Holding in Company

Senior PLC
2 October 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

2/10/00

12)  Total holding following this notification

15,055,994
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

4.90%

14)  Any additional information



15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

MR LEIGH GRANT
01923-714712

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

     Date of Notification   2 October 2000


LETTER TO:  SENIOR PLC

Dated September 27, 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 enclosed disclosure
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 of 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: FMR CORP.


Amendment No. 14

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 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.



SCHEDULE A

SECURITY: Senor Plc                                  Amendment No. 14


                      SHARES HELD   MANAGEMENT  NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME
                                     COMPANY     
(Ordinary Shares)
                        5,617,379      FISL     Clydesdale Bank (Head Office)
                                                  Nominees Limited
                           57,100      FPM      Gracechurch Nominees
                          467,700      FPM      RBS Trust Bank
                           81,690      FPM      Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                        1,540,600      FPM      Bankers Trust
                        2,219,350      FPM      Chase Nominees Ltd
                          154,270      FPM      MSS Nominees Ltd
                           46,500      FPM      BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                           76,040      FPM      Citibank
                           60,460      FIL      Citibank
                          357,700      FIL      Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                           79,900      FIL      Bankers Trust
                        1,248,600      FIL      RBS Trust Bank
                          292,900      FIL      Globenet Nominees Ltd
                          699,405      RBS      RBS Trust Bank
                        1,667,500      FIL      Chase Nomimees Ltd
                          319,700      FIL      Clydesdale Bank (Head Office)
                                                  Nominees Limited
                           69,200      FIL      Bank of New York Europe


TOTAL ORDINARY SHARES: 15,055,994

CURRENT OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE:  4.90%

SHARES IN ISSUE:      307,380,913

CHANGE IN HOLDINGS SINCE
 LAST FILING:          (1,751,850) ordinary shares