Director Shareholding

T&F Informa PLC
14 May 2004


                                  SCHEDULE 11

          NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS

        All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.

  1.  Name of company                    2.  Name of director



      T & F INFORMA PLC                      MR. DAVID SMITH

 
  3.  Please state whether notification  4.  Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than
      indicates that it is in respect        one holder, the number of shares held by each of
      of holding of the shareholder          them (if notified)
      named in 2 above or in respect of
      a non-beneficial interest or in
      the case of an individual holder
      if it is a holding of that
      person's spouse or children under
      the age of 18 or in respect of an
      non-beneficial interest



  5.  Please state whether notification  6.  Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP
      relates to a person(s) connected       transactions please indicate whether general/single
      with the director named in 2           co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary /non
      above and identify the connected       discretionary
      person(s)


  7.  Number of      8.  Percentage of   9.  Number of shares/  10.  Percentage of issued class
      shares/amount      issued class        amount of stock
      of stock                               disposed
      acquired


11.  Class of     12.  Price per         13.  Date of           14.  Date company informed
     security          share                  transaction


 15.  Total holding following this        16.  Total percentage holding of issued class following
      notification                             this notification

If a director has exchanged options by the company please complete the following boxes.

 17.  Date of exchange                  18.  Period during which or date on which exercisable

      13 MAY 2004

                                             OPTION:

      ON 13 MAY, FOUR OPTIONS OVER           1. 27.05.05 - 26.05.09
      SHARES IN TAYLOR & FRANCIS GROUP       2. 03.10.05 - 02.10.09
      PLC FOR NEW OPTIONS OVER SHARES        3. 18.11.06 - 17.11.10
      IN T&F INFORMA PLC WERE EXCHANGED      4. 23.03.07 - 22.03.11
      IN CONNECTION WITH THE MERGER OF
      TAYLOR & FRANCIS GROUP PLC WITH
      INFORMA GROUP PLC

 

      Total amount paid (if any) for    20.  Description of shares or debentures involved: class,
      exchange of the option                 number

      NIL                                    ORDINARY T & F INFORMA PLC SHARES OF 10 PENCE EACH
                                             ON THE FOLLOWING BASIS: -



                                             Option:

                                             1. 133,332
                                             2. 198,830
                                             3. 97,564
                                             4. 95,257

 21.  Exercise price (if fixed at time  22.  Total number of shares or debentures over which
      of exchange) or indication that        options held following this notification
      price is to be fixed at time of
      exercise



      Option:                                As disclosed in 20 above. Mr. David Smith holds
                                             subsisting options over 524,983 shares in T&F
                                             Informa plc.

      1. 375.00 pence
      2. 251.47 pence
      3. 304.41 pence
      4. 341.18 pence


 23.  Any additional information        24.  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

                                             JEFF THOMASSON, COMPANY SECRETARY

      OPTIONS REMAIN SUBJECT TO THE          020 78422020
      TERMS OF THE TAYLOR & FRANCIS
      GROUP PLC UNAPPROVED
      DISCRETIONARY SHARE OPTION
      SCHEME


 25.  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this
      notification

      JEFF THOMASSON

Date of notification 14 MAY 2004




                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange