Directors' Notification of Dealing in Shares

Trinity Mirror PLC
9 June 2000


Following receipt of detailed information from Halifax plc, its sharesave
carrier, Trinity Mirror plc are able to formally announce that in accordance
with the Trinity Mirror plc Savings Related Share Option Scheme 1997, it  has
granted options over Ordinary 10p shares to the following directors, at an
option price of 428 pence.

Date of grant - 5.6.2000

Name of             No. of shares          Total Number of shares
Director            over which option      over which options held
                    granted                following this notification

M Ewing             2263                   116,233
C P Graf            1901                   341,107
M D Haysom           905                   162,401
S D Parker *        1813                   185,145

The period during which the options are normally exercisable:
01/08/2003 - 01/02/2004
* 01/08/2005 - 01/02/2006