Holding(s) in Company

RM PLC
08 August 2003


8 August 2003

                                    RM plc


RM plc today, received a fax dated 8 August 2003 from Schroder Investment
Management Limited, which stated that they have an interest in 19,853,640 shares
of the Company, which are held in portfolios managed by them on a discretionary
basis for clients under investment management agreements.

Included in this figure are:
     
(i)  11,008,200 shares held in (a) unit trust(s) operated and managed by an 
     affiliated company, Schroder Unit Trusts Limited (SUTL) and registered or 
     to be registered in the name of Chase Nominees Limited.

(ii) 8,845,440 shares neither registered nor to be registered in the name of 
     Schroder Nominees. The registration details are shown below.

     Registration                                      No of Shares held


     BT Globenet Nominees Limited a/c: 6B                        249,000
     Chase Nominees Limited                                      650,000
     Imperial Pensions Nominees Limited                          900,000
     Mineworkers' Pension Scheme a/c: R                        3,414,162
     British Coal Staff Superannuation a/c: P                  3,632,278
                                                               8,845,440

An affiliated company, Schroder Investment Management North America Inc (SIMNA
Inc), is managing a portfolio on a similar basis, holding a further 1,700,000
shares. This holding is registered or to be registered in the name of Chase
Nominees Limited.

Schroder Investment Management Limited, their subsidiary and affiliated company
are therefore interested in an overall aggregate of 21,553,640 shares,
representing some 24.028% of the total number of shares in issue, namely
89,700,795 shares.

This notification was made to us:

(a)  in respect of Schroders interest as investment managers,

(b)  on behalf of SUTL and SIMNA Inc in relation to the interest it is treated 
     as having under the Companies Act 1985 (the Act), and

(c)  on behalf of Schroders plc., their holding company, which is treated as
     having an interest in all of the above shares under the Act by virtue of 
     its ownership of SUTL, SIMNA Inc and themselves.


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