Holding in Company

Informa Group PLC
20 December 1999

                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     INFORMA GROUP PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     FMR CORP, FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LTD


3)   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of 
     holding of the Shareholder 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


     NON-BENEFICIAL

4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the 
     number of shares held by each of them.

     SEE BELOW


5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

     1,175,100

6)   (1.005%) of issued Class

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed


8)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

9)   Class of security

     ORDINARY SHARES OF 10P EACH
  
10)  Date of transaction

      UNKNOWN

11)  Date company informed

     17/12/99

12)  Total holding following this notification

     10,494,558
               
              
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     8.97%

14)  Any additional information


     ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL = 116,963,462

15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     DW LODGE  0171 453 5972

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for 
     making this notification

     Date of Notification ..20/12/99........


Schedule A
                                                          Amendment £ 6
Security: Informa Group Plc
                                  MANAGEMENT
                      SHARES HELD  COMPANY     NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME
(Ordinary Shares)

                      1,005,300   FMRCO   Lloyds Bank Nominees Limited
                      1,388,210   FMRCO     Chase Nominees Limited
                       772,000    FMRCO   State Street Nominees Limited
                      4,013,232   FISL   Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) Nominees
                                         Limited
                       290,000     FPM          RBS Trust Bank
                        67,000     FPM          Bankers Trust
                        70,550     FPM      Nortrust Nominees Lid
                       107,100     FPM     BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                        31,900     FPM         MSS Nominees Ltd
                        91,000     FPM        Chase Nominees Lid
                        49,500     FPM             Citibank
                        35,250     FPM       Gracechurch Nominee
                       283,000     FIL         MSS Nominees Ltd
                       323,750     FIL          Bankers Trust
                      1,001,866    FIL          RBS Trust Bank
                       238,100     FIL      Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                       164,500     FIL          Morgan Stanley
                        39,500     FIL             Citibank
                        40,500     FIL           Lloyds Bank
                        34,300     FIL          KAS Associates
                        41,000     FIL          RBS -Edinburgh
                       139,600     FIL           Mellon Trust
                       267,400     FIL    State Street Bank & Trust


Total Ordinary Shares 10,494,558

Current ownership percentage:  8.97%

Shares in issue: 116,963,462  AS AT 20/12/99

Change in holdings since last filing:  + 1,175,110 ordinary shares.