RNS Number:0635O
Schroders PLC
3 December 2001


                                                                    FORM SAR 3

Lodge with Company Announcements Office (which will publicise and copy to the
Panel). A copy must also be sent to the company the shares of which are
acquired.

Date of disclosure:     03/12/01

  DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 3 OF THE RULES GOVERNING SUBSTANTIAL ACQUISITIONS OF
                               SHARES ("SARs")

Date of acquisition     30/11/01

Acquisition in          Reed Health Group PLC

                      Number of shares/  If rights over shares acquired, as
    1)     Class of   rights over shares opposed to the shares themselves,
    voting shares     acquired           specify nature of rights
    (e.g. ordinary
    shares)

2p ordinary shares        500,000 shares

                                  rights


                                  Resultant total holding of rights Total
    2)     Resultant total        over shares (and % of total       percentage
    holding of voting shares (and voting shares in issue)
    % of total voting shares in
    issue)


             4,085,000 ( 18.162%)                                       18.162%




(3)     Party making disclosure     Schroders plc

                                              
        4)  (a)     Name of person            Schroders plc on behalf of
        acquiring shares or rights over       institutional clients on a
        shares and, if different, beneficial  non-beneficial basis
        owner

             (b)     Names of any other
        persons acting by agreement or
        understanding (see SAR 5)


Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (3) above

(Also print name of signatory)     Brenda Versteeg (Compliance Reporting
                                                     Assistant)

Telephone and extension number     020 7658 2962 (Direct line)

                         ___________________________

Note.     Under SAR 5, the holdings of and acquisitions by persons acting by
agreement or understanding must be aggregated and treated as a holding of or
acquisition by one person. Note 3 on SAR 5 requires persons who must aggregate
holdings to disclose certain disposals.

For full details of the SARs disclosure requirements, see Rules 3 and 5 of the
SARs. If in doubt, contact the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, Tel. No.: 020
7638 0129


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