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 INVESTMENTS 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.

    AS ATTACHED SCHEDULE BELOW

5)  Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

    952,250

6)  0.82% 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 10p EACH

10) Date of transaction

    UNKNOWN

11) Date company informed

    UNKNOWN

12) Total holding following this notification

    8,351,032

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

    7.17%

14) Any additional information

    ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL = 116,512,083

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..20 SEPTEMBER 1999.....


Schudule A
                                                                   Amendment £ 4
Scurity:  Informa Group Plc

  %                          Shares   Management
Change  Change                Held      Company    Nominee/Registered Company
(Ordinary Shares)

   -          -             1,005,300    FMRCO     Lloyds Bank Nominees Limited
 0.29   336,400               961,100    FMRCO        Chase Nominees Limited
 0.34   395,950              615,350    FMRCO     State Street Nominees Limited
 0.19   217,400             3,051,432    FISL      Clydesdale Bank (Head Office)
                                                         Nominees Limited
   -          -               261,500    FPM              RBS Trust Bank
   -          -                62,700    FPM               Bankers Trust
   -          -                70,550    FPM           Nortrust Nominees Ltd
   -          -                98,500    FPM          BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
   -          -                31,900    FPM              MSS Nominees Ltd
   -          -                82,000    FPM             Chase Nominees Ltd
   -          -                42,500    FPM                  Citibank
   -          -                31,750    FPM            Gracechurch Nominees
   -          -               258,200    FIL              MSS Nominees Ltd
   -          -               309,150    FIL               Bankers Trust
   -          -               755,500    FIL              RBS Trust Bank
   -          -               149,500    FIL           Nortrust Nominees Ltd
   -          -               164,500    FIL              Morgan Stanley
   -          -                32,500    FIL                 Citibank
   -          -                37,000    FIL               Lloyds Bank
   -          -                34,300    FIL              KAS Associates
   -          -                41,000    FIL              RBS - Edinburgh
   -          -                45,300    FIL              Northern Trust
   -          -                31,600    FIL               Mellon Trust
   -          -                65,400    FIL            Chase Nominees Ltd
   -          -               108,000    FIL               Mellon Bank
0.002     2,500                 4,500    FIL              RBS Trust Bank
0.822%  952,250     

Total Ordinary Shares       8,351,032

Current ownership percentage:    7.17%

Shares in issue:          116,512,083

Change in holdings since
  last filing:               +952,250 ordinary shares = 0.82%