RNS Number:9347T
iSoft Group PLC
7 January 2004


Amendment No. 17

NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 -- UK COMPANIES ACT

1. Company in which shares are held:  ISOFT GROUP PLC 

2. Notifiable Interest:   ORDINARY SHARES

     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 Shareholders 
           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 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 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)(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 and efficienty. 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:     ISOFT GROUP PLC                           Amendment No 17


                      SHARES HELD   MANAGEMENT   NOMINEE/REGISTERED
                                     COMPANY     NAME

(Ordinary Shares)         294,800      FMRCO     HSBC 
                          602,200      FMRCO     CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED  
                           10,300      FMTC      STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD
                            7,900      FMTC      BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN
                            4,900      FMTC      STATE STREET BANK & TRUST
                        2,712,852      FISL      CHASE MANHATTAN BANK LONDON
                          292,900      FPM       BANK OF NEW YORK LONDON
                           19,000      FPM       MELLON NOMINEES LTD
                          137,800      FPM       NORTHERN TRUST
                           28,000      FPM       DEUTSCHE BANK
                           57,500      FPM       CITIBANK
                          383,248      FPM       BANKERS TRUST
                          184,500      FPM       HSBC CLIENT HOLDINGS NOMINEE 
                                                 (UK) LIMITED
                          312,414      FIL       CHASE MANHATTAN BANK LONDON
                          729,700      FIL       BANK OF NEW YORK LONDON
                          731,300      FIL       NORTHERN TRUST
                          245,938      FIL       STATE STREET BANK & TRUST
                           60,500      FIL       DEUTSCHE
                           29,600      FIL       STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD
                           41,900      FIL       CITIBANK
                          455,200      FIL       CLYDESDALE BANK (HEAD OFFICE)
                                                 NOMINEES LIMITED
                           47,300      FIL       CHASE NOMINEES LTD
                        7,396,040      FIL       HSBC CLIENT HOLDINGS NOMINEE
                                                 (UK) LIMITED
                           24,300      FIL       JP MORGAN

                                                 
TOTAL ORDINARY SHARES:          14,810,092

CURRENT OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE:   11.98%

SHARES IN ISSUE:                123,611,000

CHANGE IN HOLDINGS SINCE
 LAST FILING:                   (41,104) ORDINARY SHARES





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