Holding(s) in Company

RM PLC
02 January 2003


2 January 2003


                                     RM plc


The Company today received the following notification, dated 23 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    Registered Name
                                 Shares Held   Company 
                                 
(Ordinary Shares)
                                     100,000       FMRCO        HSBC

                                         600       FMRCO        Mellon Bank

                                      14,393        FISL        Chase Nominees Ltd

                                   2,292,605        FISL        Chase Manhattan Bank London

                                   1,329,644        FPM         Bankers Trust

                                   1,190,763        FPM         Chase Nominees Ltd

                                      86,520        FPM         MSS Nominees Ltd

                                     877,193        FIL         RBS Trust Bank

                                     216,300        FIL         BT Globenet Nominees Ltd

                                     128,700        FIL         Northern Trust

                                      92,700        FIL         Bank of New York - London

                                      86,600        FIL         Brown Brothers Harriman Ltd. LUX

                                   1,342,894        FIL         HSBC

                                     257,500        FIL         Chase Nominees Ltd

                                      43,900        FIL         Bankers Trust

                                     170,000        FIL         Deutsche Bank

                                     129,000        FIL         Citibank


Total Ordinary Shares              8,359,312

Current ownership                      9.32%
percentage

Shares in issue                   89,700,795


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