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Informa plc
Type PLC (LSE: INF)
Founded December 1998
Headquarters London, United Kingdom
No. of locations 150 offices
Area served 40 countries worldwide
Industry Publishing, Events, Performance Improvement
Products Specialist information
Services Conferences, courses
Revenue £1,039,100,000 (2006)
Employees 7,500
Divisions Academic & Scientific, Commercial, Professional
Website Informa.com

Informa plc (LSE: INF) is a United Kingdom based publisher and conference company, with offices in more than 40 countries and more than 7,500 employees. It operates more than 10,000 conferences annually, and publishes newsletters, academic journals, commercial databases, and academic and business books. Topics covered include arts and humanities through social sciences to physical science and technology; and finance and the law through to telecommunications, maritime trade, energy, commodities, and agriculture. Besides publishing, the group has several other interests represented by the several brands it owns across many countries. These brands (companies) work in the areas of performance improvement and management consulting. Peter Rigby is the current Chairman and David Gilbertson is its Chief Executive.[1] Informa owns many other brands including Routledge, Lloyd's List, Taylor & Francis, CRC Press, ESI International, and Datamonitor.

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History

Informa's oldest business started in 1734 when Lloyd's List, now one of the world's oldest continuously-running journals, began covering London shipping news. Informa itself was founded in 1998 when IBC Group plc and LLP Group plc merged together. Since then Informa has expanded greatly, including a 2004 merger with the publishing company Taylor & Francis and a 2005 acquisition of IIR Holdings, a human capital development company, for £768,000,000.[2][3] In October 2006 the company was approached by Springer Science and Business Media in a takeover bid,[4] but in early November the Informa board rejected a 630p per share offer as too low.[5] In early 2007 chairman Richard Hooper announced his retirement in mid-May, and after consulting with major shareholders, the company moved chief executive Peter Rigby to chairman and managing director David Gilbertson to Rigby's former post. Informa explained Rigby's move by the need to maintain management stability, although it has generated some controversy because it does not follow the advice of the UK's Combined Code on Corporate Governance.[6][2]

Divisions

Academic & Scientific

Commercial

  • Adam Smith Conferences
  • Agra Informa
  • Informa Maritime & Transport
  • Informa Telecoms & Media
  • Euroforum
  • IBC
  • IIR
  • Informa Australia
  • Monaco Yacht Show

Professional

  • AchieveGlobal
  • Communispond
  • Council on Education
  • ESI International
  • Forum
  • Huthwaite
  • ICBI
  • IFF
  • IIR Finance
  • iMoneyNet
  • Informa Finance
  • Informa Global Markets
  • Informa Insurance
  • Informa Law
  • Informa Investment Solutions
  • Informa Research Services
  • International Insider
  • Omega Performance
  • Robbins-Gioia

References

  1. ^ Board of Directors & Company Secretary. Retrieved on 2007-12-31.
  2. ^ a b "ROUNDUP Informa names new chairman, CEO after FY profits soar", AFX News Limited, Forbes, 2007-03-14. Retrieved on 2007-12-31. 
  3. ^ "T&F Informa buys conferences group IIR Holdings for 768 mln stg", AFX News Limited, Forbes, 2007-06-01. Retrieved on 2007-12-31. 
  4. ^ Kundnani, Hans. "Springer Science & Business Media launches bid for Informa", Guardian Unlimited, 2006-10-19. Retrieved on 2007-12-30. 
  5. ^ "Informa rejects Springer bid", AFX News Limited, Forbes, 2006-11-03. Retrieved on 2007-12-30. 
  6. ^ "Informa unveils new CEO, chairman as 2006 results top forecasts", AFX News Limited, Forbes, 2006-03-14. Retrieved on 2007-12-30. 

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