Holding in Company

RM PLC
23 October 2001

23 October 2001



                                    RM plc


The Company received today the following notification, dated 18 October 2001,
from FMR Corp:


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 HM 670
                        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
                                            
                                      
                             Shares   Management        Nominee/
                               Held   Company           Registered Name
(Ordinary Shares)
                          1,841,204   FISL              Chase Nominees Ltd
                            208,850   FPM               RBS Trust Bank
                          1,117,200   FPM               Bankers Trust
                             33,070   FPM               Citibank
                             34,310   FPM               Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                             45,450   FPM               BT Globenet Nominees
                                                        Ltd
                          1,166,766   FPM               Chase Nominees Ltd
                            125,280   FPM               MSS Nominees Ltd
                            181,964   FPM               Bank of New York Europe
                             49,130   FIL               Citibank
                             99,930   FIL               Bankers Trust
                          1,402,614   FIL               RBS Trust Bank
                            119,800   FIL               Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                            158,000   FIL               BT Globenet Nominees
                                                        Ltd
                            184,225   FIL               Morgan Stanley
                            414,280   FIL               Northern Trust
                            395,170   FIL               Bank of New York Europe
                            914,285   FIL               Chase Nominees Ltd
                             48,100   FIL               Bank of New York -
                                                        London
                             10,174   FIL               JP Morgan

Total Ordinary Shares     8,549,802

Current ownership             9.06%
percentage