REG-United BusinessMedia: Blocklisting - Six Monthly Return

BLOCK LISTING SIX MONTHLY RETURN

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To: The FSA

Date: 22 January 2008

Name of applicant: United Business Media plc

Name of scheme: Various company share schemes

Period of return: From: 1 July 2007 To: 31 December 2007

Balance under scheme from previous 4,517,659
return:

The amount by which the block scheme nil
has been increased, if the scheme has
been increased since the date of the
last return:

Number of securities issued/allotted 171,742
under scheme during period:

Balance under scheme not yet issued/ 4,345,917
allotted at end of period

Number and class of securities See attached
originally listed and the date of
admission

Total number of securities in issue at 243,542,509
the end of the period

Name of contact: Nigel Youds, Assistant Company
Secretary

Address of contact: Ludgate House, 245 Blackfriars Road,
London, SE1 9UY

Telephone number of contact: 020 7921 5032

SIGNED BY ______________________________________________

[DEL:Director:DEL]/company secretary/[DEL:suitably experienced:DEL] [DEL:
employee:DEL][DEL:/duly authorised officer:DEL],

for and on behalf of

United Business Media plc

Name of applicant

If you knowingly or recklessly give false or misleading information you may be
liable to prosecution.

TOTAL OPENING ISSUED IN CLOSING BALANCE
PERIOD

SCHEME BLOCK BALANCE 01.07.07 - 31 31.12.07
LISTING .12.07

01.07.07

United UK Executive 402,016 42,360 0 42,360

United International 1,352,057 465,385 0 465,385
Executive

United 2000 Executive 9,377,177 2,142,028 157,991 1,984,037
Share Scheme

United SAYE Schemes 2,123,821 1,297,640 1,908 1,295,732

International Sharesave 1,092,800 570,246 11,843 558,403
Plans

TOTALS: 14,347,871 4,517,659 171,742 4,345,917

Ordinary shares issued under Blocklistings since the last return: 1 July - 31
December 2007

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