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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 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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