Holding in Company

Informa Group PLC
25 August 2000


                  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 BELOW

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

-

6)   ( - %) of issued Class

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

926797

8)   (0.79 %) of issued Class

9)   Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES OF 10 PENCE EACH

10)  Date of transaction

UNKNOWN

11)  Date company informed

24/8/00

12)  Total holding following this notification

6,981,351
               
              
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

5.93%

14)  Any additional information

ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL AS AT 24/8/00
     = 117,837,399

15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

ANDREA WILSON
020 7453 5972

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

     Date of Notification ........25 AUG 2000


Schedule A
                                                         Amendment £ 14
Security: Informa Group Plc

                                  MANAGEMENT
                      SHARES      COMPANY         NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME
(Ordinary Shares)     HELD

                     625,000      FMRCO           Lloyds Bank Nominees Limited
                   3,679,992      FISL            Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) 
                                                  Nominees Limited
                     213,450      FPM             RBS Trust Bank
                      12,200      FPM             Bankers Trust
                      37,150      FPM             Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                      34,700      FPM             BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                       6,200      FPM             MSS Nominees Ltd
                      64,900      FPM             Chase Nominees Ltd
                      36,000      FPM             Citibank
                      24,750      FPM             Gracechurch Nominees
                     185,300      FIL             MSS Nominees Ltd
                     298,813      FIL             Bankers Trust
                     565,666      FIL             RBS Trust Bank
                     114,000      FIL             Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                      30,900      FIL             Morgan Stanley
                     341,900      FIL             Northern Trust
                      28,500      FIL             Citibank
                      29,400      FIL             Lloyds Bank
                      34,300      FIL             KAS Associates
                      43,900      FIL             RBS -Edinburgh
                     146,500      FIL             Mellon Trust
                     267,400      FIL             State Street Bank & Trust
                     160,430      FIL             Bank of New York Europe

Total Ordinary 
 Shares            6,981,351

Current ownership
 percentage:            5.93%

Shares in issue: 117,837,399

Change in holdings
 since last filing: (926,797) ordinary shares