Holdings in Company

INFORMA GROUP PLC

                    DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS

1)  NAME OF COMPANY

          INFORMA GROUP PLC

2)  NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

          1  FMR CORP
          2  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 SCHEDULE BELOW

5)  Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

          SPLIT ACROSS NOMINEE A/CS
          NOT PROVIDED

6)  ( N/A %) of issued Class

7)  Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

N/A

8)  ( N/A %) of issued Class

9)  Class of security

          ORDINARY SHARES OF 10 PENCE EACH

10) Date of transaction

          UNKNOWN

11) Date company informed

          20/08/99

12) Total holding following this notification

          1  FMR CORP  - 1,003,500
          2  FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LTD  - 2,764,982

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

          3.23%=     1. 0.86%
                     2. 2.37%

14) Any additional information

          ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL AS AT 116,466,786

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

          D W LODGE   0171 453 5973

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

    Date of Notification....20 August 1999


Schedule A

Security:  Informa Group Plc


(Ordinary Shares)
   Shares Held          Management Co     Nominee/Registered Name
    1,003,500            FMRCO           Lloyds Bank Nominees Limited
    1,497,082            FISL          Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) Nominees
                                            Limited
      169,900            FPM             RBS Trust Bank
       34,000            FPM             Bankers Trust
       46,600            FPM             Nortrust Nominees Ltd
       53,000            FPM             BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
       31,000            FPM             MSS Nominees Ltd
       49,300            FPM             Chase Nominees Ltd
       27,800            FPM             Citibank
       23,200            FPM             Gracechurch Nominees
      169,400            FIL             MSS Nominees Ltd
       58,900            FIL             Bankers Trust
      348,600            FIL             RBS Trust Bank
       80,000            FIL             Nortrust Nominees Bank
       88,000            FIL             Morgan Stanley
       21,500            FIL             Citibank
       24,300            FIL             Lloyds Bank
       42,400            FIL

Total Ordinary Shares  3,768,482 

Current ownership percentage:  3.23%

Issued share capital:  116,466,786