Prospectus Issued

T&F Informa PLC
15 June 2005

For immediate release



15 June 2005


                                  T&F Informa

                   Proposed $1.4bn (£768m) acquisition of IIR

            Proposed 2 for 5 Rights Issue at 265p to raise £311m net


T&F Informa plc ('T&F Informa') yesterday sent to shareholders a Circular
(including a prospectus) regarding the proposed acquisition of IIR Holdings
Limited ('IIR') and the proposed Rights Issue.


Application has been made to the UK Listing Authority and to the London Stock
Exchange for the new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to the Official List and to
be admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange's market for listed
securities.  An expected timetable of principal events is set out on page 2


Copies of this Circular are available for inspection at the UK Listing
Authority's Document Viewing Facility situated at the Financial Services
Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS, telephone 020
7066 1000.


Approval will be sought for the acquisition and rights issue at the time of T&F
Informa's extraordinary general meeting to be held on 30 June 2005 at 11:00am at
the offices of CMS Cameron McKenna, Mitre House, 160 Aldersgate Street, London
EC1A 4DD.


For further information please contact:


T&F Informa             [phone]
Peter Rigby
David Gilbertson
Anthony Foye

Greenhill               [phone]
Financial adviser
Simon Borrows
Peter Bell
Greg Miller

Hoare Govett            [phone]
Broker
Sara Hale
Caroline Griffiths
John Fishley

Financial Dynamics      [phone]
Press Relations
Tim Spratt
Charles Palmer


The release, publication or distribution of this announcement in certain
jurisdictions may be restricted by law and therefore persons in such
jurisdictions into which this announcement is released, published or distributed
should inform themselves about and observe such restrictions.

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE, OR FORM PART OF, AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE
SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO SUBSCRIBE FOR OR BUY ANY SECURITIES, NOR THE
SOLICITATION OF ANY VOTE OR APPROVAL IN
ANY JURISDICTION, NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE, ISSUE OR TRANSFER OF THE
SECURITIES REFERRED TO IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IN ANY JURISDICTION IN CONTRAVENTION
OF APPLICABLE LAW.

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION OR TRANSMISSION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE
UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, THE REPUBLIC OR IRELAND OR THE REPUBLIC OF
SOUTH AFRICA

EXPECTED TIMETABLE OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS (1)

Record Date for the Rights Issue                        close of business on 27 June 2005
Latest time and date for receipt of Forms of Proxy      11.00 a.m. on 28 June 2005
Extraordinary General Meeting                           11.00 a.m. on 30 June 2005
Despatch of Provisional Allotment Letters (2)           30 June 2005
(Qualifying non-CREST Shareholders only)
Ordinary Shares commence trading ex-rights              8.00 a.m. on 1 July 2005
Admission, dealings in new Ordinary Shares, nil paid,   8.00 a.m. on 1 July 2005
commence on the London Stock Exchange
Nil Paid Rights and Fully Paid Rights enabled in CREST  after 8 a.m. on 1 July 2005
as soon as practicable (2)
Recommended latest time and date for requesting         4.30 p.m. on 18 July 2005
withdrawal of Nil Paid Rights or Fully Paid Rights from
CREST
Latest time and date for depositing renounced           3.00 p.m. on 19 July 2005
Provisional Allotment Letters, nil or fully paid, into
CREST or for dematerialising Nil Paid Rights or Fully
Paid Rights into a CREST stock account
Latest time and date for splitting Provisional          3.00 p.m. on 20 July 2005
Allotment Letters, nil or fully paid
Latest time and date for acceptance and payment in full 11.00 a.m. on 22 July 2005
and registration of renunciation
Dealings in New Ordinary Shares expected to commence,   8.00 a.m. on 25 July 2005
fully paid
New Ordinary Shares credited to CREST stock accounts    8.00 a.m. on 25 July 2005
Despatch of share certificates for new Ordinary Shares  by 2 August 2005
in certificated form




(1) Certain terms referred to in this timetable are defined in the Circular.

(2) This does not apply to Overseas Shareholders as further described in the
Circular.




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