Acquisition

Informa PLC
09 October 2006




9 October 2006

              Acquisition of LEA further strengthens US portfolio

Informa plc, the leading global information specialist, announced today that its
Academic & Scientific division has agreed to acquire, subject to the receipt of
regulatory clearances, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Publishers (LEA) of
New Jersey for a consideration of $71 million (£38m).

LEA which publishes more than 100 academic journal titles and 200 new books a
year under the imprints of Lawrence Erlbaum Associates and The Analytic Press is
well known for its extensive range of titles in the fields of behavioural
science and education.

Informa has annual sales in excess of £200million in the academic and scientific
publishing sector. LEA's sales for the year ended 31 December 2005 were $21m
(£11.5m).

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