Holding in Company

Informa Group PLC
18 September 2001

                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

INFORMA GROUP PLC


2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

FMR CORP
FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

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


NON-BENEFICIAL


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.


1,244,000

6)   (0.97%) of issued Class

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed



8)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

9)   Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES OF 10 PENCE EACH


10)  Date of transaction

UNKNOWN


11)  Date company informed

18 SEPTEMBER 2001


12)  Total holding following this notification

8,961,861

               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification


7.01%

14)  Any additional information

ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL = 127,868,727


15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

ANDREA WILSON
TEL: [phone]


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

     Date of Notification ......18/9/01..................



Schedule A
                                                               Amendment No 18
Security: Informa Group Plc
                                          MANAGEMENT 
                              SHARES HELD  COMPANY     NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME
(Ordinary Shares)
                               326,300      FMRCO       HSBC Client Holdings    
                                                        Nominee (UK) Limited
                                38,800      FMRCO       State Street Nominees   
                                                        Limited
                               711,200      FMRCO       Chase Nominees Limited
                                50,000      FMTC        State Street Nominees   
                                                        Ltd.
                             4,216,217      FISL        Clydesdale Bank (Head   
                                                        Office) Nominees Limited
                               190,450      FPM         RBS Trust Bank
                                32,150      FPM         Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                                18,600      FPM         BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                                58,400      FPM         Chase Nominees Ltd
                                33,000      FPM         Citibank
                                94,585      FPM         Bank of New York Europe
                               273,531      FIL         MSS Nominees Ltd
                               315,963      FIL         Bankers Trust
                               460,516      FIL         RBS Trust Bank
                                86,260      FIL         Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                                73,420      FIL         JP Morgan
                               270,120      FIL         Northern Trust
                                25,500      FIL         Citibank
                                76,779      FIL         HSBC
                                33,300      FIL         KAS Associates
                                42,000      FIL         RBS-Edinburgh
                               110,700      FIL         Mellon Trust
                               219,500      FIL         Clydesdale Bank (Head   
                                                        Office) Nominees Limited
                                30,500      FIL         Chase Nominees Ltd
                               235,270      FIL         State Street Bank &     
                                                        Trust
                               938,800      FIL         Bank of New York Europe

Total Ordinary Shares        8,961,861

Current ownership percentage:    7.01%

Shares in issue:           127,868,727

Change in holdings since last filing: +1,244,000 ordinary shares