLC
25 January 2001



                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

INFORMA GROUP PLC


2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

SCOTTISH WIDOWS INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP GROUP LTD.


3)   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of 
     holding of the Shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a 
     non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
     holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

2 ABOVE


4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the 
     number of shares held by each of them.

SEE BELOW 


5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

NOT KNOWN


6)   ( - %) of issued Class


7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

NOT KNOWN


8)   ( - %) of issued Class


9)   Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES OF 10P EACH


10)  Date of transaction

NOT KNOWN


11)  Date company informed

24-01-01


12)  Total holding following this notification

NOT KNOWN
               
              
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

NO LONGER HAS A NOTIFIABLE INTEREST


14)  Any additional information

ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL = 118,009,131


15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

ANDREW WILSON   TEL: [phone]


16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for 
     making this notification

     Date of Notification .... 25 JAN 2001 ...   P. J. MILLER


LETTER TO: INFORMA GROUP PLC

NOTIFICATION UNDER PART VI OF THE COMPANIES ACT 1985 (AS AMENDED BY THE
COMPANIES ACT 1989)

I write to advise that the combined asset management operation of Hill Samuel
Asset Management Ltd and Scottish Widows Investment Management Ltd, known as
Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Ltd, no longer has a notifiable interest
in the ordinary shares of the above mentioned company.

This notification is made on behalf of Lloyds TSB Group plc, Lloyds TSB Bank plc
and Scottish Widows Group Limited.

LETTER FROM: SCOTTISH WIDOWS INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP