Holding in Company

Anite Group PLC
20 March 2001


Letter to Anite Group plc - dated 16 March 2001


In accordance with Part VI of the Companies Act 1985 (as amended) (the 'Act'),
we write to inform you that those companies identified below no longer have a
notifiable interest in the issued share capital of your company.

M&G Group Limited
M&G Investment Management Limited
M&G Limited

Notwithstanding the above, certain companies within the Prudential plc Group of
companies continue to have notifiable interests, details of which are set out in
the schedule below.

For the purposes of S210 of the Act, the address for those companies identified
herein (including in the schedule below) is Laurence Pountney Hill London EC4R
0HH.


Letter from M&G Investment Management Limited


             
            NOTIFIABLE POSITION REPORT FOR ANITE GROUP ORD GBP0.10
                                 AS AT 15 MARCH 2001

Percentage holdings are calculated using an issued share capital of 270,300,499
ORD GBP0.10 shares 

                  Registered Holder             Holding          %

                                                                      Total  
                                                                      Notifiable

Prudential plc                               18,802,887         6.95  Interest

                  PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK)
                  PAC AC                     16,391,547         
                  PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK)
                  PPL AC                         42,000          
                  ROY NOMINEES 578079           260,000
                  ROY NOMS LTD 578052           295,563
                  ROY NOMS LTD 578192         1,813,777

The Prudential Assurance Company Limited     16,433,547         6.07  
         
                  PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK)
                  PAC AC                     16,391,547          
                  PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK)
                  PPL AC                         42,000