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Informa (INF): news on Friday 9 October 2026

+7.5 strongly positive

Coverage centred on Informa's agreed £2.24bn acquisition of Clarion Events, with a £940 million equity issue to fund it, and plans to separate Taylor & Francis. Analysts including Citi and Berenberg were supportive, and the shares rose.

What drove it

Clarion Events acquisition
analyst upgrades and targets
Taylor & Francis separation

The 16 stories

Each headline's own score, strongest first. Links go to the publisher.

+9.2 Informa’s Clarion Deal Could Turn It Into A Pure B2B Events Play Finimize
Deal could make Informa a pure B2B events business
+9.2 Informa's Buy Rating Kept as Berenberg Notes Re-rating Potential from B2B Events Focus www.marketscreener.com
Berenberg sees re-rating potential from B2B focus
+9.2 Informa price target raised to 1,195 GBp from 1,090 GBp at Citi TipRanks
Citi raises price target
+8.3 Informa agrees £2.24bn deal to acquire Clarion Events micebook.
Major acquisition of Clarion Events
+8.3 Informa buys Clarion Events for £2,2 billion in a multi-billion pound deal in the sector BNLData
Large Clarion Events acquisition
+7.5 Berenberg keeps Buy on Informa stock at GBp 1,040 AD HOC NEWS
Berenberg maintains Buy rating
+7.5 Informa (LON:INF) Stock Rating Reaffirmed as Buy by Berenberg Bank MarketBeat
Berenberg reaffirms Buy rating
+6.7 Informa Swallows Up NY’s Independent and UK’s Clarion Events Artlyst
Acquisitions of Clarion Events and The Independent fair
+5.0 Informa announces plans to separate Taylor & Francis Research Information
Plans to separate Taylor & Francis, strategic refocus
+5.0 Informa climbs Thursday, outperforms market MarketWatch
Shares rise and outperform market
+5.0 Are Trade Shows Fuelling A Bigger Informa (LSE:INF) Dividend? Kalkine Media
Positive take on trade shows and dividend
+3.3 The Battery Show North America Unveils Keynote Slate GlobeNewswire
Informa-run event announces keynote speakers
+3.3 The Battery Show North America Unveils Keynote Slate Focusing on Supply Chain Resilience, Manufacturing Scale-Up, and Energy Storage Yahoo Finance
Informa-run event announces keynote speakers
+2.5 BENGALURU LEADERS SPOTLIGHT INDIA’S ₹50,000 CRORE BESS PUSH AHEAD OF THE BATTERY SHOW INDIA 2026 – This Week India This Week India
Preview of Informa's Battery Show India event
+1.7 Stock Talk: Hollywood Bowl, Likewise, XPS, Informa, Avon Tech Citywire
Informa among stocks discussed in market commentary
+0.8 Informa stock gets GBP 940 million equity issue for Clarion deal AD HOC NEWS
Equity issue funds Clarion deal; dilution but supports deal

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