Holding in Company

INFORMA GROUP PLC


                    DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS

1)  NAME OF COMPANY

    INFORMA GROUP PLC

2)  NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

    FMR CORP
    FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

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.

    SEE SCHEDULE BELOW

6)  ( N/A %) of issued Class

    SEE SCHEDULE BELOW

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

    25/8/99

12) Total holding following this notification

    5,178,582

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

    4.44%

14) Any additional information

    ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL AS AT 25/08/99 = 116485186

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

    D W LODGE - 0171 453 5972

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

    Date of Notification..26 AUGUST 1999....



SCHEDULE A                                                Amendment No. 1

Security: Informa Group Plc

% CHANGE    CHANGE    SHARES HELD    MANAGEMENT    NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME
                                      COMPANY

0.0015%      +1800    1,005,300       FMRCO       Lloyds Bank Nominees Limited
                                                  Clydesdale Bank (Head Office)
0.587       +684000    2,181,082       FISL              Nominees Limited
0.054        +62600      232,500       FPM                RBS Trust Bank
0.025        +28700       62,700       FPM                Bankers Trust
0.011        +12400       59,000       FPM            Nortrust Nominees Ltd
0.036        +42500       95,500       FPM           BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
    -          +900       31,900       FPM               MSS Nominees Ltd
0.020        +23200       72,500       FPM              Chase Nominees Ltd
0.008         +9700       37,500       FPM                    Citibank
0.005         +5550       28,750       FPM              Gracechurch Nominees
0.076        +88800      258,200       FIL                MSS Nominees Ltd
0.028        +32850       91,750       FIL                  Bankers Trust
0.21        +241800      590,400       FIL                 RBS Trust Bank
0.06         +69500      149,500       FIL              Nortrust Nominees Ltd
0.06         +76500      164,500       FIL                 Morgan Stanley
0.007         +8000       29,500       FIL                     Citibank
0.007         +8200       32,500       FIL                   Lloyds Bank
0.011        +13100       55,500       FIL                 RBS Trust Bank
______    _________
1.2065    1,410,100
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Total Ordinary Shares:                     5,178,582

Current ownership percentage:               4.44%

Shares in issue:                            116,485,186 as at 25/8/99

Change in holdings since last filing:       +1,410,100 ordinary shares