Holding in Company

RM PLC
5 October 2001


5 October 2001



                                    RM plc

The Company received today the following notification, dated 28 September
2001, 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

                        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
                                Company
                         Shares
                           Held
(Ordinary Shares)
                      1,841,204 FISL           Clydesdale Bank (Head Office)
                                               Nominees Ltd
                        208,850 FPM            RBS Trust Bank
                      1,117,200 FPM            Bankers Trust
                         33,070 FPM            Citibank
                         34,310 FPM            Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                         45,450 FPM            BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                      1,144,740 FPM            Chase Nominees Ltd
                        133,880 FPM            MSS Nominees Ltd
                        181,964 FPM            Bank of New York Europe
                         49,130 FIL            Citibank
                         94,470 FIL            Mellon Bank
                        306,095 FIL            Bankers Trust
                      1,642,224 FIL            RBS Trust Bank
                         28,570 FIL            KAS Associatie
                         36,990 FIL            RBS Edinburg
                        196,500 FIL            Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                        159,800 FIL            BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                        184,225 FIL            Morgan Stanley
                        593,490 FIL            Northern Trust
                        201,860 FIL            State Street Nominees Ltd
                        395,170 FIL            Bank of New York Europe
                        906,967 FIL            Chase Nominees Ltd
                         62,990 FIL            JP Morgan
                         48,100 FIL            Bank of New York - London

Total Ordinary Shares 9,647,249

Current ownership        10.22%
percentage