Holding in Company

Trinity Mirror PLC
24 August 2001

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 11,684,868 (previously
9,014,033) Trinity Mirror Ordinary Shares, representing 4.02% (previously
3.11%) of the issued share capital.