RNS Number:5023L
Health Club Group PLC
23 May 2003

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO OR FROM THE UNITED
STATES, CANADA, THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND, AUSTRALIA OR JAPAN.


                                  23 May 2003


                     RECOMMENDED OFFER FOR HOLMES PLACE PLC
               POSTING OF OFFER DOCUMENT BY HEALTH CLUB GROUP PLC

N M Rothschild & Sons Limited announces on behalf of Health Club Group plc that
the Offer Document for Holmes Place PLC was posted to shareholders on 22 May
2003.

A copy of the above document has been submitted to the UK Listing Authority, and
will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document
Viewing Facility, which is situated at:

Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS

Terms defined in the Offer Document have the same meanings in this announcement.

Enquiries:

N M Rothschild & Sons Limited                    020 7280 5000
Avi Goldberg
Alex Midgen

The Offer (including the Unit Alternative) is not being made, directly or
indirectly, in or into, or by the use of the mails of, or by any means of
instrumentality (including, without limitation, telephonically or
electronically) of interstate or foreign commerce of, or any facility of a
national securities exchange of the United States, Canada, the Republic of
Ireland, Japan or Australia and the Offer will not be capable of acceptance by
any such use, means, instrumentality or facility, or from within any of these
countries.  Accordingly, copies of the Offer Document, the accompanying Form of
Acceptance and any related documents are not being, and may not be, mailed or
otherwise, forwarded, transmitted or distributed or sent in, into or from the
United States, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, Australia or Japan.  Doing so
may render invalid any purported acceptance of the Offer.

N M Rothschild & Sons Limited is acting exclusively for HC Group in connection
with the Offer and no one else in connection with the Offer and will not be
responsible to anyone other than HC Group for providing the protections afforded
to customers of N M Rothschild & Sons Limited nor for giving advice in relation
to the Offer or in relation to the contents of the Offer Document or the Form of
Acceptance or any transaction or arrangement referred to therein.



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