Director Shareholding

MITIE Group PLC
3 May 2002



MITIE Group PLC - Directors' Interests in Shares

On 3 May 2002, the trustees of The MITIE Group PLC (the 'Company') Employee
Trust (the 'Trust') acquired by subscription, at a price of 135.5p per share,
a total of 10,000 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
individual who exercised his 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
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]


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