Holding(s) in Company

MITIE Group PLC
20 December 2002



                           MITIE Group PLC ('MITIE')

                     Notification of substantial shareholding


MITIE has today received notification that Prudential plc and certain of its
subsidiary companies have a notifiable interest in 9,100,498 ordinary shares of
2.5p each in MITIE, which represents 3.02% of the issued share capital of MITIE.

MITIE has been informed that the shares to which this notification relates are
registered as follows:

REGISTERED HOLDER                                      NO. OF SHARES HELD


M&G (LOMBARD ST) NOMS FPE                                              93,921
MAGIM HSBC GIS NOM(UK) SALI                                           260,155
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC                                      6,522,308
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PHL AC                                        700,000
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC                                         37,424
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) SAL AC                                         33,000
ROY NOMINEES LTD 578079                                               282,238
ROY NOMS LTD 578052                                                   162,677
ROY NOMS LTD 578141                                                   321,424
ROY NOMS LTD 578192                                                   687,351

Total                                                               9,100,498


20 December 2002

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