Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number:6146P
Informa Group PLC
10 September 2003

                           SCHEDULE 10
 
             NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

INFORMA GROUP PLC


2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

ZURICH FINANCIAL SERVICES AND ITS GROUP


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

AS 2 ABOVE


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.

NOT KNOWN


6)   Percentage of issued Class

NOT KNOWN

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

N/A

8)   Percentage of issued Class

N/A

9)   Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES OF 10P EACH


10)  Date of transaction

NOT KNOWN


11)  Date company informed

9 SEPTEMBER 2003


12)  Total holding following this notification

3,974,502

               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.09%


14)  Any additional information

ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL 
128,286,711


15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

ANDREA WILSON
COMPANY SECRETARY
020 7017 4311


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

     Date of Notification ........................10 SEPTEMBER 2003



                         INFORMA GROUP PLC

Registered                                    Ordinary 10p Shares
Littledown Nominees Ltd        A/c 21667                  174,732
Littledown Nominees Ltd        A/c 07203                  138,332
Littledown Nominees Ltd        A/c 11121                   23,534 
Littledown Nominees Ltd        A/c 07197                1,067,572
Littledown Nominees Ltd        A/c 05576                2,286,665
Littledown Nominees Ltd        A/c 05577                  142,333
Littledown Nominees Ltd        A/c 03449                  141,334
TOTAL                                                   3,974,502

Notes
 
Littledown Nominees Ltd is a nominee for the ZFS Group subsidiaries; Allied
Dunbar Assurance plc, Eagle Star Insurance Company Ltd; Eagle Star Life
Assurance Company Ltd; Zurich Financial Services UK Pension Trustee Ltd; Eagle
Star Executives Pension Trustee Ltd; Eagle Star Securities Ltd; Sceptre Trust
Ltd; Home & Overseas Insurance Company Ltd; Threadneedle Pensions Ltd; and J.P.
Morgan Trustee and Depositary Company Ltd, the Trustee for Eagle Star Unit
Managers Ltd and the Depository to Threadneedle Investment Funds ICVC. It is
also a nominee for various companies not within the ZFS Group.

ZFS is Zurich Financial Services, a company incorporated in Switzerland. 

This notification is made on behalf of:

Allied Dunbar Assurance plc;

Eagle Star Life Assurance Company Ltd and Eagle Star Holdings Limited;

Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle Pensions Ltd and Threadneedle 
Asset Management Holdings Ltd;

Allied Zurich Holdings Ltd, Zurich Financial Services (UKISA) Ltd, Zurich
Group Holding, Zurich Insurance Company and Allied Zurich plc, the intermediate
holding companies of the aforementioned companies, and Zurich Financial
Services, their ultimate holding company.

The shares could be available for lending and this could lead to a short term 
re-registration.


09 Sep 2003

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