Holding in Company

RM PLC
21 December 2000




                                 RM plc

The Company received the following notification from FMR Corp on 20
December 2000:

NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 - UK COMPANIES ACT

1.  Company in which shares are held: RM plc

2.  Notifiable Interest:  Ordinary Shares

           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 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)(e) 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 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)

                       1,172,988    FISL          Clydesdale Bank (Head Office)
                                                  Nominees Ltd
                          21,000    FPM           Gracechurch Nominees
                         178,850    FPM           RBS Trust Bank
                         989,890    FPM           Bankers Trust
                          80,270    FPM           Citibank
                         313,310    FPM           Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                          81,450    FPM           BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                       1,307,665    FPM           Chase Nominees Ltd
                         117,420    FPM           MSS Nominees Ltd
                         109,000    FPM           State Street Nominees Ltd
                         108,200    FPM           HSBC Client Holding
                                                  Nominees (UK) Limited
                          23,930    FIL           Citibank
                          99,730    FIL           Mellon Bank
                         270,657    FIL           Bankers Trust
                       2,021,674    FIL           RBS Trust Bank
                          23,070    FIL           KAS Associatie
                          28,830    FIL           RBS Edinburgh                 
                           30,000    FIL           MSS Nominees Ltd
                         376,320    FIL           Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                         158,700    FIL           BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                         143,000    FIL           Morgan Stanley
                         496,490    FIL           Northern Trust
                         181,810    FIL           State Street Nominees Ltd
                         377,427    FIL           Bank of New York Europe
                         651,800    FIL           Chase Nominees Ltd
                          31,800    FIL           Chase Nominees Ltd
                          31,700    FIL

Total Ordinary Shares  9,426,981

Current ownership       10.07%
percentage