Rec. offer for Datamonitor

Informa PLC 25 June 2007 Not for release, publication or distribution in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, in or into or from the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan or any jurisdiction where to do so would constitute a violation of the relevant laws of such jurisdiction For immediate release 25 June 2007 Recommended offer for Datamonitor plc by Informa Acquisitions Limited, a member of the Informa Group Level of Acceptances On 14 May 2007, Informa announced the terms of a recommended cash offer to be made by Informa Acquisitions for Datamonitor at a price of 650 pence per Datamonitor Share. The document setting out the full terms of the Offer (the 'Offer Document') was posted to Datamonitor Shareholders on 14 May 2007. The Board of Informa Acquisitions announces that as at 1.00 p.m. on 25 June 2007, being the second closing date of the Offer, valid acceptances of the Offer had been received in respect of a total of 15,974,664 Datamonitor Shares representing 22.1 per cent. of the existing issued share capital of Datamonitor. None of these acceptances were received from persons acting in concert with Informa Acquisitions or Informa. This total includes valid acceptances of the Offer received in respect of a total of 9,687,944 Datamonitor Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 13.4 per cent of the issued share capital of Datamonitor for which irrevocable undertakings to accept the Offer had been received. No Increase Statement and Extension of Offer Informa announces that the Offer remains at 650 pence per Datamonitor Share and will not be increased except that Informa Acquisitions reserves the right (without any obligation to do so) to increase the Offer only in circumstances where a third party announces a competing offer for, scheme of arrangement, or other combination with, Datamonitor. Informa further announces that the Offer, which remains subject to the terms and conditions set out in the Offer Document, has been extended and will remain open for acceptance until 1.00 p.m. on 13 July 2007. Under the rules of the Takeover Code, if the Offer is not, or has not been declared, unconditional as to acceptances by that date, the Offer will lapse. Shareholders are reminded that the Offer is subject, amongst other things, to Informa Acquisitions obtaining acceptances of the Offer in respect of a minimum of 90 per cent. of the Datamonitor Shares to which the Offer relates, or such lower percentage as Informa Acquisitions may decide, provided that it has received acceptances in respect of, or acquired more than, 50 per cent. of the voting rights exercisable at general meetings of Datamonitor. No Other Offers or Approaches The Board of Datamonitor announces that it has not received any proposal or approach from a third party and has not had any requests for information under Rule 20.1 of the City Code. Recommendation In the opinion of the Datamonitor Directors, the Offer represents a certain, fair and reasonable value today giving Datamonitor Shareholders an opportunity to realise their return following a period of strong performance by Datamonitor. The Datamonitor Directors, who have been so advised by LongAcre Partners, financial adviser to Datamonitor, consider the terms of the Offer to be fair and reasonable. In providing such advice, LongAcre Partners have taken into account the commercial assessments of the Datamonitor Directors. Accordingly, the Datamonitor Directors unanimously recommend that Datamonitor Shareholders accept the Offer, as all of the Datamonitor Directors have done in respect of their entire beneficial holdings of Datamonitor Shares, which in total amount to 9,687,994 Datamonitor Shares, representing, in aggregate, approximately 13.4 per cent. of the existing issued share capital of Datamonitor. General Save as set out in this announcement, neither Informa, nor Informa Acquisitions nor any person acting in concert with Informa or Informa Acquisitions, has an interest in or right to subscribe for relevant securities of Datamonitor or has any short position in relation to relevant securities of Datamonitor (whether conditional or absolute and whether in money or otherwise) including any short position under a derivative, any agreement to sell or any delivery obligation or right to require another person to purchase or take delivery of any relevant securities of Datamonitor. Save for the irrevocable undertakings described in the Offer Document, neither Informa, nor Informa Acquisitions nor any person acting in concert with Informa or Informa Acquisitions has borrowed or lent any relevant securities nor has any arrangement in relation to relevant securities been made. For these purposes, 'arrangement' includes any indemnity or option arrangement, any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, of whatever nature, relating to relevant securities which is, or may be, an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing in such securities. Datamonitor Shareholders who wish to accept the Offer, but have not yet done so, are strongly encouraged (in the case of Datamonitor Shares which are not held in CREST) to complete and return a Form of Acceptance or (in the case of Datamonitor Shares held in uncertificated form (that is, held in CREST)) to take the action set out in paragraph 14 of the letter from Informa in Part II of the Offer Document, in each case as soon as possible and, in any event, by not later than 1.00 p.m. on 13 July 2007. All times referred to in this announcement are London times. Terms defined in the Offer Document have the same meanings in this announcement. The terms 'acting in concert' and 'relevant securities' have the same meanings as in the City Code. Enquiries Informa Tel: +44 20 7017 5000 Peter Rigby David Gilbertson Anthony Foye Susanna Kempe Greenhill (financial adviser to Informa) Tel: +44 20 7198 7400 Simon Borrows Peter Bell Merrill Lynch (joint broker to Informa) Tel: +44 20 7628 1000 Mark Astaire Andrew Osborne ABN Amro Hoare Govett (joint broker to Informa) Tel: +44 20 7678 8000 Sara Hale Caroline Harris Maitland (PR adviser to Informa) Tel: +44 20 7379 5151 William Clutterbuck Emma Burdett Datamonitor Tel: +44 20 7675 7260 Bernard Cragg, Chairman Michael Danson, Chief Executive Officer LongAcre Partners (financial adviser to Datamonitor) Tel: +44 20 7759 4600 Eric Lawson-Smith Zeph Sequeira Numis (broker to Datamonitor) Tel: +44 20 7260 1000 David Poutney Chris Wilkinson Hudson Sandler (PR adviser to Datamonitor) Tel: +44 20 7796 4133 Nick Lyon James White This announcement is not intended to and does not constitute, or form any part of, any offer to sell or any solicitation of any offer to purchase or subscribe for any securities or the solicitation of any vote or approval in any jurisdiction. Any acceptance or other response to the Offer should be made only on the basis of the information contained or referred to in the Offer Document and (in the case of Datamonitor Shares held in certificated form) the Form of Acceptance. The laws of relevant jurisdictions may affect the availability of the Offer to persons not resident in the United Kingdom. The Offer Document is available for public inspection and has also been posted on Informa's website. Greenhill, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively for Informa and Informa Acquisitions and no-one else in connection with the Acquisition and will not be responsible to anyone other than Informa and Informa Acquisitions for providing the protections afforded to clients of Greenhill nor for providing advice in relation to the Acquisition or any other matters referred to in this announcement. LongAcre Partners, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively for Datamonitor and no one else in connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to anyone other than Datamonitor for providing the protections afforded to clients of LongAcre Partners nor for providing advice in relation to the Offer. This announcement has been prepared for the purpose of complying with English law and the City Code and the information disclosed may not be the same as that which would have been disclosed if this announcement had been prepared in accordance with the laws of jurisdictions outside the UK. The availability of the Offer to persons who are not resident in the United Kingdom may be affected by the laws of the relevant jurisdiction in which they are located. In particular, the Offer will not be made directly or indirectly into the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan. Persons who are not resident in the United Kingdom should inform themselves about, and observe, any applicable legal or regulatory requirements. Unless otherwise determined by Informa Acquisitions and permitted by applicable law and regulation, the Offer is not being, and will not be, made, directly or indirectly, in or into or by the use of the mails of, or by any other means (including, without limitation, electronic mail, facsimile transmission, telex, telephone, internet or other forms of electronic communication) of interstate or foreign commerce of, or any facility of a national securities exchange of any jurisdiction where to do so would violate the laws of that jurisdiction and will not be capable of acceptance by any such use, means or facility or from within any such jurisdiction. Accordingly, unless otherwise determined by Informa Acquisitions, copies of this announcement are not being, and must not be, directly or indirectly, mailed, transmitted or otherwise forwarded, distributed or sent in, into or from any such jurisdiction and persons receiving this announcement (including, without limitation, custodians, nominees and trustees) must not mail or otherwise distribute or send it in, into or from such jurisdiction, as doing so may invalidate any purported acceptance of the Offer. Any person (including, without limitation, any custodian, nominee and trustee) who would, or otherwise intends to, or who may have a contractual or legal obligation to, forward this announcement and/or any other related document to any jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom should inform themselves of, and observe, any applicable legal or regulatory requirements of their jurisdiction. The Loan Notes that may be issued pursuant to the Offer are not, and will not be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or under the relevant securities laws of any state, district or other jurisdiction of the United States. Accordingly, Loan Notes may not be offered, sole, resold or delivered, directly or indirectly, in, into or from the United States (or to any residents thereof) if to do so would constitute a violation of the relevant laws of such jurisdiction. In addition, the relevant clearances and registrations have not been, and will not be, sought to enable the Loan Notes to be offered in compliance with the applicable securities laws of Canada, Australia or Japan (or any province or territory thereof, if applicable) or any other jurisdiction if to do so would constitute a violation of the relevant laws of such jurisdiction. Accordingly, Loan Notes may not be offered, sold, resold or delivered, directly or indirectly, in, into or from Canada, Australia or Japan (or to any residents thereof) or any other jurisdiction (or to residents in that jurisdiction) if to do so would constitute a violation of the relevant laws of such jurisdiction. Further details in relation to Overseas Shareholders are contained in the Offer Document. In accordance with normal UK market practice, Informa Acquisitions or any person acting on its behalf may from time to time make certain market or private purchases of, or arrangements to purchase, directly or indirectly, Datamonitor Shares other than pursuant to the Offer. Any information about such purchases will be publicly announced as required by law or regulation in the UK. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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