Holding(s) in Company

RM PLC
10 December 2002

10 December 2002

                                     RM plc


The Company received yesterday the following notification, dated 5 December
2002, 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



            (A)            FMR Corp.
                        82 Devonshire Street
                        Boston, MA 02109

                        Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research
Company (FMRCO), investment manager for US mutual funds.  (See Schedule A for
listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings.)



            (B)            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 FMR Corp. and 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)(h) 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 FMR Corp. and its
direct and indirect subsidiaries, 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
                                                                Nominee/
                                             Management Company Registered Name
                                 Shares Held
(Ordinary Shares)
                                     100,000       FMRCO        HSBC
                                      14,393        FISL        Chase Nominees Ltd
                                   2,148,605        FISL        Chase Manhattan Bank London
                                   1,108,538        FPM         Bankers Trust
                                   1,017,355        FPM         Chase Nominees Ltd
                                      69,820        FPM         MSS Nominees Ltd
                                     785,593        FIL         RBS Trust Bank
                                     193,000        FIL         BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                                     115,100        FIL         Northern Trust
                                      85,700        FIL         Bank of New York - London
                                      86,600        FIL         Brown Brothers Harriman Ltd. LUX
                                   1,225,700        FIL         HSBC
                                     127,000        FIL         Chase Nominees Ltd
                                      42,500        FIL         Bankers Trust
                                     196,000        FIL         Deutsche Bank
                                     123,400        FIL         Citibank

Total Ordinary Shares              7,439,304

Current ownership                      8.29%
percentage

Shares in issue                   89,700,795


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