Holding(s) in Company

Informa Group PLC
22 October 2002

                  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.

     1,564,774

6)   (1.22%) 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 OCTOBER 2002

12)  Total holding following this notification

      14,488,930
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

      11.30%

14)  Any additional information


      ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL =  128,226,599

15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

      ANDREA WILSON
      COMPANY SECRETARY

      020 7017 4311

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

     A M WILSON
     COMPANY SECRETARY

     Date of Notification ......22 OCTOBER 2002...


Schedule A
                                                        Amendment # 24

Security: Informa Group Plc

                         MANAGEMENT
            SHARES HELD  COMPANY    NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME
(Ordinary 
Shares)          


              726,300    FMRCO      HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
               51,900    FMRCO      State Street Nominees Limited
              948,100    FMRCO      Chase Nominees Limited
            4,772,747    FISL       Chase Nominees Ltd
              214,600    FPM        Mellon Bank
              343,455    FPM        RBS Trust Bank
               88,050    FPM        Nortrust Nominees Ltd
               25,100    FPM        BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
               53,000    FPM        Citibank
              134,085    FPM        Bank of New York Europe
              333,700    FPM        Chase Nominees Ltd
              332,931    FIL        MSS Nominees Ltd
              210,980    FIL        Bankers Trust
              986,026    FIL        RBS Trust Bank
              179,760    FIL        Nortrust Nominees Ltd
              364,001    FIL        JP Morgan
              959,620    FIL        Northern Trust
               38,000    FIL        Citibank
               90,879    FIL        HSBC      
               43,700    FIL        Chase Nominees Ltd
              563,693    FIL        State Street Bank & Trust
            2,601,203    FIL        Bank of New York London
              213,200    FIL        State Street Nominees Ltd
               15,900    FIL        Brown Brothers Harriman Ltd. LUX
              198,000    FIL        Bank of New York Brussels

 
Total 
Ordinary 
Shares      14,488,930

Current 
ownership 
percentage;     11.30%

Shares in 
issue:     128,226,599

Change in holdings since last filing:

          +1,564,774 ordinary shares




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