RNS Number:5270P
Topnotch Health Clubs PLC
08 September 2003






                     
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
8 SEPTEMBER 2003



                            Topnotch health clubs plc
                                        
                          ("Topnotch" or "the Company")
                                        
                                        
                          APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR


The board of Topnotch announces that as a result of the failure to complete the
negotiations regarding the restructuring of the Company, application has been
made to the High Court for the appointment of an Administrator to the Company
and Top Notch Health Limited, one of its subsidiaries. Such application was
approved and accordingly RSM Robson Rhodes has today been appointed.



For further information:


Topnotch health clubs plc                                     020 7381 7501
Matthew Harris, Chief Executive


Beattie Financial                                             020 7398 3300
Brian Coleman Smith / Amanda Sheehy







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