2008 News Releases

United Business Media plc Board changes

07 April

United Business Media plc today notes the following Board changes, as indicated in the notice of Annual General Meeting which will be sent to Shareholders on 11 April. UBM will hold its Annual General Meeting on 13 May 2008.

Alan R. Gillespie CBE has been appointed to the Board as a non-executive director with effect from 11 April. Mr Gillespie is Chairman of Ulster Bank Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, and also chairs the International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFIm), an intergovernmental organisation established to fund vaccination programmes for children in many of the world's poorest countries. Mr. Gillespie has previously held posts in both the private and public sectors, including Partner at Goldman Sachs & Co, Chief Executive of the Commonwealth Development Corporation and Chairman of the Northern Ireland Development Board. Mr Gillespie will be proposed for election by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting.

Adair Turner will retire from the Board at the Annual General Meeting, having served as a non-executive director for over eight years. In accordance with UBM’s articles of association, Sandy Leitch and Christopher Hyman will also retire from UBM’s Board at the AGM.

John Botts, Chairman of United Business Media, said:

“On behalf of UBM’s shareholders I would like to thank Adair, Sandy and Chris for their contribution to the development of UBM, particularly in the last several years during which UBM has undergone such a successful transformation, their advice and guidance has been invaluable to the Board’s discussions.”

“I am very pleased to welcome Alan Gillespie as a non-executive director, I am sure his very considerable international business experience will enable him to make a strong contribution to the Board.”

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1. About United Business Media plc
United Business Media 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 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 5,000 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.unitedbusinessmedia.com.

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