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Informa PLC

4 May 2020

Result of General Meeting & Total Voting Rights

London: Informa PLC ("Informa" or "the Company"), the International Exhibitions, Events, Information Services and Advanced Learning Group, held a General Meeting at 240 Blackfriars Road, London SE1 8BF earlier today, when shareholders approved a resolution to allow the Directors to issue a further 125,159,000 Ordinary Shares (the "Conditional Shares"), as set out in the Results of Placing announcement on 16 April 2020.

The issue of the Conditional Shares follows on from the issue of an identical number of shares that became effective on 20 April 2020, also as set out in the Results of Placing announcement.

The resolution put to the General Meeting was voted on by way of a poll and the results of that poll are set out below:

¹   Where shareholders appointed the Chairman as proxy with discretion as to voting, their votes were cast in favour of the resolution.

² For the purposes of section 341 of the Companies Act 2006, the votes validly cast are expressed in the table above as a percentage of Informa's total issued ordinary share capital as at 10pm on 30 April 2020, being the time at which a shareholder had to be registered in the register of members in order to attend and vote at the General Meeting.  The number of total voting rights in issue at the date of this announcement is 1,376,957,534.

³  A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards the votes cast 'For' or 'Against' a resolution. 

As a result of today's General Meeting, applications have been made (i) to the FCA for admission of the Conditional Shares to the premium listing segment of the Official List; and (ii) to London Stock Exchange plc for admission of the Conditional Shares to trading on its main market for listed securities (together, "Admission").   It is expected that Admission will become effective on or before 8.00am on 5 May 2020.

The Conditional Shares, when issued, will be fully paid and will rank pari passu in all respects with each other and with the existing Ordinary Shares of 0.1 pence in the capital of Informa, including, without limitation, the right to receive all dividends and other distributions declared, made or paid after the date of issue.

Following Admission, the total number of shares in issue in Informa will be 1,502,116,534. The Company does not hold any shares in Treasury and, therefore, following Admission, the number of voting shares in issue in Informa will be 1,502,116,534. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

This announcement should be read in its entirety. In particular, the information provided in the "Important Notices" section of this announcement should be read and understood.

Important Notices

This announcement is for information purposes only and shall not constitute an offer to sell or issue or the solicitation of an offer to buy, subscribe for or otherwise acquire securities in any jurisdiction in which any such offer or solicitation would be unlawful. Any failure to comply with this restriction may constitute a violation of the securities laws of such jurisdictions.  Persons needing advice should consult an independent financial adviser.

This communication is not an offer of securities for sale in the United States. The securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") or under the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States, and may not be offered or sold directly or indirectly in or into the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in compliance with the securities laws of any state or any other jurisdiction of the United States. 

Certain statements contained in this announcement are, or may be deemed to be, "forward-looking statements". Without limitation, any statements preceded or followed by or that include the words ''targets'', ''plans'', ''believes'', ''expects'', ''aims'', ''intends'', ''anticipates'', ''estimates'', ''projects'', ''will'', ''may'', "would", "could" or "should", or words or terms of similar substance or the negative thereof, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are prospective in nature and are not based on historical facts, but rather on current expectations and projections of the management of the Company about future events, and are therefore subject to risks and uncertainties that could significantly affect expected results and are based on certain key assumptions. Many factors could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those projected or implied in any forward-looking statements.  Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof.

Informa PLC

Informa is a leading international Exhibitions, Events, Information Services and Scholarly Publishing Group. It helps commercial, professional and academic communities work smarter and make better decisions faster, through specialist content and intelligence, and opportunities to connect and learn. For more information, please visit www.informa.com.