Directorate Change

MITIE Group PLC
30 October 2002

                   MITIE GROUP PLC ('MITIE' or the 'Company')

                            Appointment of Director

MITIE announces that it has today appointed David Charles Ord as a Non-Executive
Director of the Company.

Mr Ord, 54, is the Managing Director and one of the two founder shareholders of
The Bristol Port Company which purchased the Port from Bristol City Council in
1990.

Mr Ord has notified the Company that he is interested in 20,000 MITIE ordinary
shares of 2.5p each, representing less than 0.01% of the issued share capital of
the Company.

Mr Ord holds no directorships in any other publicly quoted companies and has not
done so in the last 5 years.  There are no details required to be disclosed
under paragraph 6.F.2(b) to (g) of the UK Listing Authority Listing Rules in
connection with Mr Ord's appointment.

30 October 2002


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