Holding in Company

Informa Group PLC
27 July 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.

     722,603

6)   (0.56%) of issued Class

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     -

8)   ( - %) of issued Class

9)   Class of security

     ORDINARY SHARES OF 10 PENCE EACH

10)  Date of transaction

     UNKNOWN 

11)  Date company informed

     27 JULY 2001

12)  Total holding following this notification

     7,717,861
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     6.04%

14)  Any additional information

     ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL:  127,853,727

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

A. M. WILSON

     Date of Notification   27 JULY 2001

            


Schedule A                                                 Amendment No.17

Security: Informa Group Plc


                                 MANAGEMENT 
                     SHARES HELD  COMPANY        NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME
(Ordinary Shares)
                         326,300   FMRCO     HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK)  
                                             Limited
                       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
                         293,363   FIL       Bankers Trust
                         460,516   FIL       RBS Trust Bank
                          86,260   FIL       Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                          73,420   FIL       JP Morgan
                         266,120   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
                         521,400   FIL       Bank of New York Europe


Total Ordinary Shares  7,717,861

Current ownership
 percentage:               6.04% 

Shares in issue:     127,853,727


Change in holdings 
 since last filing:     +722,603 ordinary shares