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Michael Page International PLC 4 February 2003 DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS 1) NAME OF COMPANY MICHAEL PAGE INTERNATIONAL PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LTD 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 NON-BENEFICIAL INTEREST 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. 6,252,639 6) (1.72%) of issued Class 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 8) ( N/A % ) of issued Class 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES 10) Date of transaction 30/1/03 11) Date company informed 4/2/03 12) Total holding following this notification 18,220,213 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 5.01% 14) Any additional information N/A 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries JEREMY TATHAM 01753-849338 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification ......4/2/2003...... 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 Pension Management (FPM), 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 MANAGEMENT SHARES HELD COMPANY NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME (Ordinary Shares) 6,616,151 FISL Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Limited 22,688 FPM HSBC 113,467 FPM Chase Nominees Ltd 26,812 FPM Northern Trust 595,052 FIL Chase Nominees Ltd 8,275,086 FIL HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited 363,038 FIL Chase Manhattan Bank London 654,031 FIL Bank of New York London 48,618 FIL Bank of New York Brussels 75,451 FIL Northern Trust 21,195 FIL State Street Bank & Trust 1,353,637 FIL JP Morgan 54,987 FIL Nortrust Nominees Ltd TOTAL ORDINARY SHARES: 18,220,213 CURRENT OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE: 5.01% SHARES IN ISSUE: 363,912,800 CHANGE IN HOLDINGS SINCE LAST FILING: *6,252,639 ORDINARY SHARES This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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