Holding(s) in Company

Anite Group PLC
17 January 2002

17 January 2002

Anite Group plc ('the Company')

The Company received today the following notification, dated 14 January 2002,
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


                                                
                                                
                                    
                                 
                      Shares    Management      Nominee/
                      Held       Company        Registered Name
(Ordinary Shares)
                      9,279,960  FISL           Chase Nominees Ltd
                      100,900    FPM            Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                      53,400     FPM            BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                      742,900    FPM            Bank of New York London
                      99,100     FPM            Citibank
                      113,700    FPM            RBS Trust Bank
                      1,524,700  FIL            MSS Nominees Ltd
                      793,900    FIL            Bank of New York London
                      308,900    FIL            Bankers Trust
                      156,500    FIL            Citibank
                      829,000    FIL            Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                      254,690    FIL            Chase Nominees Ltd
                      70,900     FIL            HSBC Client Holdings Nominee
                                                (UK) Limited
                      399,800    FIL            Northern Trust
                      48,300     FIL            State Street Nominees LTD
                      92,300     FIL            Deutsche Bank
                      28,800     FIL            KAS Associatie
                      239,500    FIL            State Street Bank & Trust
                      5,100      FIL            Chase Manhattan Bank London

Total Ordinary Shares 15,142,350

Current ownership     5.10%
percentage




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