Purchase of Own Securities

17 September 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
150,000 ordinary shares of 2p each at a price of 72p per share.

The shares purchased by RM today represent approximately 0.17% of the Group's
issued share capital.

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For further information, please contact:

Phil Hemmings, RM plc                         08709 200200