EGM Statement

Informa Group PLC
19 December 2003



                               INFORMA GROUP PLC



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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19 December 2003

Informa Group plc ("Informa" or the "Company")


On 2 December 2003 Informa announced the proposed acquisition of PJB
Publications Limited (the "Acquisition"). In view of its size the Acquisition
required the approval of Informa shareholders and a circular in connection with
the same was posted to Informa shareholders on 3 December 2003.

Informa today announces that at an extraordinary general meeting of the Company
held earlier today the requisite majority of Informa shareholders passed an
ordinary resolution approving the Acquisition.

It is expected that the Acquisition will complete on Monday 22 December 2003 and
that admission to listing on the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and
to trading on the London Stock Exchange's market for listed securities of the
530,223 new ordinary shares to be issued to Dr Philip Brown as part of the
consideration for the Acquisition will be effective at 8 a.m. on 23 December
2003.


Enquiries:

Informa Group plc  020 7017 4302
Peter Rigby    Chairman
David Gilbertson  Chief Executive
Jim Wilkinson   Finance Director

Bell Pottinger Financial  020 7861 3877
Catherine Lees
Zoe Sanders

UBS Investment Bank  020 7567 8000
Michael Lacey-Solymar
Adam Joy
Ian Bonnor-Moris


UBS is acting for Informa in connection with the Acquisition and no one else and
will not be responsible to anyone other than Informa for providing the
protections offered to clients of UBS nor for providing advice in relation to
the Acquisition.






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