Director Shareholding

MITIE Group PLC
06 September 2002


MITIE Group PLC - Directors' Interests in Shares


On 6 September 2002, the trustees of The MITIE Group PLC (the 'Company')
Employee Trust (the 'Trust') acquired by subscription, at a price of 112.5p per
share, a total of 800,000 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
individuals who exercised their 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]


Date: 6 September 2002



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