Holding(s) in Company

MITIE Group PLC
18 September 2002


                           MITIE Group PLC ('MITIE')

                    Notification of substantial shareholding

MITIE has today received notification that AVIVA plc, via its subsidiary Morley
Fund Management Limited, has a notifiable interest in 14,861,830 ordinary shares
of 2.5p each in MITIE, which represents 4.97% of the issued share capital of
MITIE.

MITIE has been informed that the shares to which this notification relates are
registered as follows:

REGISTERED HOLDER                                            NO. OF SHARES HELD

BNY Norwich Union Nominees Ltd                                        4,351,579
Chase GA Group Nominees Ltd                                           6,895,673
CUIM Nominee Ltd                                                      3,255,481
RBSTB Nominees Ltd                                                      359,097

Total                                                                14,861,830



18 September 2002


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