RNS Number:0521I
Reed Health Group PLC
27 February 2003


Reed Health Group plc ("the Company")

The Company received notification on 26 February 2003 that the trustees of the
Reed Charity, being A. Reed, R. Reed, A. Chapman, and J. Reed, acquired 444,013
Ordinary Shares in the Company at 82p per Ordinary Share on 26 February 2003. As
a result of this acquisition, the Reed Charity now holds 3,749,599 Ordinary
Shares in the Company representing approximately 10.0 per cent. of the Ordinary
Shares currently in issue.

The aggregate beneficial and non-beneficial interests of members of the Reed
family, related family trusts and the Reed Charity in the share capital of the
Company now comprise 9,297,849 Ordinary Shares and 22,224,000 "B" Ordinary
Shares representing in aggregate approximately 52.8 per cent. of the entire
issued share capital of the Company. Further details of individual interests in
Ordinary Shares comprised in this aggregated holding (including those of James
Reed, a director of the Company) are set out in the schedule below.

SCHEDULE
                                 Ordinary Shares                        %
A. Reed                              750,000                           2.0
Reed Charity                       3,749,599                          10.0
J. Reed                            2,409,133                           6.4
R. Reed                            1,199,496                           3.2
A. Chapman                         1,189,621                           3.2
James Capel Nominees                 307,290                           0.8
Farrer Trust Corporation           4,603,500                          12.3


(i) A. Reed also has a non-beneficial interest in 3,749,599 Ordinary Shares held
as co-trustee of the Reed Charity.


(ii) J. Reed's interest includes 134,875 Ordinary Shares representing his own
and his spouse's personal holdings as well as 2,274,258 Ordinary Shares
representing his life interests in family trusts. J. Reed also has a
non-beneficial interest in 3,749,599 Ordinary Shares held as co-trustee of the
Reed Charity.



(iii) R. Reed's interest includes an interest in 1,164,621 Ordinary Shares as a
result of his life interest in a family trust and 34,875 Ordinary Shares
representing his own holding. R. Reed also has a non-beneficial interest in
3,749,599 Ordinary Shares held as co-trustee of the Reed Charity.



(iv) A. Chapman's interest includes an interest in 1,164,621 Ordinary Shares as
a result of her life interest in a family trust and 25,000 Ordinary Shares
representing her own holding.

She also has a non-beneficial interest in 3,749,599 Ordinary Shares held as a
co-trustee of the Reed Charity.



(v) The Ordinary Shares registered in the name of James Capel Nominees Ltd are
split as to 199,000 owned by the Reed Charity and 108,290 owned by independent
third parties.



(vi) The interests of Farrer Trust Corporation Ltd of 4,603,500 Ordinary Shares
comprise 2,274,258, 1,164,621 and 1,164,621 Ordinary Shares beneficially owned
by J. Reed, A. Chapman and R. Reed respectively.




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