Acquisition

Informa Group PLC
27 July 2000


INFORMA GROUP ACQUIRES MARITIME, TRADE AND TRANSPORT PORTFOLIO

Informa  Group PLC has acquired from IIR a portfolio of products
in  the  maritime,  trade and transport sector.   The  portfolio
includes  magazines, directories, yearbooks, management reports,
conferences   and   exhibitions  and   related   websites.   Net
liabilities acquired were £0.2 million.

The  acquired publications include the highly respected  monthly
magazines,  Cargo Systems and Hazardous Cargo Bulletin.  Related
conferences  on  container handling, port productivity,  reefers
and  container terminals are included in the portfolio  together
with 11 yearbooks and directories and 17 management reports.

The  events  include Intermodal, Europe's leading container  and
logistics  exhibition  and  conference  together  with  Terminal
Operations Conference (TOC), the world's foremost port  handling
congresses  and  exhibitions held annually in  both  Europe  and
Asia.

Peter Rigby, chairman of Informa, commented:

'We   are   very  pleased  to  have  acquired  these   excellent
publications  and events in one of our key market  sectors.  The
exhibitions add considerably to Informa's portfolio  of  related
events   and   together  with  our  existing  well   established
publications, conferences and electronic services  help  further
cement   our  position  as  the  leading  worldwide  information
supplier to the maritime, trade and transport markets'.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:

Peter Rigby
Informa Group
020 7453 2222

Jim Wilkinson
Informa Group
020 7453 2222

Fiona Piper / Camilla Hay
The Maitland Consultancy
0207 379 5151

NOTES TO EDITORS

Informa Group

Informa  Group publishes the world's oldest international  daily
newspaper,  Lloyd's List. First published in 1734, Lloyd's  List
is  the  leading  information source for the  maritime  industry
worldwide.   As  well  as  through its  flagship  Lloyd's  List,
Informa  provides  business information  through  a  variety  of
publications, electronic databases, conferences and  exhibitions
to  many  vertical markets such as Telecommunications,  Finance,
Insurance, Energy, Law, Life Sciences and Commodities as well as
Maritime Trade and Transport.

MARITIME, TRADE AND TRANSPORT PRODUCTS:

EVENTS

Cruise + Ferry
RORO
Shiprepair & Conversion

PUBLICATIONS

International Freighting Weekly (IFW)
International Bulk Journal (IBJ)
Containerisation International
Lloyd's Loading List

ELECTRONIC SERVICES

Liner Shipping Network
Lloyd's Maritime Information Services (LMIS)