Purchase of Own Securities

RM PLC
30 July 2002

30 July 2002

                        RM plc - purchase of own shares

RM plc, the UK's leading supplier of ICT software, systems and services to
education establishments, announces that today it purchased for cancellation
250,000 ordinary shares of 2p each at a price of 77p per share.

The shares purchased by RM today represent approximately 0.27% of the Group's
issued share capital.

For further information, please contact:

Phil Hemmings             RM plc            08709 200200

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