Directorate change

Directorate change

INFORMA PLC

APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Informa plc today announces the appointment of Stephen A. Carter as an independent Non-Executive Director of the Company with immediate effect. He will join the Audit Committee of the Company on appointment.

Stephen Carter is currently Chief Marketing, Strategy & Communication Officer, Senior Vice President, Alcatel-Lucent Inc.

Most recently he served as the Minister in the UK Government for the Communications, Technology & Broadcasting Sector, where he was the author of the Digital Britain Report.

Before that he held a variety of Senior Executive roles in the Media and Telecommunications industry including

• the founding Chief Executive of Ofcom (the UK Communications Regulator)
• Managing Director of NTL UK & Ireland
• Chief Executive J. Walter Thompson UK Limited and the Brunswick Group LLP.

He is a past Chairman of the Marketing Group of Great Britain, and has served on the Board of a number of companies. He is currently Chairman of the Board of Governors at the Ashridge Business School.

There are no disclosures required in respect of this appointment under paragraph 9.6.13 (2) - (6) of the Listing Rules.

Derek Mapp, Chairman of Informa plc, commented:

"The Board is extremely pleased that Stephen is joining us. His breadth of experience, both in terms of his career generally, and in relation to the media industry specifically, will bring new insights to, and strengthen overall, Informa's Board."

Enquiries

Informa plc:

Derek Mapp

Peter Rigby [phone]

Maitland

George Trefgarne + 44 207 379 5151

Rebecca Mitchell

Note to editors

Informa plc is a leading international provider of specialist information and services for the academic and scientific, professional and commercial business communities. Informa has some 150 offices in over 40 countries and employs approximately 8,000 staff around the world. Informa is the largest publicly-owned organiser of conference and courses in the world with an output of around 8,000 events annually. Informa publishes over 2,100 subscription-based information services including academic journals, real-time news and structured databases of commercial intelligence. Informa's book business has more than 55,000 academic and business titles.

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