Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2549G

Informa PLC

20 October 2008

 



TR-1:   notification of major interests in shares
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:	Informa Plc
2. Reason for the notification   (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		Χ
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Prudential plc group of companies
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	See appendix below
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	16 October 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	20 October 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	See item 13
8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares  (if possible using the ISIN CODE)	Situation previous to the Triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights viii	Number of shares	Number of voting rights ix		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct  x	Indirect xi	Direct	Indirect
GB0002625654	31,516,880	31,516,880	32,098,990	32,098,990		7.55%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date xiii	Exercise/ Conversion Period/ Date xiv	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
32,098,990	7.55%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable xv:

Prudential plc (parent Company) M&G Group Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) M&G Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Group Limited) M&G Investment Management Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited) The Prudential Assurance Company Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc)

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	N/A

13. Additional information:	As per 5.1.2, the non-exempt holdings for The Prudential plc have crossed 5% triggering this notification.
14. Contact name:	Dipesh Varsani M&G Investment Management Limited
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7548 3261

Annex: Notification of major interests in shares
A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name  (including legal form of legal entities)	Informa plc
Contact address  (registered office for legal entities)	37-41 Mortimer Street London, W1T 3JH
Phone number & email	020 7017 4314 [e-mail]
Other useful information  (at least legal representative for legal persons)	Julie Wilson Deputy Company Secretary

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name
Contact address
Phone number & email
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

C: Additional information

  Appendix

Notifiable Position for INFORMA PLC

Percentage holdings are calculated using an issued share capital of 425,118,445

	Registered Holder	Holding	%
Prudential plc		32,098,990	7.55
	BK OF NEW YORK(NOMS)LTD/636924	596,736
	JP MORGAN NOMINEES	69,334
	MAGIM HSBC GIS NOM(UK) SALI	330,220
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHE01	500,000
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHF01	88,238
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD	193,689
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C MED01	2,663,442
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C MXC01	139,492
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUF01	417,005
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUI01	47,332
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUR01	5,330,674
	PCA EUROPEAN LEADERS EQUITY FD	331,482
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	20,016,295
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC	356,622
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK)EQBF AC	128,276
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK)MNBF AC	169,013
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK)PENE AC	721,140
M&G Group Limited		31,432,920	7.39
	MAGIM HSBC GIS NOM(UK) SALI	330,220
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHE01	500,000
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHF01	88,238
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD	193,689
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C MED01	2,663,442
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C MXC01	139,492
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUF01	417,005
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUI01	47,332
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUR01	5,330,674
	PCA EUROPEAN LEADERS EQUITY FD	331,482
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	20,016,295
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC	356,622
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK)EQBF AC	128,276
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK)MNBF AC	169,013
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK)PENE AC	721,140
M&G Investment Management Limited		31,344,682	7.37
	MAGIM HSBC GIS NOM(UK) SALI	330,220
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHE01	500,000
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD	193,689
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C MED01	2,663,442
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C MXC01	139,492
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUF01	417,005
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUI01	47,332
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUR01	5,330,674
	PCA EUROPEAN LEADERS EQUITY FD	331,482
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	20,016,295
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC	356,622
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK)EQBF AC	128,276
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK)MNBF AC	169,013
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK)PENE AC	721,140
M&G Limited		31,432,920	7.39
	MAGIM HSBC GIS NOM(UK) SALI	330,220
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHE01	500,000
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHF01	88,238
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD	193,689
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C MED01	2,663,442
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C MXC01	139,492
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUF01	417,005
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUI01	47,332
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUR01	5,330,674
	PCA EUROPEAN LEADERS EQUITY FD	331,482
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	20,016,295
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC	356,622
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK)EQBF AC	128,276
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK)MNBF AC	169,013
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK)PENE AC	721,140
The Prudential Assurance Company Limited		20,703,137	4.86
	MAGIM HSBC GIS NOM(UK) SALI	330,220
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	20,016,295
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC	356,622

 

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