Holding in Company

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