Holding(s) in Company

TBI PLC
22 July 2002

                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

TBI plc

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

Fidelity Investments

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 box 2.

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.

Unknown

6)   ( - %) of issued Class

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

Unknown

8)   ( - %) of issued Class

9)   Class of security

Ordinary 10 pence shares

10)  Date of transaction

Unknown

11)  Date company informed

19 July 2002

12)  Total holding following this notification

29,035,547
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

5.20%

14)  Any additional information

See box 2


15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Roger Clifton, 0207 408 7300

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

     Date of Notification      22.7.2002




Schedule A 

Security: TBI Plc                                        Amendment #2

                             
                                         MANAGEMENT 
                             SHARES HELD  COMPANY   NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME
(Ordinary Shares)          
                              16,671,013     FISL   Chase Nominees Ltd
                               2,077,252     FPM    Chase Nominees Ltd
                                 650,000     FPM    Northern Trust
                                 213,700     FPM    HSBC
                               5,277,482     FIL    Chase Nominees Ltd
                                   8,700     FIL    HSBC Client Holdings Nominee 
                                                    (UK) Limited
                               1,770,600     FIL    Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                                  11,600     FIL    Chase Manhattan Bank London
                                 891,200     FIL    Northern Trust
                               1,362,200     FIL    Bank of New York London
                                 101,800     FIL    Deutche Bank
                    
Total Ordinary Shares         29,035,547

Current ownership percentage:       5.20%

Shares in issue:             558,894,921

Change in holdings since
 last filing:                 +6,356,008 ordinary shares




LETTER TO TBI PLC - DATED JULY 18, 2002

Amendment #2 

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

1. Company in which shares arc 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) 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 (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.


FROM FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY



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