Holding in Company

Anite Group PLC
23 August 2001


                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

 1. Name of company

    Anite Group plc

 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest


        Barclays PLC through its subsidiary Barclays Bank PLC


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

Barclays Capital Nominees Limited                                 15,720
Chase Nominees Limited 16331                                      97,501
Chase Nominees Limited 16341                                      279,553
Chase Nominees Limited 16344                                      17,789
Chase Nominees Limited 16345                                      29,188
Chase Nominees Limited 16376                                      49,479
Chase Nominees Limited 16400                                      2,154,715
Chase Nominees Limited 16530                                      627,555
Chase Nominees Limited 18409                                      91,830
Chase Nominees Limited 20947                                      3,850,580
Chase Manhattan Bank London                                       1,358,222
Chase Nominees LTD A/C LEND a/c£ 18642                            76,489
Chase Nominees LTD A/C LEND a/c£ 16201                            42,627
Chase Nominees Ltd A/C BGIOMNI 19688 a/c 19688                    181,424
***Unknown***                                                     47,310

Total                                                             8,919,982



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

23 August 2001

12) Total holding following this notification

8,919,982

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.15%

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 23 August 2001