Holding in Company

Anite Group PLC
26 April 2001

                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

 1. Name of company

    Anite Group plc
 
2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

Prudential plc and certain of its subsidiary companies

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

Shareholder named in 2 above

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them




                                    Registered Holder           Holding     %

Prudential plc                                                  18,929,197 6.81*
                                    PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC 16,391,547
                                    AC
                                    PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK)    42,000
                                    PPL AC
                                    ROY NOMINEES 578079         65,000
                                    ROY NOMS LTD 578052         295,563
                                    ROY NOMS LTD 578192         2,135,087

The Prudential Assurance Company                                16,433,547 5.91
Limited
                                    PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK)    16,391,547
                                    PAC AC
                                    PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK0    42,000
                                    PPL AC



* Total Notifiable Interest


5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired


Not disclosed


6) Percentage of issued class

Not disclosed


7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

Not disclosed

8) Percentage of issued class

Not disclosed

9) Class of security

10p Ordinary shares

10) Date of transaction

Not disclosed

11) Date company informed

25 April 2001

12) Total holding following this notification

18,929,197

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

6.81%

14) Any additional information



15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Vivienne Hemming 0118 945 0126

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

Date of notification 26 April 2001