Holding in Company

Senior PLC
14 December 2000

                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     SENIOR PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     FMR CORP.

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

     SHAREHOLDER NAMED IN 2. ABOVE

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

     SEE LETTER BELOW

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.



6)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed



8)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

9)   Class of security

     10p ORDINARY SHARES

10)  Date of transaction



11)  Date company informed

     14 DECEMBER 2000

12)  Total holding following this notification

      7,984,199
              
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     2.60%

14)  Any additional information



15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     Mr LEIGH GRANT - 01925-714712

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

     Date of Notification .14 DECEMBER 2000



LETTER TO SENIOR PLC

NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 -- UK COMPANIES ACT

1. Company in which shares are held:      SENIOR 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), 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

           A principal shareholder of Fidelity International Limited.

4.     The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized
       unit trust schemes in the U.K. 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 purposes 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.

7.     Inasmuch as there is no disclosable interest of 3% or greater of the
       share capital, Fidelity International Limited and its direect and 
       indirect subsidiaries have no further reporting obligation under 
       Section 198 to 202 of the UK Companies Act.  This statement speaks
       as of its date, an no inference should be drawn that no change has
       occurred in the facts set forth herein after the date hereof.

SCHEDULE A


SECURITY: .SENIOR PLC                      Closing Amendment No 16


                       SHARES HELD   MANAGEMENT   NOMINEE/REGISTERED
                                     COMPANY      NAME

(Ordinary Shares)        
                       6,505,904     FISL        Clydesdale Bank (Head Office)
                                                 Nominees Limited
                         439,695     FIL         Clydesdale Bank (Head Office)
                                                 Nominees Limited
                       1,038,600     FIL         Chase Nominees Ltd

TOTAL ORDINARY SHARES: 7,984,199

CURRENT OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE: 2.60.%

SHARES IN ISSUE:     307,380,913

CHANGE IN HOLDINGS SINCE
 LAST FILING:         (3,676,795) Ordinary Shares


FROM FIDELITY INVESTMENTS