Holding in Company

Trinity Mirror PLC
23 February 2001

                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

Trinity Mirror plc

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

Standard Life Investments

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

Standard Life Investments purchased 1,395,900 shares on behalf of Standard
Life Group in the registered name of Stanlife Nominees Limited

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them

Stanlife Nominees

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

1,395,900

6) Percentage of issued class

0.48%

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

22/02/01

11) Date company informed

23/02/01

12) Total holding following this notification

11,821,872


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

4.07%

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

Kate Diggory

Deputy Group Company Secretary


Date of notification 23rd February 2001