AGM Statement

Anite Group PLC
04 September 2002


For immediate release                                Wednesday, 4 September 2002



                                        Anite Group plc

                                        AGM Statement


At the Annual General Meeting of Anite Group plc ('Anite' or the 'Group'), to be
held later today, Alec Daly, Chairman, will make the following statement:

'Current Trading

Market conditions continue to be challenging and although we are only four
months into the current financial year, we remain confident that for the year as
a whole Anite will perform in line with management expectations, continuing to
benefit from its business and geographical diversification.

Looking at the Group's divisional performance in the financial year to date, in
Telecoms trading is ahead of our expectations due to continued strong sales of
2/2.5G solutions, and enhanced interest in 3G versions. Consultancy trading
continues in line with our expectations. Travel trading is satisfactory although
its market is challenging. Public Sector will be affected, as anticipated, by
the phasing of contract deliveries and higher R&D costs. However, for the year
as a whole, a strong performance is expected from this division.

Cash generation in the financial year to date continues to be strong and tightly
managed. The full year cost of deferred consideration, loan note redemptions and
earnouts in respect of acquisitions made in recent years remains at
approximately £28m, biased towards the first half.  We continue to expect a
modest Group overdraft at the year end in line with expectations and well within
current banking facilities.

Earnouts

We have recently successfully negotiated the variation of earnout liabilities
relating to the acquisitions of Calculus, Parsec, Didgicom, Carus, Rox and MSPS
representing 78% of the maximum total outstanding earnouts as indicated at the
time of the 2001/2 preliminary results announcement.

The more recent acquisitions, namely ITS, CME and Anite.Net, will be reviewed
further into their earnout periods as appropriate.

The total average number of shares now expected to be in issue is as follows:

Financial Year                                    Shares (m)
2002/3                                               336
2003/4                                               359
2004/5                                               369

Remuneration Policy

In light of recent comment on the Group's remuneration policy, the AGM presents
an appropriate opportunity to update shareholders with regard to the review the
Remuneration Committee (comprising myself and our other two non-executive
directors, Graham Caleb and David Thorpe) is undertaking in respect of executive
Board packages.  The Committee continues to be advised by Hewitt Bacon &
Woodrow, the independent specialist remuneration consultancy.

We expect there to be two principal changes arising from the review, first to
change the targets used in the calculation of bonuses from profits based to
earnings per share based, and secondly the updating of the comparator peer group
which going forwards will comprise 32 similar companies in the software and
computer services sector.

We believe these changes are in the interests of the Group's shareholders.'

                                    - Ends -

For further information, please contact:                   www.anite.com

Anite Group plc
Alec Daly, Non-Executive Chairman                           0118 945 0129
John Hawkins, Chief Executive

Weber Shandwick Square Mile
Reg Hoare/Laurence Read                                     020 7950 2880




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