(UBM) UBM

7 February 2012

UBM plc acquires 4G World exhibition and conference

Adds the largest independent telecoms and wireless event in the US market

UBM plc today announces that it has acquired the annual 4G World telecoms and
wireless trade show from Yankee Group Research, Inc. on behalf of UBM TechWeb.

4G World (www.4gworld.com) is the largest independent telecoms and wireless
event serving the US market. It is held annually in the autumn, with last
year's show attracting 8,500 registered attendees and 250 sponsors. The
comprehensive conference program delivers updates on the latest innovations in
wireless business and technology, featuring 200 leading industry speakers.

4G World serves the fast growing mobile broadband market, which is expected to
serve 2.5 billion 4G subscribers by 2016 (source: Pyramid Research). UBM
TechWeb will leverage its Light Reading and InformationWeek communities - which
include key service provider and enterprise technology decision-makers - to
further develop 4G World as an integrated event platform for 4G marketers
around the globe.

Last year's event ran 24-27 October 2011 and generated revenues of
approximately $3.2 million. Gross assets as at 31 October 2011 were $0.2
million. The acquisition is expected to exceed UBM's cost of capital criterion
in its first full year of ownership.

The 4G World operational team, led by John Sellazzo, are based in
Massachusetts. Eight employees are transferring with the business.

Tony Uphoff, CEO of UBM TechWeb said:

"This acquisition expands our offering in the rapidly-accelerating mobile
broadband market. 4G World brings a valuable brand to our portfolio, and will
immediately be able to tap into our thriving Light Reading and InformationWeek
online communities serving global communications providers, enterprise
technology executives, developers and the 4G marketers tasked with reaching
them. I would like to welcome John Sellazzo and his team into UBM TechWeb and I
look forward to working with them to drive the business forward in close
co-operation with Joseph Braue, Group Director of UBM Techweb's Light Reading
Communications Network."

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Contacts

Media

Peter Bancroft Director of Communications

E-mail communications@ubm.com

Direct telephone +44 20 7921 5961


Chris Barrie Citigate Dewe Rogerson

E-mail chris.barrie@citigatedr.co.uk

Direct telephone +44 20 7282 2943

Mobile +44 796 872 72 89


Analysts/Investors

James O'Shaughnessy Investor Relations Manager

Email investorrelations@ubm.com

Direct telephone +44 20 7921 5095



Notes to Editors

1. About UBM plc

UBM plc is a leading global business media company. We inform markets and bring
the world's buyers and sellers together at events, online, in print and provide
them with the information they need to do business successfully. We focus on
serving professional commercial communities, from doctors to game developers,
from journalists to jewellery traders, from farmers to pharmacists around the
world. Our 6,000 staff in more than 30 countries are organised into specialist
teams that serve these communities, helping them to do business and their
markets to work effectively and efficiently.

For more information, go to www.ubm.com

2. About UBM TechWeb

UBM TechWeb enables people and organizations to harness the transformative
power of technology. Through its two core businesses - marketing services, and
business information - UBM TechWeb powers both technology decision-making and
technology marketing.

For more information, go to www.ubmtechweb.com



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6 February 2012

UBM plc disposes of UK titles for £10.0m (1)

UBM plc today announces that it has sold its UK agriculture and medical general
practitioner portfolios - including the Farmers Guardian and Pulse titles - to
the founders of Briefing Media Ltd for a total cash consideration of £10.0m
(1). The new business will be known as Briefing Media Group and is led by the
experienced management team of Neil Thackray and Rory Brown. It is funded by
GCP Capital Partners, a mid-market private equity fund.

The agriculture portfolio - comprising the Farmers Guardian and Dairy Farmer
titles and their associated online offerings - is based primarily in Preston
and employs 57 staff. The London-based general practitioner portfolio employs
33 staff and includes the Pulse and Practical Commissioning magazines and their
digital and event products NAPC, the Mental Health Forum, Pulse Seminars, as
well as Pulse Learning. Subject to completion of two separate consultation
processes under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
Regulations, the transaction is expected to close in the next four to six
weeks. In total, these assets generated revenues of £12.1m in 2011.

UBM has retained ownership of the Cropworld conference and the Chemist &
Druggist magazine and data product portfolio.

In a separate transaction, UBM plc has also sold its Daltons business to
Innovare Media Limited. Daltons provides a web-based marketplace for the sale
and purchase of UK small and medium enterprises.

David Levin, CEO, UBM plc said:

"I am very pleased we have passed these successful UK magazine titles to a new
management team who will provide the focused leadership and investment to
ensure their continued success. I would like to thank our teams in Preston and
in London for their contribution to UBM over the years and wish them and their
new management teams well for the future."

"These transactions, together with the previous sales of France Presse,
Consultant and other assets bring the total gross consideration from disposals
announced since 1 January 2011 to more than £25m. These transactions also mark
a further significant step in the transformation of UBM into a set of Events
and other B2B marketing, communications, and data services businesses serving
attractive global communities across a variety of media."

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(1) subject to working capital adjustment at completion


Contacts

Media

Peter Bancroft Director of Communications

E-mail communications@ubm.com

Direct telephone +44 20 7921 5961


Chris Barrie Citigate Dewe Rogerson

E-mail chris.barrie@citigatedr.co.uk

Direct telephone +44 20 7282 2943

Mobile +44 796 872 72 89


Analysts/Investors

James O'Shaughnessy Investor Relations Manager

Email investorrelations@ubm.com

Direct telephone +44 20 7921 5095



Notes to Editors

1. About UBM plc

UBM plc is a leading global business media company. We inform markets and bring
the world's buyers and sellers together at events, online, in print and provide
them with the information they need to do business successfully. We focus on
serving professional commercial communities, from doctors to game developers,
from journalists to jewellery traders around the world. Our 6,000 staff in more
than 30 countries are organised into specialist teams that serve these
communities, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively
and efficiently.

For more information, go to www.ubm.com

2. About Briefing Media

Briefing Media is a U.K. based business media company. The company was
established in 2010 by Neil Thackray and Rory Brown with the aim of
establishing a range of media assets across a number of key vertical markets.
The company's launch product is TheMediaBriefing, a specialist website
examining the evolution of global media markets. The site combines intelligent
semantic curation of news alongside expert opinion and analysis. Briefing Media
has organised a series of conferences, published exclusive research and will be
hosting The British Media Awards in April 2012. Additional sites are in the
pipeline.

For more information, go to www.TheMediaBriefing.com

3. About GCP Capital Partners

GCP Capital Partners LLP ("GCP") was founded in 2007 and currently manages a
dedicated private equity fund of £191 million. GCP focuses on equity
investments in a wide range of sectors and generally makes controlling or
influential minority investments of up to £30 million. GCP Capital Partners was
formed as the successor to Greenhill Capital Partners, the merchant banking
business of Greenhill & Co., Inc. (NYSE: GHL), which was founded in 2000.

Full details can be found at: http://www.gcpcapital.com/eu-home



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UBM plc

In conformity with the Disclosure and Transparency Rule 5.6.1, UBM plc today
announces the following:

As at 31 January 2012, the company's issued share capital consists of
244,784,797 ordinary shares (with a nominal value of 10 pence each) with voting
rights. No ordinary shares are held in treasury.

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in UBM plc is 244,784,797.

The above 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, UBM plc under the FSA's
Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Anne Siddell

Company Secretary

1 February 2012



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TR-1 (i) NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached (ii):

UBM plc

2. Reason for the notification State
Yes/No

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights Yes

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may
result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are
attached

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation Massachusetts
(iii): Financial
Services
Company

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv): MFS invests
in securities
of the issuer
on behalf of
its various
mutual funds
and
institutional
account
clients

5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is 17/01/2012
crossed
or reached if different) (v):

6. Date on which issuer notified: 19/01/2012

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of Situation Resulting situation
shares previous to the after the triggering
if possible Triggering transaction (vii)
using the ISIN transaction (vi)
CODE

Number Number Number Number of voting % of voting
of of of rights (ix) rights
Shares Voting shares
Rights
(viii)

Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
(x) (xi)

JE00B2R84W06 13,227,310 13,227,310 12,177,654 4.975%

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

Type of Expiration Exercise/ Number of % of voting
financial date (xiii) Conversion voting rights
instrument Period/ Date rights that may
(xiv) be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/
converted


Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights % of voting rights

12,177,654 4.975%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are
effectively held, if applicable (xv):

United Business Media Limited - B2R84W0

Holdings as of 17 June 2011

Entity Holding Percentage Held

MFS Investment Management (MFS) 1,863,668 0.7614%

MFS Heritage Trust Company (MFSHE) 34,868 0.0142%

MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc. (MFSI) 454,533 0.1857%

MFS International Ltd. (MIL) 1,697,420 0.6935%

MFS International (U.K.) Limited (MIL U.K.) 8,127,165 3.3202%

Notifiable Interest 12,177,654 4.975%

Shares Outstanding 244,779,035

Proxy Voting:


10. Name of the proxy holder: N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease N/A
to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold N/A
voting rights:

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

15. Contact telephone number:

Annex Notification Of Major Interests In Shares (xvi)


A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the
notification obligation

Full name (including legal form for Massachusetts
legal entities) Financial
Services Co.

Contact address (registered office for 500 Boylston
legal entities) Street

Boston, MA 02116

USA

Phone number 617-954-5814

Other useful information (at least legal Robert Flaherty
representative for legal persons)

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable (xvii)

Full name

Contact address

Phone number

Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship
with the person or legal entity subject to the notification
obligation)

C: Additional information



Notes

i. This form is to be sent to the issuer or underlying issuer and to be filed
with the competent authority.

ii. Either the full name of the legal entity or another method for identifying
the issuer or underlying issuer, provided it is reliable and accurate.

iii. This should be the full name of (a) the shareholder; (b) the person
acquiring, disposing of or exercising voting rights in the cases provided for
in DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h); (c) all the parties to the agreement referred to in
DTR5.2.1 (a), or (d) the direct or indirect holder of financial instruments
entitled to acquire shares already issued to which voting rights are attached,
as appropriate.

In relation to the transactions referred to in points DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h), the
following list is provided as indication of the persons who should be
mentioned:

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (b), the person that acquires the
voting rights and is entitled to exercise them under the agreement and the
natural person or legal entity who is transferring temporarily for
consideration the voting rights;

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR 5.2.1 (c), the person holding the
collateral, provided the person or entity controls the voting rights and
declares its intention of exercising them, and person lodging the collateral
under these conditions;

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1(d), the person who has a life
interest in shares if that person is entitled to exercise the voting rights
attached to the shares and the person who is disposing of the voting rights
when the life interest is created;

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (e), the parent undertaking and,
provided it has a notification duty at an individual level under DTR 5.1, under
DTR5.2.1 (a) to (d) or under a combination of any of those situations, the
controlled undertaking;

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (f), the deposit taker of the
shares, if he can exercise the voting rights attached to the shares deposited
with him at his discretion, and the depositor of the shares allowing the
deposit taker to exercise the voting rights at his discretion;

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (g), the person that controls the
voting rights;

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (h), the proxy holder, if he can
exercise the voting rights at his discretion, and the shareholder who has given
his proxy to the proxy holder allowing the latter to exercise the voting rights
at his discretion.

iv. Applicable in the cases provided for in DTR 5.2.1 (b) to (h). This should
be the full name of the shareholder or holder of financial instruments who is
the counterparty to the natural person or legal entity referred to in DTR5.2.

v. The date of the transaction should normally be, in the case of an on
exchange transaction, the date on which the matching of orders occurs; in the
case of an off exchange transaction, date of the entering into an agreement.

The date on which threshold is crossed should normally be the date on which the
acquisition, disposal or possibility to exercise voting rights takes effect
(see DTR 5.1.1R (3)). For passive crossings, the date when the corporate event
took effect. [DEL::DEL]

These dates will usually be the same unless the transaction is subject to a
condition beyond the control of the parties.

vi. Please refer to the situation disclosed in the previous notification, In
case the situation previous to the triggering transaction was below 3%, please
state `below 3%'.

vii. If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold , the notifying
party should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that
the new holding is less than 3%.

For the case provided for in DTR5.2.1(a), there should be no disclosure of
individual holdings per party to the agreement unless a party individually
crosses or reaches an Article 9 threshold. This applies upon entering into,
introducing changes to or terminating an agreement.

viii. Direct and indirect

ix In case of combined holdings of shares with voting rights attached `direct
holding' and voting rights `indirect holdings', please split the voting rights
number and percentage into the direct and indirect columns-if there is no
combined holdings, please leave the relevant box blank.

x Voting rights attached to shares in respect of which the notifying party is a
direct shareholder (DTR 5.1)

xi. Voting rights held by the notifying party as an indirect shareholder (DTR
5.2.1)

xii If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the notifying party
should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the new
holding is below 3%.

xiii date of maturity / expiration of the finical instrument i.e. the date when
the right to acquire shares ends.

xiv If the financial instrument has such a period-please specify the period-
for example once every three months starting from the [date]

xv. The notification should include the name(s) of the controlled undertakings
through which the voting rights are held. The notification should also include
the amount of voting rights and the percentage held by each controlled
undertaking, insofar as individually the controlled undertaking holds 3% or
more, and insofar as the notification by the parent undertaking is intended to
cover the notification obligations of the controlled undertaking.

xvi. This annex is only to be filed with the competent authority.

xvii. Whenever another person makes the notification on behalf of the
shareholder or the natural person/legal entity referred to in DTR5.2 and
DTR5.3.



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