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Corporate Structure From www.informa.com/Who-We-Are/Corporate-structure/ 5 March 2011 History Edward Lloyd pins the first ever copy of his shipping list to the wall of his coffee shop 1734 in Lombard Street, City of London. Richard Taylor publishes the first edition of The Philosophical Magazine, one of the 1798 first scientific journals produced by an independent company Dr William Francis joined Richard Taylor to found Taylor & Francis and continue the 1852 close links between the academic community and the company Taylor & Francis became a private limited company with leading scientists as 1936 directors and shareholders 1964 Investment & Property Studies founded as a part-time business International Business Communications Ltd (IBC) created to be an umbrella company 1971 for Investment & Property Studies and Legal Studies & Services The Institute for International Research (IIR) is launched by Irvine Laidlaw later to 1973 become Baron Laidlaw of Rothiemay – IIR becomes a specialist business conference organiser 1976 Euroforum established in Holland by IBC 1985 International Business Communications (Holdings) plc established Datamonitor is founded in London and produces its first ever report on the UK frozen 1989 food industry 1991 Launch of The Monaco Yacht Show by IIR Lloyd's List Publishing (LLP) and IBC Group plc merge to form the Informa Group 1998 plc Taylor & Francis successfully launched on the London Stock Exchange and shortly 1998 afterwards acquired the Routledge Group of companies Datamonitor, now a world-leading provider of business information, completes its 2000 floatation on the London Stock Exchange and expands its reach into several major cities around the world Informa acquire PJB Publications Limited, the publisher of Scrip and other leading 2003 healthcare titles 2004 Informa and Taylor & Francis Group plc agree an independent merger Informa announce the acquisition of IIR Holdings to form the world’s largest publicly- 2005 owned event, conference and training business 2007 Informa acquires Datamonitor From www.informa.com/Who-We-Are/Corporate-structure/ 5 March 2011 Board of Directors Derek Mapp Peter Rigby Adam Walker Non-Executive Chairman Chief Executive Finance Director [1] Dr Pamela Kirby John Davis Dr Brendan O'Neill Senior Independent Non-Executive Director Non-Executive Director Non-Executive Director [1] [2] [3] [2] [3] [2] [3] From www.informa.com/Who-We-Are/Corporate-structure/ 5 March 2011 Stephen Carter John Burton Non-Executive Director Company Secretary [3] [1] Member of Nomination Committee [2] Member of Remuneration Committee [3] Member of Audit Committee Informa plc Company number 102786, Registered in Jersey, Registered office address: 22 Grenville Street, PO Box 87, St Helier, Jersey, JE4 8PX, Address: Gubelstrasse 11, CH-6300, Zug, Switzerland. Lloyd's is the registered trade mark of the Society incorporated by the Lloyd's Act 1871 by the name of Lloyd's. From www.informa.com/Who-We-Are/Corporate-structure/ 5 March 2011 What We Do Informa provides academics, businesses and individuals with unparalleled knowledge, up-to-the minute information and highly specialist skills and services. With around 8,000 employees working in some 150 offices in over 40 countries, our global reach and breadth of offer is unique. Our academic information division publishes books and journals with over 55,000 titles available that provide individuals and organisations with the knowledge they need to carry out their work. Our professional and commercial information businesses offer structured databases, subscription-based services, real-time news, research and business-critical information creating business advantage. We are the largest publicly-owned organiser of exhibitions, events and training in the world providing inspiring marketplaces and the opportunity for knowledge to be shared. In all businesses we have the technology to deliver dynamic, multi-platform solutions tailored to our customers needs, we have many leading product brands in the various markets we work in and, due to our focus on operational efficiency and excellent management, we are highly respected by shareholders and the financial markets. By Type By Business By Geography 1. 25% Delegates 1. 24% Academic 1. 13% United Kingdom 2. 16% Copy sales information 2. 27% North America 3. 35% Subscriptions 2. 30% Professional & 3. 25% Cont. Europe 4. 7% Exhibition commercial 4. 24% Rest of World 3. 46% Events & training From www.informa.com/Who-We-Are/Corporate-structure/ 5 March 2011 Academic In Taylor & Francis, we have a leading International academic publisher with over two centuries’ of experience. The main subject areas are, humanities, behavioral & social sciences and science & technology. There are in excess of 55,000 titles available and over 1,600 journal titles for a wide-ranging audience including researchers, students, academics and, to some extent, the cross-over professional market. The Taylor & Francis Group includes the publishing imprints of Routledge, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, Garland Science and Psychology Press, all of which have strong reputations for providing high quality, authoritative and insightful knowledge. In-line with modern publishing practice, technology is utilised in the delivery of material with all journal content and in excess of 25,000 book titles available digitally either online or as eBooks or databases. This facilitates the rapid delivery to the customer in their choice of formats anywhere in the world. In recent years the Group has expanded rapidly serving its customers through a network of global publishing offices including its headquarters near Oxford in the UK plus New York, Philadelphia and Boca Raton in the USA, Singapore, New Delhi and Beijing. From www.informa.com/Who-We-Are/Corporate-structure/ 5 March 2011 Taylor & Francis Group Founded in 1852, Taylor & Francis have grown to become a leading international academic publisher. The main subject areas are, humanities, behavioral & social sciences and science & echnology. There are in excess of 55,000 titles available and over 1,600 journal titles for a wide-ranging audience including researchers, students, academics and, to some extent, the cross-over professional market. The Taylor & Francis Group includes the publishing imprints of Routledge, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, Garland Science and Psychology Press, all of which have strong reputations for providing high quality, authoritative and insightful knowledge. In-line with modern publishing practice, technology is utilised in the delivery of material with all journal content and in excess of 25,000 book titles available digitally either online or as eBooks or databases. This facilitates the rapid delivery to the customer in their choice of formats anywhere in the world. In recent years the Group has expanded rapidly serving its customers through a network of global publishing offices including its headquarters near Oxford in the UK plus New York, Philadelphia and Boca Raton in the USA, Singapore, New Delhi and Beijing. From www.informa.com/Who-We-Are/Corporate-structure/ 5 March 2011 Professional & Commercial Our Professional & Commercial Information businesses serve the industry intelligence needs of corporations and governments worldwide in a large range of vertical sectors, including IT, telecoms & media, life sciences and healthcare, banking and financial services, maritime, automotive and logistics, agricultural commodities, energy consumer packaged goods and retail. Informa Business Information (IBI) has market- leading global news and analysis products including Lloyd’s List for the maritime industry and Scrip Intelligence for the pharmaceutical industry, to databases such as Citeline for the clinical drug trials market. It also serves the legal market through Lloyds Law Reports and with innovative new businesses such as CPDCast which offers specialist podcasts to law professionals to further their career. Within IBI, Informa Healthcare offers hundreds of medical and pharma science journals and books. IBI also includes Datamonitor, a premium business information and market analysis specialist, which assists over 6000 of the world’s leading companies in making better strategic and operational decisions, through its leading brands such as Ovum, Medtrack, Verdict and Orbys Informa Telecoms & Media deliver strategic insight on the global telecoms and broadcasting industries founded on global market data and primary research. Working in partnership with clients, informing their decision-making with practical analyst supported services such as the World Cellular Information Service and Intelligence Centres. Informa Financial Information, based in the USA, provides real-time news, data and analysis electronically across a number of key financial markets 24 hours a day, through a range of services including Informa Global Markets, From www.informa.com/Who-We-Are/Corporate-structure/ 5 March 2011 Informa Research Services, imoneynet and Informa Investment Solutions. Digital delivery remains at the forefront of all our business strategies with online news and data services becoming increasingly important and popular with our customers. In fact, over 83% of our Lloyds List customers now use the online offering. From www.informa.com/Who-We-Are/Corporate-structure/ 5 March 2011 Informa Business Information Informa Business Information (IBI) provides authoritative news, research and data events for the scientific, professional and commercial business communities. IBI’s main areas of