Holding in Company

TBI PLC
7 December 2001


                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     TBI PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LTD.

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

     SEE LETTER BELOW

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)   ( - %) of issued Class

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     -

8)   ( - %) of issued Class

9)   Class of security

     ORDINARY 10P SHARES

10)  Date of transaction

     -

11)  Date company informed

     6.12.01

12)  Total holding following this notification

     18,312,713
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     3.28%

14)  Any additional information



15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     R.C. CLIFTON     020 7408 7300

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

     Date of Notification ......7/12/2001..................



Letter to TBI Plc - dated December 6, 2001

Enclosed are 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 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 being non-beneficial 
holders.

Letter from Fidelity Investments



NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 - U.K. COMPANIES ACT

1. Company in which shares are held:     TBI 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 (l)(h) 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: TBI Plc
 
                            MANAGEMENT 
               SHARES HELD   COMPANY    NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME
(Ordinary Shares)          
                11,412,513     FISL     Chase Nominees Ltd
                 4,303,400     FIL      MSS Nominees Ltd
                 1,151,500     FIL      Chase Nominees Ltd
                   323,600     FIL      Bankers Trust
                   381,700     FIL      HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK)Limited
                   740,000     FIL      Nortrust Nominees Ltd

Total Ordinary 
Shares          18,312,713

Current 
ownership 
percentage:          3.25%

Shares in 
issue:        558,894,921