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Michael Page International PLC 31 August 2001 DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS 1) NAME OF COMPANY MICHAEL PAGE INTERNATIONAL PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST MR EDWARD C JOHNSON 3D 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the Shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 THE NOTIFICATION IS IN RESPECT OF MR EDWARD C JOHNSON 3D AS A PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDER OF FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them. SEE BELOW 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. NOT SUPPLIED 6) ( N/A %) of issued Class NOT SUPPLIED 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed NOT SUPPLIED 8) ( N/A %) of issued Class NOT SUPPLIED 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES 10) Date of transaction NOT SUPPLIED 11) Date company informed 30 AUGUST 2001 12) Total holding following this notification 11 312 153 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 3.02% 14) Any additional information THE FIGURES IN 12 AND 13 REPRESENT THE NOTIFIABLE HOLDING OF FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries D WISE 01753 849335 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification 31 AUGUST 2001 NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 -- UK COMPANIES ACT 1. Company in which shares are held: Michael Page International Plc 2. Notifiable Interest: Ordinary Shares Fidelity International Limited (FIL) P.O. BOX HM 670 Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd. (FISL), investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients. (See Schedule A for listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings). 3. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of: Mr Edward C Johnson 3d 82 Devonshire Street Boston, MA 02109 A principal shareholder of Fidelity International Limited. 4. The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized unit trust schemes in the U.K. notwithstanding the exemption from reporting pursuant to Section 209 (1) (h) of the Companies Act 1985. 5. These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the purposes of clarity. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries or Mr Edward C Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in respect of the disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit these notifications on a joint basis. 6. The disclosable interests arise under section 208(4) (b) of the Act, namely where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of such rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively. SCHEDULE A SECURITY: Michael Page International Plc SHARES HELD MANAGEMENT NOMINEE/REGISTERED COMPANY NAME (Ordinary Shares) 4,515,966 FISL Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Limited 446,187 FIL Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Limited 6,350,000 FIL HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited TOTAL ORDINARY SHARES: 11,312,153 CURRENT OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE: 3.02% SHARES IN ISSUE: 375,000,000

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