Holding in Company

Trinity Mirror PLC
19 July 2000


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
Trinity Mirror plc

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
The Capital Group Companies, Inc.

3   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial
interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that
person's spouse or children under the age of 18:


4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
Capital Guardian Trust Company 1,795,014 being made up as follows:-  State
Street Nominees Limited 107,000, Chase Nominees Limited 635,314, BT Globenet
Nominees Ltd. 2,500, Midland Bank plc 544,700, Deutsche Bank Mannheim 2,800,
Nortrust Nominees 493,200 and RBSTB Nominees Ltd. 9,500.
Capital International Limited 12,650,941 made up as follows:- State Street
Nominees Limited 139,300, Bank of New York Nominees 602,115, Chase Nominees
Limited 2,925,500, Bankers Trust 7,041,582, Barclays Bank 89,000, Morgan
Guaranty 14,000, Nortrust Nominees 1,547,393, Lloyds Bank 147,500, Vidacos
Nominees Ltd. 25,551 and Mellon Bank N.A. 119,000.
Capital International S.A. 144,900 made up as follows:- Chase Nominees Limited
122,200, Royal Bank of Scotland 9,400, Lloyds Bank 13,300.
Capital International, Inc. 14,000 made up as follows: - Bank of New York
Nominees 14,000

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
2,963,800

6   Percentage of issued class:
1.02%

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
N/a

8   Percentage of issued class:
N/a

9   Class of security:
Ordinary 10p shares

10  Date of transaction:
14th July 2000

11  Date company informed:
18th July 2000

12  Total holding following this notification:
14,604,855

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
5.0396%

14  Contact name for queries:
Kate Diggory

15 Contact telephone number:
01244-687000

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
Kate Diggory

17  Date of notification:
19th July 2000


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