Holding in Company

RM PLC
13 December 2001


13 December 2001
               
                                    RM plc


The Company received today the following notification, dated 10 December 2001,
from FMR Corp:


NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 - UK COMPANIES ACT


1.    Company in which shares are held:            RM plc

2.    Notifiable Interest:            Ordinary Shares

           Fidelity International Limited (FIL)
           P.O. Box HM 670
           Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda


      Parent holding company for various direct and indirect
      subsidiaries, including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd. (FISL), and 
      Fidelity Pension Management Ltd. (FPM), investment managers for various 
      non-US investment companies and institutional clients.  (See Schedule A 
      for listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings.)

3.    The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of:

           Mr Edward C. Johnson 3d
           82 Devonshire Street
           Boston, MA 02109

      Principal shareholder of Fidelity International Limited


4.    The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of
      authorized unit trust schemes in the UK, notwithstanding the exemption 
      from reporting pursuant to Section 209(1)(e) of the Companies Act 1985.


5.    These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate
      notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the
      purpose of clarity.  Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that 
      Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries or
      Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in respect of the 
      disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit these  
      notifications on a joint basis.

6.    The disclosable interests arise under section 208 (4) (b) of the
      Act, namely where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled 
      to exercise a right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control 
      the exercise of such rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively.


Schedule A


Security: RM plc

                                                        
                                             
                               Shares  Management      Nominee/
                                 Held     Company      Registered Name
                                      
(Ordinary Shares)
                            1,234,781      FISL        Chase Nominees Ltd
                              208,850      FPM         RBS Trust Bank
                            1,008,000      FPM         Bankers Trust
                               33,070      FPM         Citibank
                               34,310      FPM         Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                               45,450      FPM         BT Globenet Nominees
                                                       Ltd
                            1,016,666      FPM         Chase Nominees Ltd
                              117,980      FPM         MSS Nominees Ltd
                               62,200      FPM         Mellon Nominees Ltd
                              184,864      FPM         Bank of New York Europe
                               49,130      FIL         Citibank
                               99,030      FIL         Bankers Trust
                            1,251,932      FIL         RBS Trust Bank
                              119,800      FIL         Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                              139,200      FIL         BT Globenet Nominees
                                                       Ltd
                              184,225      FIL         Morgan Stanley
                              402,080      FIL         Northern Trust
                              351,370      FIL         Bank of New York Europe
                              754,263      FIL         Chase Nominees Ltd
                               46,600      FIL         Bank of New York -
                                                       London
                                9,274      FIL         JP Morgan

Total Ordinary Shares       7,353,075

Current ownership               7.79%
percentage