Holding in Company

RM PLC
7 August 2000

RM plc has been informed, today, that following the recent merger of CGU plc and
Norwich Union plc, CGNU plc and certain of its subsidiaries has the following
notifiable interest:

Registered Name                                  No. of Shares held

Morley Fund Management Limited                     1,974,875
Norwich Union Investment Management Limited        1,452,000

Total CGNU plc HOLDING                             3,426,875

Total Percentage Interest                          3.66%



                             RM plc

The Company received the following notification from FMR Corp on 4th August
2000:

NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 - UK COMPANIES ACT

1.     Company in which shares are held:  RM plc

2.     Notifiable Interest:  Ordinary Shares

       Fidelity International Limited (FIL)
       P O Box HM670
       Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda

       Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries,
       including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd. (FISL), and Fidelity 
       Pension Management Ltd (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

       Principal shareholder of Fidelity International Limited

4.     The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized 
       unit trust schemes in the UK, notwithstanding the exemption from 
       reporting pursuant to Section 209(1)(e) 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 
       purpose 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:  RM plc

Ordinary Shares   Shares Held  Management   Nominee/Registered Name
                               Company

                     942,788   FISL     Clydesdale Bank (Head Office)
                                        Nominees Ltd
                      21,000   FPM      Gracechurch Nominees
                     171,000   FPM      RBS Trust Bank
                     867,800   FPM      Bankers Trust
                      95,670   FPM      Citibank
                     443,610   FPM      Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                      83,150   FPM      BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                   1,179,765   FPM      Chase Nominees Ltd
                     102,220   FPM      MSS Nominees Ltd
                     128,600   FPM      State Street Nominees Ltd
                     151,100   FPM      HSBC Client Holding
                                        Nominees (UK) Limited
                     651,800   FIL      Chase Nominees Ltd   
                      23,930   FIL      Citibank
                     127,300   FIL      Mellon Bank
                     312,667   FIL      Bankers Trust
                   2,140,924   FIL      RBS Trust Bank
                      29,050   FIL      KAS Associate
                      36,100   FIL      RBS Edinburg
                      41,200   FIL      MSS Nominees Ltd
                     637,260   FIL      Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                     134,200   FIL      BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                     137,000   FIL      Morgan Stanley
                     378,900   FIL      Northern Trust
                     228,650   FIL      State Street Nominees Ltd
                     107,670   FIL      Bank of New York Europe
                     270,257   FIL      
Total Ordinary 
  Shares           9,443,611

Current ownership
  percentage            10.10%