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Press Release

Holding in Company

November 1, 2000 at 12:00 AM EST
RNS Number:4004T
Computacenter PLC
1 November 2000

                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS

1)   NAME OF COMPANY

Computercenter 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

2 above - For the nominees listed on the schedule below

4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the 

number of shares held by each of them.

See schedule below

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

1,019,620

6)   (0.56%) of issued Class

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

NIL

8)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

9)   Class of security

Ordinary Shares

10)  Date of transaction

26-10-00

11)  Date company informed

1-11-00

12)  Total holding following this notification

7,800,643

               
              
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

4.27%

14)  Any additional information

Please see letter and schedule below

15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Alan Pottinger      01707 639 050

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for 

making this notification

Date of Notification ......1 November 2000.......................

NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 -- UK COMPANIES ACT

1. Company in which shares are held:    Computercenter Plc

2. Notifiable Interest:

A     FMR Corp
           82 Devonshire Street
           Boston, MA 02109

           Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company 
           (FMRCO), investment manager for US mutual funds, and Fidelity
           Management Trust Company (FMTC), a US state chartered bank which
           acts as a trustee or investment manager of various pension and
           trust accounts. (See Schedule A for listing of Registered Share
           holders and their holdings).

B     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 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 FMR Corp. and 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 (1)(e) 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 FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, 
       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: Computercenter Plc                                  Amendment No 3

                      SHARES HELD   MANAGEMENT   NOMINEE/REGISTERED
                                     COMPANY     NAME

(Ordinary Shares)        850,957      FMRCO    State Street Nominees Limited
                         453,283      FMTC     State Street Nominees Ltd.
                          60,119      FMTC     Lloyds Bank Nominees Limited
                         103,221      FMTC     Chase Nominees Ltd
                          91,073      FMTC     Bankers Trust
                         189,921      FMTC     Mellon Bank
                         671,425      FISL     Clydesdale Bank (Head Office)
                                                Nominees Limited
                       1,178,500      FPM      Chase Nominees Ltd
                          19,800      FPM      Gracechurch Nominees
                         164,400      FPM      RBS Trust Bank
                         188,369      FPM      Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                         800,069      FPM      Bankers Trust
                          83,000      FPM      MSS Nominees Ltd
                          15,400      FPM      BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                          26,900      FPM      Citibank
                         715,437      FIL      Chase Nominees Ltd
                         447,767      FIL      MSS Nominees Ltd
                          16,400      FIL      Chase Nominees Ltd (Australia)
                         567,400      FIL      Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                           9,400      FIL      Lloyds Bank Nominees Limited
                          26,550      FIL      Bankers Trust
                         619,400      FIL      RBS Trust Bank
                         159,200      FIL      BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                          21,300      FIL      Citibank
                         125,624      FIL      Clydesdale Bank (Head Office)
                                                 Nominees Limited
                          20,199      FIL      State Street Bank & Trust
                          21,700      FIL      Bank of New York Europe
                          75,400      FIL      Northern Trust
                           8,200      FIL      Mitsubishi Trust
                          14,700      FIL      HSBC Client Holdings Nominee     
                                             (UK) Limited
                          22,704      FIL      National Australia Bank
                          11,500      FIL      Chuo Trust Bank
                          21,325      FIL      Bank of Bermuda

Total Ordinary Shares  7,800,643

Current ownership
 percentage:                4.27%

Shares in issue:     182,783,070

Change in holdings
 since last filing:   +1,019,620  ordinary shares

               
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