TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:
| Informa Plc |
| 2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | |
| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | Yes |
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An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached.
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An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights |
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| Other (please specify):
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: | AXA S.A. and its group of companies |
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): |
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5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:
| 26 May 2011 |
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 27 May 2011 |
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
| 5% |
| 8. Notified details:
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares |
| Class/type of shares
| Situation previous to the triggering transaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||
| if possible using the ISIN CODE | Number Of Shares | Number Of Voting Rights |
Number of shares | Number of voting rights | % of voting rights | ||
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| Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect |
| B3WJHK4 |
30,159,327
| 30,159,327 | 874,950 | 874,950 | 29,175,877 | 0.15 | 4.85 |
| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||
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Type of financial instrument |
Expiration date |
Exercise/ Conversion Period | Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. |
% of voting rights |
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||
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Type of financial instrument
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Exercise price |
Expiration date |
Exercise/ Conversion period |
Number of voting rights instrument refers to
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% of voting rights
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| Nominal | Delta |
| Total (A+B+C) | |
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
| 30,050,827 | 5.00% |
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the | ||
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| Name of Company/Fund | Number of Shares | % of issued share capital |
| Alliance Capital Management
Indirect | 21,793,177.00 | 3.620478 |
| AXA
Direct | 814,950.00 | 0.135573 |
| AXA IM UK
Direct | 60,000.00 | 0.009981
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| AXA IM UK
Indirect | 7,412,700.00 | 1.233162 |
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Total Direct Total Indirect |
874,950 29,175,877 |
0.14555 4.85364 |
| TOTAL | 30,050,827 | 4.99919 |
| Proxy Voting: | |
| 10. Name of the proxy holder: | N/A |
| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease | N/A |
| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold | N/A |
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| 14. Contact name: | Charles Tissier |
| 15. Contact telephone number: | 020 7003 2823 |
| Annex: Notification of major interests in shares |
| A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation | |
| Full name (including legal form of legal entities)
| INFORMA PLC
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| Contact address (registered office for legal entities)
| 22 Grenville Street, St Helier, Jersey JE4 8PX |
| Phone number & email
| 020 7017 4314 julie.woollard@informa.com |
| Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)
| Julie Woollard Deputy Company Secretary |
| B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable | |
| Full name
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| Contact address
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| Phone number & email
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| Other useful information
(e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation) |
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| C: Additional information |
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