Holdings 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 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.

    1,183,700

6)  (1.02%) 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 10 PENCE EACH

10) Date of transaction

    UNKNOWN

11) Date company informed

    8/9/99

12) Total holding following this notification

    7,398,782

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

    6.35%

14) Any additional information
    ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL AS AT 8/9/99   116,512,083

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

    D W LODGE       0171 453 5973

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

    Date of Notification..9 SEP 1999...........





REVISED Schedule A
                                                                Amendment £ 3

Security:  Informa Group Plc

                      SHARES          MANAGEMENT   NOMINEE/REGISTERED
% Change   Change     HELD            COMPANY      NAME 
(Ordinary
Shares)
              -        1,005,300        FMRCO      Lloyds Bank Nominees Limited
0.23%      264000        624,700        FMRCO      Chase Nominees Limited
0.14%      157700        219,400        FMRCO      State Street Nominees Limited
0.56%      659500      2,834,032        FISL       Clydesdale Bank (Head Office)
                                                   Nominees Limited
0.025%      29000        261,500        FPM        RBS Trust Bank
  -           -           62,700        FPM        Bankers Trust
0.004%       5000         70,550        FPM        Nortrust Nominees Ltd
0.003%       3000         98,500        FPM        BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
  -           -           31,900        FPM        MSS Nominees Ltd
0.008%       9500         82,000        FPM        Chase Nominees Ltd
0.004%       5000         42,500        FPM        Citibank
0.003%       3000         31,750        FPM        Gracechurch Nominees
  -           -          258,200        FIL        MSS Nominees Ltd
0.007%       8500        309,150        FIL        Bankers Trust
0.030%      30000        755,500        FIL        RBS Trust Bank
  -           -          149,500        FIL        Nortrust Nominees Ltd
  -           -          164,500        FIL        Morgan Stanley
0.003%       3000         32,500        FIL        Citibank
0.004%       4500         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%       2000          2,000        FIL        RBS Trust Bank
______ __________
1.02%  £1,183,700
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Total Ordinary Shares                    7,398,782

Current ownership percentage                 6.35%

Shares in issue:                       116,512,083

Change in holdings since last filing:   +1,183,700 ordinary shares  = 1.02%