Director Shareholding

MITIE Group PLC
9 May 2002


MITIE Group PLC - Directors' Interests in Shares

On 9 May 2002, the Trustee of The MITIE Group PLC (the 'Company') Qualifying
Employee Share Ownership Trust ('QUEST') acquired by subscription, at a price
of 128.50p per share, a total of 5,476 ordinary shares of 2.5p each in the
Company.  All of these shares have been used to satisfy options exercised
under the Company's Savings Related Share Option Scheme and will shortly be
transferred to the individuals who exercised their options. 

As potential beneficiaries under the QUEST, each executive director of the
Company is treated as being interested in all shares acquired by the QUEST.

The directors of the Company who may be considered to be potential
beneficiaries of the shares detailed in this notification are:

Colin Stewart Acheson
Neville Roger Goodman
Colin Stephen Hale
Paul Anthony Kilduff  
William Robson
Ian Reginald Stewart
David Malcolm Telling

Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

C K Ross, Company Secretary
MITIE Group PLC
Tel:  [phone]


Date:       9 May 2002


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