Holding in Company

Trinity Mirror PLC
7 September 2001


GENERIC ANNOUNCEMENT

The Company has today received notification that FMR Corp. and its direct and
indirect subsidiaries and Fidelity International Limited and its direct and
indirect subsidiaries, have non-beneficial interests in 17,611,068 (previously
16,926,568) Trinity Mirror Ordinary Shares, representing 6.05% (previously
5.82%) of the issued share capital.