Pre Close Trading Statement

Informa PLC
12 January 2006


12 January 2006

                                  Informa plc

                              Pre Close Statement


Informa plc, the leading provider of specialist information and services to the
academic, professional and business communities worldwide, today issued the
following update. This is made prior to the Group entering its close period
ahead of its preliminary results announcement for the 12 months ended 31
December 2005, scheduled for 14 March 2006.


Trading in the second half of 2005 was in line with the Board's expectations,
with the Group making good progress on the integration of IIR Holdings Ltd 
('IIR') acquired in July 2005.


The Board is fully focused on exploiting the organic opportunities from both the
IIR acquisition as well as from the merger with Taylor & Francis in 2004, and
looks forward with confidence to another good year of growth in 2006.


ENDS


For further information please contact:



Informa plc                                          020 7017 5000

Peter Rigby, Chief Executive
Tony Foye, Finance Director
Susanna Kempe, Chief Marketing Officer

Financial Dynamics                                   020 7831 3113

Tim Spratt/Charlie Palmer


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