Holding in Company

Anite Group PLC
18 December 2001


18 December 2001


Anite Group plc ('the Company')


The Company received today the following notification, dated 14 December 2001,
from FMR Corp:


NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 - UK COMPANIES ACT


1.    Company in which shares are held:        Anite Group plc

2.    Notifiable Interest:        Ordinary Shares


             Fidelity International Limited (FIL)
             P.O. Box HM 670
             Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda


Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including
Fidelity Investment Services Ltd. (FISL), and Fidelity Pension Management Ltd. 
(FPM), investment managers for various non-US investment companies and 
institutional clients.  (See Schedule A for listing of Registered Shareholders 
and their holdings.)

3.    The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of:

             Mr Edward C. Johnson 3d
             82 Devonshire Street
             Boston, MA 02109


      Principal shareholder of Fidelity International Limited


4.    The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized 
      unit trust schemes in the UK, notwithstanding the exemption from reporting
      pursuant to Section 209(1)(h) of the Companies Act 1985.


5.    These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate 
      notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the   
      purpose of clarity.  Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that      
      Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries or
      Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in respect of the 
      disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit these
      notifications on a joint basis.

6.    The disclosable interests arise under section 208 (4) (b) of the Act, 
      namely where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to 
      exercise a right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the 
      exercise of such rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively.


Schedule A


Security: Anite Group plc

                                                Nominee/
                                 Management     Registered Name
                                 Company
                      Shares
                      Held
(Ordinary Shares)
                      7,390,213  FISL           Chase Nominees Ltd
                      64,000     FPM            Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                      33,900     FPM            BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                      450,200    FPM            Bank of New York London
                      63,100     FPM            Citibank
                      72,500     FPM            RBS Trust Bank
                      1,524,700  FIL            MSS Nominees Ltd
                      340,300    FIL            Bank of New York London
                      124,800    FIL            Bankers Trust
                      131,200    FIL            Citibank
                      760,900    FIL            Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                      773,873    FIL            Chase Nominees Ltd
                      70,900     FIL            HSBC Client Holdings Nominee
                                                (UK) Limited

Total Ordinary Shares 11,800,586

Current ownership     3.98%
percentage


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