Issue of Equity

RNS Number:5149P
Informa Group PLC
08 September 2003



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



Not for release, publication or distribution, in whole or in part, in or into
the US, Canada, Australia or Japan





8 September 2003





Informa Group plc ("Informa")



Further to this morning's announcement regarding, inter alia, the placing of New
Shares (the "Announcement"), the placing price and size of the issue have now
been determined following the completion of the bookbuilding process.  Defined
terms in this announcement have, unless the context otherwise requires, the same
meanings given to them in the Announcement.



Informa confirms that 5,903,704 New Shares have been placed pursuant to the Cash
Placing and 3,796,296 New Shares have been placed pursuant to the Vendor
Placing.  All the New Shares placed have been placed at 270 pence per New Share,
raising approximately #26.2 million to fund the Acquisition, related fees and
the integration plan.  The New Shares being issued represent circa 7.56% per
cent of Informa's issued share capital prior to the Placing.



Application has been made to the UK Listing Authority and to the London Stock
Exchange for the New Shares to be admitted to listing on the Official List and
to trading on the London Stock Exchange's market for listed securities
respectively (together "Admission"). It is expected that Admission will become
effective and dealings will commence in the New Shares at 8.00 am on 11
September 2003.



The Placing is conditional, inter alia, upon Admission becoming effective by
8.00 am on 11 September 2003 (or such later time and/or date as UBS may agree)
and on no force majeure event or material adverse change having occurred before
Admission.  The Placing is also conditional on the completion of the
Acquisition, which is expected to take place immediately prior to Admission.



Informa is being advised by UBS Investment Bank in connection with the Placing.



Contacts
Peter Rigby                      Chairman
David Gilbertson               Chief Executive
Jim Wilkinson                   Finance Director
Informa Group                 020 7017 4302



Catherine Lees/Zoe Sanders, Bell Pottinger Financial 020 7861 3877



This announcement does not constitute an offer of securities for sale in the
United States. The Placing Shares have not been and will not be registered under
the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and
may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an
exemption from registration under the Securities Act.  Any public offering of
securities in the United States will be made by means of a prospectus that will
contain detailed information about the Company and the management, as well as
financial statements.  Such prospectus may be obtained from the Company.



UBS is acting for Informa in connection with the Placing and no one else and
will not be responsible to anyone other than Informa for providing the
protections offered to clients of UBS nor for providing advice in relation to
the Placing.


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