RNS Number:4731Z
Franklin Resources Inc
1 August 2002


                                                        FORM SAR 3


                                       Date of disclosure.. 08/01/02

                 DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 3 OF THE RULES GOVERNING
                   SUBSTANTIAL ACQUISITIONS OF SHARES ("SARs")

                 
Date of acquisition....7/31/02

Acquisition in.....UNITED BUSINESS MEDIA PLC ......(name of company)


(1) Class of voting shares    Number of shares/rights   If rights over shares
    (eg ordinary shares)      over shares acquired      acquired, as opposed
                                                        to the shares
                                                        themselves, specify
                                                        nature of rights

    ORDINARY                  1,609,110.......shares    .....................
                              ...N/A..........rights


(2) Resultant total holding   Resultant total holding   Total percentage
    of voting shares (and %   of rights over shares
    of total voting shares    (and % of total voting
    in issue)                 shares in issue)

    50,590,272....(15.0798%)   ..............(    %)    50,590,272....(15.0798%)


(3) Party making disclosure.....FRANKLIN RESOURCES, INC.  

(4)  (a)  Name of person acquiring shares or rights over shares ............
          and, if different, beneficial owner..FRANKLIN RESOURCES, INC. AND 
                                                ITS AFFILIATES

     (b)  Names of any other persons acting by
          agreement or understanding (see SAR 5)............................


Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (3) above...................

(Also print name of signatory).... ROBERT ROSSELOT

Telephone and extension number.... 954-847-2285

Note. Under SAR 5, the holdings of and acquisitions by persons acting by
agreement or understanding must be aggregated and treated as a holding of or
acquisition by one person.  Note 3 on SAR 5 requires persons who must aggregate
holdings to disclose certain disposals.

For full details of the SARs disclosure requirements, see Rules 3 and 5 of the
SARs.  If in doubt, contact the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, Monitoring 
Section, Tel. No: 020 7638 0129.



                                  SCHEDULE 
                          UNITED BUSINESS MEDIA PLC 

                                 Outstanding Shares              335,484,000

Registered Holder                     No. of Shares              % of Class

Bankers Trust Company                   1,174,052                 0.3500%
Bank of New York Europe Ltd.               21,150                 0.0063%
Bank of New York                        1,873,782                 0.5585%
Cede, New York                          2,912,470                 0.8681%
Chase Nominees Ltd                     24,223,306                 7.2204%
Citibank Nominees Ltd.                    168,816                 0.0503%
Clydesdale Bank PLC                     5,690,508                 1.6962%
Deutsche Bank AG                          431,342                 0.1286%
HSBC                                      131,095                 0.0391%
Merrill Lynch                           1,126,520                 0.3358%
Northern Trust Company                  2,116,169                 0.6308%
Royal Trust Corp of Canada              4,757,540                 1.4181%
State Street Nominees Limited           5,963,522                 1.7776%
TOTAL                                  50,590,272                15.0798%


                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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