Holding(s) in Company

Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Informa Plc

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

Yes

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached.

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the

notification obligation:

Prudential plc group of companies

4. Full name of shareholder(s)

(if different from 3.):

See list below

5. Date of the transaction and date on

which the threshold is crossed or

reached:

23 February 2012

6. Date on which issuer notified:

27 February 2012

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or

reached:

Below 5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares

if possible using the ISIN CODE

Ordinary GBP 0.001

JE00B3WJHK45

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

23,457,686

23,457,686

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

Number of shares

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

22,251,556

22,166,218

85,338

3.69%

0.01%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration Date

Exercise/ Conversion Period

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights


C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

22,251,556

3.70%


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 the 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:

This disclosure now gives Prudential plc group of companies position under non-exempt rules where disclosure is required from a 3% level as their exempt holdings have dropped below 5%.

14. Contact name:

James Todd / Mark Thomas

M&G Investment Management Limited

15. Contact telephone number:

0207 548 3261 / 0207 548 3266


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)

22 Grenville Street, St Helier, Jersey JE4 8PX

Phone number & email

020 7017 4314

Emily.martin@informa.com

Other useful information

(at least legal representative for legal persons)

Emily Martin

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 Report for INFORMA PLC as at 23 February 2012

Percentage holdings are calculated using 601,215,110 Total Voting Rights

Registered Holder

Holding

Voting Rights

%

Prudential plc

22,251,556

3.70%

Total Notifiable Interest

Direct

PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PAC AC

21,342,979

21,342,979

PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PPL AC

823,239

823,239

22,166,218

22,166,218

3.69%

Indirect

JP Morgan Nominees

85,338

85,338

85,338

85,338

0.01%

M&G Group Limited

22,166,218

3.69%

Direct

PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PAC AC

21,342,979

21,342,979

PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PPL AC

823,239

823,239

22,166,218

22,166,218

3.69%

M&G Investment Management Limited

22,166,218

3.69%

Direct

PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PAC AC

21,342,979

21,342,979

PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PPL AC

823,239

823,239

22,166,218

22,166,218

3.69%

M&G Limited

22,166,218

3.69%

Direct

PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PAC AC

21,342,979

21,342,979

PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PPL AC

823,239

823,239

22,166,218

22,166,218

3.68%

M&G Securities Limited

22,166,218

3.69%

Direct

PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PAC AC

21,342,979

21,342,979

PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PPL AC

823,239

823,239

22,166,218

22,166,218

3.68%

The Prudential Assurance Company Limited

22,166,218

3.69%

Direct

PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PAC AC

21,342,979

21,342,979

PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PPL AC

823,239

823,239

22,166,218

22,166,218

3.69%



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