Holding in Company

Senior PLC
3 November 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

3 NOVEMBER 2000

12)  Total holding following this notification

11,660,994
               
              
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.79%

14)  Any additional information



15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

LEIGH GRANT   01923 714 712

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

     Date of Notification .3 NOVEMBER 2000


Letter to Senior Plc
Dated 1 November 2000

Below are amended notifications of disclosable interests under the U.K.
Companies Act 1985.  Please note that while this information details the
disclosable interests of more than one entity, the disclosure below constitutes
separate notifications of interest which have been combined solely for purposes
of clarity and efficiency.  It is not intended to indicate that any of these
entities act as a group or in concert with respect to these interests.

These disclosures are made in the interest of conformity with the Companies Act.
The Interest detailed herein were acquired solely for investment purposes.  For
disclosure purposes, holdings should be represented as Fidelity International
Limited (FIL) and its direct and indirect subsidiaries.

Letter from Fidelity Management & Research Co.

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), and Fidelity
           Pension Management (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

           A principal shareholder 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.



SCHEDULE A

SECURITY: Senior Plc                                  Amendment No 15


                      SHARES HELD   MANAGEMENT   NOMINEE/REGISTERED
                                     COMPANY     NAME

(Ordinary Shares)       5,141,879      FISL      Clydesdale Bank (Head Office)
                                                 Nominees Limited
                           38,800      FPM       Gracechurch Nominees
                          318,000      FPM       RBS Trust Bank
                           55,490      FPM       Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                        1,047,500      FPM       Bankers Trust
                        1,508,850      FPM       Chase Nominees Ltd
                          104,870      FPM       MSS Nominees Ltd
                           31,700      FPM       BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                           51,640      FPM       Citibank
                           41,060      FIL       Citibank
                          243,200      FIL       Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                           54,400      FIL       Bankers Trust
                          848,500      FIL       RBS Trust Bank
                          199,100      FIL       BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                          475,605      FIL       RBS Trust Bank
                        1,133,700      FIL       Chase Nominees Ltd
                          319,700      FIL       Clydesdale Bank (Head Office)
                                                 Nominees Limited
                           47,000      FIL       Bank of New York Europe

Total Ordinary Shares  11,660,994

Current ownership
 percentage:                3.79%

Shares in issue:      307,380,913

Change in holdings 
 since last filing:    (3,395,000) ordinary shares


Letter from Fidelity Management & Research Co.