Holding(s) in Company

Informa Group PLC
18 March 2003


                  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.

     96,100

6)   (%) of issued Class

     0.07%

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

     NOT KNOWN

11)  Date company informed

     17 MARCH 2003

12)  Total holding following this notification

     14,166,655
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     11.05%

14)  Any additional information

     ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL
     128,258,759

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

     Date of Notification     18 MARCH 2003



Schedule A

                                                             Amendment No 26

Security: Informa Group Plc
 
               
                                        MANAGEMENT
                      SHARES HELD        COMPANY     NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME
 (Ordinary Shares)
          
                           61,800          FMRCO     State Street Nominees
                                                     Limited
                          948,100          FMRCO     Chase Nominees Limited
                        4,868,137          FISL      Chase Nominees Ltd
                          227,903          FISL      Chase Manhattan Bank London
                          149,500          FPM       Mellon Bank
                          343,455          FPM       RBS Trust Bank
                          112,650          FPM       Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                           25,100          FPM       BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                           53,000          FPM       Citibank
                          134,085          FPM       Bank of New York Europe
                          297,700          FPM       Chase Nominees Ltd
                          322,931          FIL       MSS Nominees Ltd
                          331,480          FIL       Bankers Trust
                          760,700          FIL       RBS Trust Bank
                          283,660          FIL       Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                          580,604          FIL       JP Morgan
                          796,920          FIL       Northern Trust
                           38,000          FIL       Citibank
                           43,800          FIL       HSBC
                           43,700          FIL       Chase Nominees Ltd
                          854,711          FIL       State Street Bank & Trust
                        2,510,519          FIL       Bank of New York London
                          223,200          FIL       State Street Nominees Ltd
                           15,900          FIL       Brown Brothers Harriman
                                                     Ltd. LUX
                          139,100          FIL       Bank of New York Brussels

 
Total Ordinary Shares  14,166,655

Current ownership 
 percentage:                11.05%

Shares in issue:      128,258,759

Change in holdings
 since last filing:       +96,100 ordinary shares



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