Holding in Company

Informa Group PLC
8 June 2000

                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

INFORMA GROUP PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

SCOTTISH WIDOWS INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP 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 BELOW 
(ONE PAGE)
5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

     -

6)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     -

8)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

9)   Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES OF 10p EACH

10)  Date of transaction

UNKNOWN

11)  Date company informed

08/06/00

12)  Total holding following this notification

11,893,241
               
              
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

10.09%

14)  Any additional information

ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL = 117,794,048.  AGGREGATION OF FUNDS OF HILL SAMUEL ASSET
MANAGEMENT LIMITED AND SCOTTISH  WIDOWS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED

15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

ANDREA WILSON   
TEL: [phone]

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

     Date of Notification ......08 JUNE 2000......


HILL SAMUEL ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP plc - NOTIFIABLE INTEREST IN SHARES
  
  Stock Holdings by Company - All Stock Interests - Details           07/06/00

SEDOL   Stock Company Name          Issued Share Capital
0262565 INFORMA GROUP               117,382,385
Holdings Holding % Fund ID  Fund Name           Registered          Interest
                                                Holder

  522,400   0.45   ALEQ1    Abbey Equity Fund   Global Investor       Material
                                                Services
   66,000   0.06   ALSPF    Abbey Life Staff    HSBC Global Custody   Material
                            Pension Scheme      Nominee (UK) Limited 
1,242,540   1.06   APEQU    Abbey Pensions      HSBC Global Custody   Material
                            Equity Fund         Nominees (UK) Limited
  206,824   0.18   GIEQU    Lloyds TSB General  C O Nominees          Material
                            Insurance AVM       
   52,800   0.04   LGOPS    Lloyds TSB Group    State Street Nominees Material
                            Offshore Pension    Limited A/C XBY5
                            Scheme
2,307,535   1.97   AA1AA    Lloyds TSB Group    State Street Nominees  Material
                            Pension Scheme No 1 Limited A/C XBY2
1,361,375   1.16   GPS      Lloyds TSB Group    State Street Nominees  Material
                            Pension Scheme No 2 Limited A/C XBY4
1,093,868   0.93   TSLTM    Lloyds TSB          C O Nominees N210      Material
                            Investment
                            Life Time Fund 
   13,200   0.01   TSPIP    Lloyds TSB Island   C O Nominees Limited  Material
                            Managed Pension
1,421,342   1.21   BH2AA    Lloyds TSB Managed  Talbot Nominees       Material
                            Pension Fund        Limited N220
   29,800   0.03   BL9AA    Lloyds TSB Smaller  Talbot Nominees       Material
                            Cos. & Recovery     Limited               
                            Fund
  220,200   0.19   AA2AA    Lloyds UDT Pension  State Street Nominees Material
                            Scheme              Limited A/C XBY3
    9,335   0.01   FIX      Pensions Management Vidacos Nominees Ltd  Material
                            UK Index Fund
   62,000   0.05   AEXUK    Abbey Exempt UK     RBSTB Nominees    Non-Material
                            Equity Trust        Limited
   26,740   0.02   ALLEN    Allen & Overy       State Street      Non-Material
                            Pension Scheme      Nominees Limited
   20,700   0.02   ANCHO    Anchor Trust        State Street      Non-Material
                                                Nominees Limited
                                                A/C XBA6
   27,409   0.02   AXMIN    Axminster Carpets   State Street      Non-Material
                            Group Retirement    Nominees Limited
                            Benefits Plan      
   39,800   0.03   BIWMA    Biwater Retirement  State Street      Non-Material
                            & Security Scheme   Nominees Limited
                            - Main
   18,300   0.02   CE2AA    Cerestar U.K.       State Street      Non-Material
                            Pension Trust       Nominees Limited
                            Limited
   30,720   0.03   CO7AA    Commonwealth Bank of State Street     Non-Material
                            Australia (UK) Staff Nominees 
                            Benefits Scheme      Limited
   66,400   0.06   SPGEN    Dunlop Tyres General State Street     Non-Material
                            Pension Scheme       Nominees 
                                                 Limited
   81,500   0.07   HSBST    Hill Samuel Beech    C O Nominees     Non-Material
                            Street Trust         N210
  780,544   0.66   HSCAP    Hill Samuel Capital  HSBC Global     Non-Material   
                           Trust                Custody Nominees 
                                                 (UK) Limited       
    7,700   0.01   PRFUT    Hill Samuel Global   Lloyds Bank (ID)  Non-Material
                            Managed Exempt Fund  Nominees Limited 
                                                 425A
   20,200   0.02   UKFUT    Hill Samuel UK       Lloyds Bank (ID)  Non-Material
                            Equity Exempt Fund   Nominees Limited 
                                                 a/c 423D
    1,800   0.00   EIFUT    Hill Samuel UK       Lloyds Bank (ID)  Non-Material
                            Equity Index Exempt  Nominees Limited
                            Fd                   a/c 423H
   46,864   0.04  SCFUT     Hill Samuel UK       Lloyds Bank (ID)  Non-Material
                            Smaller Companies    Nominees Limited
                            Exempt Fund          423F
  374,400   0.32  HSEMC     Hill Samuel UK       HSBC Global Custody    Non-    
                           Smaller Companies    Nominees (UK)        Material
                            Trust                Limited
   74,700   0.06  LAMBE     Lambert Fenchurch    State Street      Non-Material
                            Staff Pension Scheme Nominees Limited
   74,500   0.06  LM3AA     Liberty Mutual       State Street      Non-Material
                            Insurance Company    Nominees Limited
                            (UK) Limited (Eq).)
    4,500   0.00  LH2AA     Lindsey House        State Street      Non-Material
                            Friendly Society     Nominees Limited
                            Wider Range
   75,000   0.06  LS1AA     Lloyds Smaller       RBS 2B Nominees   Non-material
                            Companies Investment Ltd a/c LSCIT
                            Trust Plc
   10,000   0.01  MC1AA     Marks & Clerk        State Street      Non-Material
                            Retirement & Death   Nominees Limited
                            Benefit Scheme
   22,397   0.02  MA2AA     Motor Industry       State Street      Non-Material
                            Pension Plan Final   Nominees Limited
                            Salary
   64,400   0.05  POOL      Pool Reinsurance     Lloyds Bank (ID)  Non-Material
                            Company Ltd          Nominees Limited
   19,800   0.02  PLAWW     Port of London       State Street      Non-Material
                            Authority (Upper     Nominees Limited
                            Division Staff)      A/C XBB5
                            Widows' Widowers'
                            & Orphans'
   98,700   0.08  PLAPF     Port of London       State Street      Non-Material
                            Authority Pension    Nominees Limited
                            Fund                 A/C XBB3
   22,300   0.02  POTLL     Port of Tilbury      State Street      Non-Material
                            London Limited       Nominees Limited
                            Pension Scheme       A/C XBB7
   24,636   0.02  UAS       SW UK All Share      RBSTB Nominees    Non-Material
                            Trust                Ltd A/c SW
  137,100   0.12  TSBSC     Scottish Widows      RBS TB Nominees   Non-Material
                            Smaller Companies
                            Unit Trust
  208,400   0.18  SR1UT     Scottish Widows      Lloyds Bank (ID)  Non-Material
                            Smaller Companies    Nominees Limited
                            and Recovery Unit 
                            Trust
    6,513   0.01  SO3AA     Solicitors Indemnity State Street      Non-Material
                            Fund (Equity)        Nominees Limited
  324,673   0.28  CLYDE     Strathclyde Pension  Nortrust Nominees Non-Material
                            Fund                 Ltd (Strathclyde)
  407,420   0.35  SUFOS     Suffolk County       State Street      Non-Material
                            Council              Nominees Limited
    6,496   0.01  U3U       Tesco PF1 UK All     RBSTB Nominees    Non-Material
                            Share Trust          Ltd A/c SW
   16,800   0.01  JBFRE     The JW Laing         State Street      Non-Material
                            Biblical Scholarship Nominees Limited
                            Trust-Free Part      A/C XBA6
   74,700   0.06  JWFRE     The JW Laing Trust   State Street      Non-Material
                            - Free Part          Nominees Limited
                                                 A/C XBA6
   10,300   0.01  JACKS     The Jackson Pension  State Street      Non-Material
                            Scheme               Nominees Limited
                                                 A/C XBA7                       
   5,528   0.00  HO9AA     The Original         State Street      Non-Material
                            Holloway Society     Nominees Limited
   46,700   0.04  TB1AA     Tibbett & Britten    State Street      Non-Material
                            Pension Fund         Nominees Limited
    4,462   0.00  UTAC      UTAX (UK) Limited    State Street      Non-Material
                            Pension Scheme       Nominees Limited
      920   0.00  WY2AA     White Young          State Street      Non-Material
                            Consulting Group     Nominees Limited
                            Limited Executive
                            Pension Scheme