Holding in Company

Trinity Mirror PLC
2 March 2001

                                 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 the 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 27,326,734 9.41% and made up
as follows:-

Capital Guardian Trust Company      3,611,114 shares being 1.24%

Capital International Limited          23,407,320 shares being 8.06%%

Capital International SA          288,100 shares being 0.10%

Capital International, Inc          20,200 shares being 0.01%

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

3,761,727

6) Percentage of issued class

1.30%

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

n/a

8) Percentage of issued class

n/a

9) Class of security

Ordinary 10p

10) Date of transaction

1 March 2001

11) Date company informed

1 March 2001

12) Total holding following this notification

27,326,734


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

9.41%

14) Any additional information

n/a


15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Kate Diggory 01244 687214

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

Date of notification 2 March 2001