UNITED BUSINESS MEDIA plc

DIRECTORS' DEALINGS

United Business Media plc has today been notified of the following changes in
directors' interests in its shares.

SENIOR EXECUTIVE EQUITY PARTICIPATION PLAN

Following the maturity of options granted under the company's Senior Executive
Equity Participation Plan in 1996, the Trustees of the United Business Media
ESOP Trust transferred 36,728 B shares and 24,207 ordinary shares to Clive
Hollick, Group Chief Executive, on 8 October 2003. On the same day, all the B
shares were sold at 245 pence per share and 1,108 ordinary shares were sold at
452.25 pence per share.

Following this announcement, Clive Hollick holds a total of 696,867 ordinary
shares in the company representing 0.21% of the issued equity.

PROVISIONAL ALLOCATION OF SHARES TO NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

On 9 October 2003, the following provisional allocations of ordinary shares
were made to the undermentioned non-executive directors under the share
allocation arrangements for non-executive directors for the period from 1 April
to 30 September 2003.

Non-executive director                                       Number of shares
                                                                             
Geoff Unwin (Chairman)                                                 11,985
                                                                             
John Botts                                                              1,198
                                                                             
Jonathan Newcomb                                                        1,198
                                                                             
Chris Powell                                                            1,198
                                                                             
Adair Turner                                                            1,198
                                                                             
Fields Wicker-Miurin                                                    1,198

The company and the directors were informed of these allocations on 9 October.

Anne Siddell

Company Secretary



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