Holding in Company

Trinity Mirror PLC
30 August 2001

The Company has today received notification that FMR Corp. and its direct and
indirect subsidiaries and Fidelity International Limited and its direct and
indirect subsidiaries, have non-beneficial interests in 16,926,568 (previously
11,684,868) Trinity Mirror Ordinary Shares, representing 5.82% (previously
4.02%) of the issued share capital.