Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1531V

Informa PLC

23 May 2008

 



TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:		Informa plc
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):______________
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Prudential plc group of companies
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	See appendix below
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	21 May 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	22 May 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	See item 13

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of shares	Number of voting rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0002625654	26,361,788	26,361,788	26,861,788	26,861,788		6.32%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
26,861,788	6.32%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Prudential plc (parent Company) M&G Group Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) M&G Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Group Limited) M&G Investment Management Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited) The Prudential Assurance Company Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc)

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	N/A

13. Additional information:	As per 5.1.2, the non-exempt holdings for Prudential plc have crossed 4% triggering this notification.
14 Contact name:	Dipesh Varsani M&G Investment Management Limited
15. Contact telephone name:	020 7548 3261

Annex: Notification of major interests in shares

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name  (including legal form of legal entities)	Informa plc
Contact address  (registered office for legal entities)	37-41 Mortimer Street London, W1T 3JH
Phone number & email	020 7017 4314 [e-mail]
Other useful information  (at least legal representative for legal persons)	Julie Wilson Deputy Company Secretary

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name
Contact address
Phone number & email
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

C: Additional information

Appendix

Notifiable Position for INFORMA PLC

Percentage holdings are calculated using an issued share capital of 424,964,752

	Registered Holder	Holding	%
Prudential plc		26,861,788	6.32
	BK OF NEW YORK(NOMS)LTD/636924	564,692
	JP MORGAN NOMINEES	69,334
	M&G EUROPEAN SPECIAL SITS FUND	110,074
	MAGIM HSBC GIS NOM(UK) SALI	302,947
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHE01	500,000
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHF01	88,238
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD	190,237
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C MED01	2,450,000
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUF01	379,906
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUI01	42,470
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUR01	4,914,957
	PCA EUROPEAN LEADERS EQUITY FD	331,482
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	15,605,248
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC	369,674
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK)EQBF AC	116,009
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK)MNBF AC	160,260
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK)PENE AC	666,260
M&G Group Limited		26,227,762	6.17
	M&G EUROPEAN SPECIAL SITS FUND	110,074
	MAGIM HSBC GIS NOM(UK) SALI	302,947
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHE01	500,000
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHF01	88,238
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD	190,237
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C MED01	2,450,000
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUF01	379,906
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUI01	42,470
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUR01	4,914,957
	PCA EUROPEAN LEADERS EQUITY FD	331,482
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	15,605,248
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC	369,674
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK)EQBF AC	116,009
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK)MNBF AC	160,260
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK)PENE AC	666,260
M&G Investment Management Limited		26,139,524	6.15
	M&G EUROPEAN SPECIAL SITS FUND	110,074
	MAGIM HSBC GIS NOM(UK) SALI	302,947
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHE01	500,000
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD	190,237
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C MED01	2,450,000
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUF01	379,906
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUI01	42,470
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUR01	4,914,957
	PCA EUROPEAN LEADERS EQUITY FD	331,482
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	15,605,248
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC	369,674
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK)EQBF AC	116,009
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK)MNBF AC	160,260
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK)PENE AC	666,260
M&G Limited		26,227,762	6.17
	M&G EUROPEAN SPECIAL SITS FUND	110,074
	MAGIM HSBC GIS NOM(UK) SALI	302,947
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHE01	500,000
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHF01	88,238
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD	190,237
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C MED01	2,450,000
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUF01	379,906
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUI01	42,470
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUR01	4,914,957
	PCA EUROPEAN LEADERS EQUITY FD	331,482
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	15,605,248
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC	369,674
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK)EQBF AC	116,009
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK)MNBF AC	160,260
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK)PENE AC	666,260
The Prudential Assurance Company Limited		16,277,869	3.83
	MAGIM HSBC GIS NOM(UK) SALI	302,947
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	15,605,248
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC	369,674

 

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