Holding in Company

Trinity Mirror PLC
16 October 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:
N/A

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ('CG') holding 18,317,855 being 6.32% and
made up as follows:-

Capital Guardian Trust Company, 3,530,114 shares being 1.22%

Capital International Limited 14,628,841 shares being 5.05%

Capital International S.A. 144,900 shares being 0.05%

and Capital International, Inc. 14,000 being 0.000%

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
3,713,000

6   Percentage of issued class:
1.29%

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:
circa 12th October 2000

11  Date company informed:
After close of business on 13th October 2000

12  Total holding following this notification:
18,317,855

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
6.32%

14  Contact name for queries:
Kate Diggory

15 Contact telephone number:
01244-687214

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

17  Date of notification:
16th October 2000


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