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Michael Page International PLC 4 February 2004 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF COMPANY MICHAEL PAGE INTERNATIONAL PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST COLLEGE RETIREMENT EQUITIES FUND AND AFFILIATED ENTITIES 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 FUNDS UNDER MANAGEMENT 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. 137,325 (30/01/04) 6) Percentage of issued Class 0.04% 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 153,600 (30/01/04) 8) Percentage of issued Class 0.04% 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES 10) Date of transaction 30/1/04 11) Date company informed 3/2/04 12) Total holding following this notification 14,536,294 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 4.00% 14) Any additional information THIS NOTIFICATION CONSISTS OF TWO SEPARATE TRANSACTIONS 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries JEREMY TAHHAM (01932) 264143 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification .....3/2/2004................... Re: U.K. Companies Act Of 1985 Disclosure Notice Pursuant to Part VI of the U.K. Companies Act of 1985, the College Retirement Equities Fund (CREF) hereby informs you that on January 30,2004, CREF purchased 137,325 shares and sold 153,600 shares of Michael Page International, bringing its total holdings in your company to 12,341,612 shares. CREF owns these shares through two of our investment accounts the CREF Global Equities Account and the CREF Stock Account. It is our understanding the total shares outstanding of Michael Page International are 363,662,799, bring our ownership in your company to a 3.4% level. For your information, CREF is a U.S. based S.E.C. Registered Investment Company, which is used as a funding vehicle for retirement monies for higher education. CREF currently has multiple investment accounts, each with separate investment objectives and policies. All assets in the accounts are beneficially owned by CREF, and all the accounts are managed by TIAA-CREF Investment Management, Inc., an S.E.C. Registered Investment Advisor. Additionally, TIAA-CREF Mutual Funds' International Equity Fund, Institutional International Equity Fund, and Life International Equity Fund, which are managed by an investment advisor which is affiliated with the investment advisor who manages the CREF accounts, owns 2,194,682 shares of your company. These holdings, aggregated with those of CREF, total 14,536,294, or 3.997% of the outstanding shares of your company. This notice should satisfy our disclosure requirements under the U.K. Act. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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