Directors' Notification of Dealing in Shares

Trinity Mirror PLC
19 May 2000

Following the approval of a New Executive Share Option Scheme by shareholders
at its recent Annual General Meeting, Trinity Mirror plc has today granted
options over ordinary 10p shares to the following directors, at an option
price of 544 pence (the average of the middle market quotations of the 3 days
preceding 19th May 2000).

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

C J Allwood        150,735                   210,606
R Eastoe           113,970                   170,515
M Ewing            113,970                   113,970
C P Graf           158,088                   339,206
M D Haysom          77,205                   161,496
M D Masters        113,970                   176,596
S D Parker          77,205                   183,332
P A Vickers        113,970                   168,680

Options will only become exercisable on satisfaction of stretching EPS and
total shareholder return performance targets.

The period during which the options are potentially exercisable:
19.05.2003 - 18.05.2010

No amount was paid for the grant of the options.