Informa Annual Results for the Year Ended 31 December 2009

Informa Group plc, the world’s largest publicly-owned organiser of conferences and courses, today (Wednesday, 17 February 2010) announced it has formed a new partnership with the National Exhibition Company in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

During Arab Health 2010, which took place last week between 25 and 28 January at the Dubai World Trade Centre, IIR Middle East along with GTech Medical Services LLC, coordinated the collection of medical supplies and equipment for the Haiti relief effort.

In the 19 days since the Haiti earthquake struck, Informa staff around the world have engaged minds and hearts and dug deep into their pockets to raise £26,725 for the disaster relief in Haiti. Peter Rigby has announced that Informa will be contributing an additional £20,000 from corporate funds

Further to the announcement made on 24 November 2009 in response to press speculation, the Board of Informa plc (“Informa” or the “Company”) announces that it has ceased discussions regarding a potential acquisition of Springer.

The Board of Informa plc (“Informa” or the “Company”) notes the press speculation regarding a potential acquisition by Informa of Springer Science + Business Media (“Springer”), whose principal shareholders are Cinven and Candove(the “Shareholders”).

Informa plc releases a trading statement covering the 10 month period ended 31 October 2009 in which it confirms that trading remains in line with management expectations for the full year.

21st October 2009 – Informa Business Information has been shortlisted as a finalist for the UK’s most prestigious awards for training, the National Training Awards 2009. IBI’s Academies training programme has been entered into the ‘Now is the Time’ Awards which highlight companies that are meeting the current economic challenges in resourceful and unique ways.

New York, NY, October 18, 2009 -- Informa Healthcare is celebrating the 200th volume of one of its most popular books series, Drugs and the Pharmaceutical Sciences. The milestone publication - International Pharmaceutical Product Registration, Second Edition written by Anthony C. Cartwright and Dr. Brian R. Matthews

Friday, 25 September 2009 - Despite the recession, Informa’s 2009 Monaco Yacht Show has hosted more yachts and exhibitors than ever before and has proved an exceptional success.

Informa plc is celebrating employees’ worldwide charitable support by producing a new Community Report – and, is providing everyone with a day off to do something good for others.

David Mitchell, Senior Vice President of IT Research at Ovum, has been named one of the top 3 Analysts of the Year by The Institute of Industry Analyst Relations (IIAR) in their 2009 global survey.

We end the first half in a strong position. Debt concerns have been alleviated, our overall adjusted operating margins have increased.

Informa Healthcare – one of the world’s leading medical and scientific publishing groups – has announced highlights of its latest journal Impact Factor results, with impressive results across the division’s comprehensive range of titles.

Billions in onsite orders, 10,000 sqm of exhibition space and 8,500 visitors confirms Cityscape’s status as premier real estate showcase in Saudi Arabia With more than SAR14 billion in onsite deals, 100 companies exhibiting, covering over 10,000 square metres of floor space and attracting in excess of 8,500 visitors, Cityscape Saudi Arabia has confirmed its standing as the Kingdom’s largest and most important real estate investment and development event.

Charlotte, N.C., USA, May 2009—Omega Performance’s acclaimed Credit Skills Development (CSD) programme has been accredited by the Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland (CIOBS). Successful completion of the CSD and its 18 modules covering topics from Accrual Accounting to Loan Management enables participants to acquire an Advanced Diploma in Credit, and three credits towards the flagship Chartered Banker professional designation.

With the three day Cityscape Asia property exhibition and conference drawing to a close in Singapore today, delegates attending the conference have passed their verdict on a range of issues affecting the property industry. This year’s Cityscape Asia attracted more than 3,000 participants, 150 conference delegates and 40 exhibitors from across the region and globe.

Lloyd’s List – the flagship newspaper of the global maritime shipping industry and the world’s longest published newspaper – has a new editor-in-chief. Tom Leander, who joins Lloyd’s List from The Economist Group, has more than 20 years of experience in editing newspapers and publications in the economy and finance sectors.

Scrip World Pharmaceutical News journalist, Malini Guha, is the first-ever winner of the Advances in Renal Cancer Journalists’ Award – Europe, presented by The Association of German Medical Journalists at the Fourth European International Kidney Cancer Symposium

Datamonitor recently announced that it has acquired the assets of the Brown–Wilson Group, for an undisclosed sum. As part of the deal Doug Brown and Scott Wilson, directors of the company and authors of The Black Book of Outsourcing, are joining the Datamonitor group.

Institutions affected by the global economic crisis could expect government support “but not those that were reckless,” His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, said yesterday (Wednesday 22 April 2009).

Salesforce.com has announced that Twitter will be added to its Service Cloud solution, and will offer integration with customer data to subscribers from the summer. Salesforce.com is the first to offer integration with social networking websites, however according to independent market analyst firm Datamonitor, other customer relationship management (CRM) vendors are likely to closely follow the company and begin addressing demands for social networking in the near future.

I am delighted to announce that at the 38th Annual Conference of the Academic, Professional & Specialist Booksellers Group in Grantham on 13th March, Taylor & Francis was presented with the Publisher of the Year Award.

Informa’s 4th annual report for corporate responsibility is available online today. Great progress can be seen in 2008, yet the biggest hurdle the CR programme faces internally, says Informa's Group HR and CR director, is cynicism. You can read all about this viewpoint – and find out just how much Informa achieved in 2008 in the bite or full size versions.

Lloyd’s List – the flagship title of the maritime industry – is marking its 275th anniversary by celebrating its place in history and looking to the future with the launch of a cutting edge new online service.

Informa PLC will announce its annual results for 2008 on Wenesday 4th March. Presentations will be made by Peter Rigby, Chief Executive and Adam Walker, Finance Director. The results presentaion will be available to view live from the Informa website.

IPTV World Series Awards 2009 celebrate the outstanding achievements of the IPTV market. he awards continue to recognise the outstanding technologies developed for telecoms video services but have been expanded to reflect the full IPTV ecosystem.

Last year SuperReturn Middle East was the most successful launch in Informa history. Benefitting from the excellent reputation and history of SuperReturn’s European event and an energetic team prepared to clock up the miles, it had 275 paying delegates and sponsorship revenue of £379,000

re very pleased to announce the launch of the new Informa Graduate Recruitment website. This site has been developed to address all graduate recruitment across the group, and includes information on Informa as a company,

We are pleased to report that since the Interim Management Statement on 23 October there has been no change in overall performance across the business and that full year results are anticipated to be in line with expectations.

Boston, MA, October 14, 2008 – Stymied by global economic turmoil that is severely curtailing performance, companies should focus on five critical actions – readily within managers’ control – to motivate their people and meet shareholders’ expectations for growth,

BioTechniques, the largest circulation international journal of life science methods published by Informa Business Information – the world’s leading medical and scientific publishers – has won a silver Eddie for Best Single Article in the Science category at this year’s FOLIO Awards.

Archives dating back to 1896 - and including the award winning Current Medical Research and Opinion and Expert Opinion series are now available free of charge to Informa journal subscribers.

Whether the US is in an era of sustainable real values for commodities as an asset class and what the implications will be for businesses and commodities will spotlight Informa Economics' 23rd Annual Fall Outlook Conference to be held November 20-21 at the Hilton Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee

To grow your business or even, in these tough economic times, to maintain its current performance, focusing on your customers is critical. Recent research conducted by The Forum Corporation found that one of two critical behaviours common to all successful growth strategies was an intentional focus on customers’ expectations and what they value most.

The extraordinary year-on-year growth of the PALME Middle East expo is showing no signs of letting up.
Now in its seventh year, the 2009 edition, which will take place April 26-28 at the Dubai International Exhibition Centre, has already built up a huge momentum and promises to have more exhibitors and visitors than ever.

The Board of Informa plc ("Informa" or the "Company") notes that a consortium comprising Providence Equity Partners Ltd., The Carlyle Group and The Blackstone Group has withdrawn its interest in making an offer for the Company.
The Board recognises that recent events in the credit markets have made it highly challenging to fund any offer. Notwithstanding this, the Board remains confident about the Group's prospects for the full year and the Company confirms that current trading is in line with the Board's expectations.

Informa today announces that following a positive and extensive period of due diligence, it has received a fully-funded formal offer from a consortium comprising Providence Equity LLP, The Carlyle Group and The Blackstone Group at a reduced price of 450p which the Board of Informa has rejected. In the Board's opinion, the reduced price significantly undervalues Informa.

At the 7th Private Banking Summit (2–4 September 2008, Zurich) Sarasin Bank's head, Joachim H. Straehle, will explain to about 200 participants whether sustainable investments are worthwhile and how responding quickly to a changing general situation makes companies successful. More than 30 international key players will present papers about the challenges for the private banking sector at the English-language summit.

Further to today's press comment, Informa plc ("Informa") clarifies that it has received a preliminary approach from a further third party and as a result is providing access to information materials. No formal proposal has been received.

Sky-rocketing gas prices and shrinking training budgets won't keep bankers from attending vital credit training this summer with Omega Performance's on-line training series, U.S. Personal Tax Return Analysis. The on-line learning sessions provide convenient, cost-effective, and timely training to help bankers reduce problem assets and minimize losses by more effectively analysing personal tax returns, cash flow, and debt service capacity—without the hassle and cost of travelling to a live workshop.

Informa, the owners of information super-brands including Lloyd's List, Taylor & Francis and Datamonitor, are delighted to confirm that Donald Trump Jr., Steve Forbes, Adi Godrej and a host of other respected leaders will be speaking at Leaders in India Business Forum 2008, in Mumbai.

High quality of earnings provides resilience in uncertain markets

Consulting, training, and coaching specialist to the financial services industry, Omega Performance, launches ”Ideas You Can Bank On” - a new business blog aimed at financial services executives and managers seeking advice on how to improve credit quality, sales and profitability, and the customer experience.

Taylor & Francis, part of Informa plc, has been awarded the highly respected Chain-of-Custody accreditation from the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). Taylor & Francis is believed to be the first academic publisher in the UK to gain this globally recognised certification.

The Board of Informa plc ("Informa" or the "Company") notes the recent press speculation regarding the approach made by Providence Equity LLP, The Carlyle Group and Hellman & Friedman (the Consortium").

Informa plc, the global information specialist, today releases its pre-close trading update for the period ending 30 June 2008.

The results of a new survey conducted by ESI International report the top three reasons projects fail are a result of knowledge gaps in essential project managements skills, including schedule and change management; risk management; budget and cost management; and lack of business analyst involvement on projects.

More than 2,500 visitors from 120 countries converged on the RAI Exhibition and Congress Centre in Amsterdam from June 17-18 for the inaugural WiMAX Forum® Global Congress, establishing it as the most important global WiMAX® event in 2008.

The Board of Informa plc ("Informa" or the "Company") notes the recent announcement by United Business Media plc ("UBM") that discussions between UBM and Informa have ceased.

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THE THIRD annual Insurance Day cricket tournament took place last Friday, with 12 teams from across the London market battling it out for the coveted trophy.

Torrential rainfall over the Brit Insurance Oval on the previous day had raised some concern that the tournament may be under threat. Fortunately, however, the rain stayed away on Friday morning and the teams walked out on to the hallowed turf shortly after lunch.

David Mitchell, Senior Vice President of IT Research at Ovum, has been named EMEA Analyst of the Year by The Institute of Industry Analyst Relation's (IIAR).

The annual survey, undertaken by the IIAR and based on responses from 116 analyst relations professionals, also ranks Mitchell the runner up Analyst of the Year (both in the US and globally) and one of the top software analysts of the year globally. Mitchell was "praised for his in-depth coverage of the software market and his independent opinion."

IIR Telecoms is celebrating a major success following the bold step of taking its biggest event, the TETRA World Congress, into new territory.

After nine years in Europe, the decision was made to move the event to Hong Kong to mark its 10th year - to take advantage of regional market growth and to satisfy the strategic objectives of the TETRA Association and its members.

Informa Healthcare - one of the world’s leading medical and scientific publishers - has opened nominations for the 2008 Scrip Awards. This year’s event will be held on December 10th at London's Hilton Park Lane, where some 800 attendees will be witness to the industry’s most prestigious and hotly contested awards ceremony.

An extract of the statement by the Informa plc Chairman, Derek Mapp at the 2008 Annual General Meeting.

In an unprecedented decision in the history of Cityscape exhibitions, the Government of Abu Dhabi has requested that the premier real estate development and investment event be extended by one day. Cityscape Abu Dhabi will remain open for an extra day, now concluding on the evening of Friday May 16th.

Informa, leading international provider of specialist information, is to be recognised as one of Britain’s Top Employers 2008, according to the research conducted by CRF in conjunction with Guardian Books. Organisations all over Britain have been judged by a panel of experts for their performance in career development, pay and benefits, employee relations, knowledge management, diversity, leadership and CSR.

BioTechniques, the International Journal of Life Science Methods, celebrates its silver anniversary on Sunday, April 6th during the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) annual meeting.

BioTechniques celebrates 25 years, 44 volumes, and 276 issues that have expanded the frontiers of biological research. This special issue features reviews by Editorial Board members and founders, covering the current conditions and future prospects of selected tools and technologies.

Lloyd’s MIU, the world’s foremost maritime publisher, has just published the latest edition of the Lloyd’s Maritime Directory.

With over 40,000 amendments and new entries, the 2008 edition of the Lloyd’s Maritime Directory is the most authoritative marine shipping publication available, providing comprehensive contact information for the maritime industry.

ESI International (ESI), the recognized leader in innovative project management, contract management, business analysis, and business skills training, today announced the launch of its India operations. The opening of the office in Bangalore is in tandem with the appointment of Pankaj Kejriwal as its Country Manager for India, who brings more than ten years of experience in the IT corporate training industry to ESI.

International event organiser IIR Exhibitions Ltd has acquired the rights to the INMEX India exhibition which takes place every two years in Mumbai, India. The INMEX India exhibition and forum serves the maritime industry with a particular focus on shipbuilding, marine equipment, dredging, ports & port technology, ocean engineering and marine offshore technology.

Boston, MA, March 27, 2008 – Organizations and the managers who run them are at increasing risk of being unable to execute their strategies due in part to economy-related jobs cuts and the uncertainty they create in the workplace, according to The Forum Corp., a consulting company that helps companies with strategy execution.

Produced by Containerisation International, the premier provider of container industry intelligence and analysis, the latest edition of the World Container Census gives an unparalleled breakdown of the world’s container fleet.

This is Informa’s third public Corporate Responsibility document and we’ve written it for the two groups that have taken most interest in our corporate responsibility activities to date. They also happen to be the ones most important to us; our employees and our customers.

Taylor & Francis Group was voted overall 2nd place in the Publisher of the Year Awards held recently at the 37th Annual Conference of APSBG, the Academic, Professional & Specialist Booksellers Group of the Publishers Association held in Grantham.

Informa have announced the first Indian edition of the world’s largest series of Leadership events. Leaders business fora command audiences of 1000s of top corporate executives every year, with speakers most recently including Kofi Annan, C. K. Prahlad, Phillip Kotler, Stephen Covey, Richard Branson and Steve Forbes.

MSI 2008 - the only Indo-international mega-show dedicated to maritime security, and focused on the buoyant Indian and international maritime and naval sectors, will take place in November 2008.

As part of Informa's commitment to corporate responsibility we are about to sponsor a small UK book publisher, called Dedalus, who specialise in contemporary English language fiction, translated European fiction, and European classics.

Banks.com, Inc. a leading financial services focused web property, announced today that it has entered into a two-year agreement with Informa Research Services, Inc. whereby Informa Research Services will provide financial rate data on Banks.com.

Dr Richard Hill has been awarded the Robert L. Noble Prize by the National Cancer Institute of Canada, in recognition of his work in cancer research. The Robert L. Noble Prize is sponsored by the Canadian Cancer Society and is given for outstanding achievements in cancer research. It honours Dr Noble, an esteemed Canadian investigator whose research in the 1950s led to the discovery of vincristine, a widely-used anti-cancer drug.

Dr Jerome Z. Litt, author of over 40 skin disease-based articles in scientific journals, has been chosen to receive a Presidential Citation from the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) for his editorship of Litt’s Drug Eruption Reference Manual. He will now be an Honorary Member of the AAD.