Holding(s) in Company

Anite Group PLC
18 April 2002

18 April 2002



Anite Group plc ('the Company')


The Company received, today, the following notification, dated 15 April 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
                                                                        
                                                       
                                                                         Nominee/
                               Shares Held         Management Company    Registered Name
(Ordinary Shares)
                               7,279,013           FISL                  Chase Nominees Ltd
                               115,500             FPM                   Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                               61,000              FPM                   BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                               1,012,000           FPM                   Bank of New York London
                               108,500             FPM                   Citibank
                               116,500             FPM                   RBS Trust Bank
                               1,230,100           FIL                   MSS Nominees Ltd
                               1,540,330           FIL                   Bank of New York London
                               400,330             FIL                   Bankers Trust
                               170,100             FIL                   Citibank
                               876,000             FIL                   Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                               334,520             FIL                   Chase Nominees Ltd
                               73,867              FIL                   HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK)
                                                                         Limited
                               726,160             FIL                   Northern Trust
                               64,990              FIL                   State Street Nominees LTD
                               251,010             FIL                   Deutsche Bank
                               65,220              FIL                   KAS Associatie
                               540,410             FIL                   State Street Bank & Trust
                               5,570               FIL                   Chase Manhattan Bank London

Total Ordinary Shares          14,971,120

Current ownership percentage   4.88%




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