Director Shareholding

MITIE Group PLC
05 September 2003



MITIE Group PLC - Directors' Interests in Shares


On 4 September 2003, the trustees of The MITIE Group PLC (the 'Company')
Employee Trust (the 'Trust') acquired by subscription, at a price of 134.5p per
share, a total of 20,000 ordinary shares of 2.5p each in the Company.  All of
these shares have been used to satisfy options exercised under the Company's
1991 Executive Share Option Scheme and will shortly be transferred to the
individuals who exercised their options.


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


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
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:   5 September 2003








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