Directors' Interests in Share

MITIE Group PLC
24 December 2001



DIRECTORS' INTERESTS IN SHARES

On 21 December 2001, the Trustee of The MITIE Group PLC (the
'Company')Qualifying Employee Share Ownership Trust ('QUEST') acquired by
subscription, at a price of 161.5p per share, a total of 31,316 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
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]