Director Shareholding

MITIE Group PLC
18 July 2002




MITIE Group PLC - Directors' Interests in Shares



On 18 July 2002, the Trustee of The MITIE Group PLC (the 'Company') Qualifying
Employee Share Ownership Trust ('QUEST') acquired by subscription, at a price of
116.75p per share, a total of 1,327 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

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]


Date:   18 July 2002




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