Holding(s) in Company

MITIE Group PLC
03 March 2004



                           MITIE Group PLC ('MITIE')

Notification of substantial shareholding

MITIE has today received notification that FMR Corp. and Fidelity International
Limited and their direct and indirect subsidiaries have notifiable
non-beneficial interests in 43,859,225 Ordinary Shares of 2.5p each in MITIE,
which represents 14.18% of the issued share capital of MITIE. The notifiable
interests also comprise the notifiable interest of Mr Edward C Johnson 3rd, a
principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Limited.

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

MANAGEMENT COMPANY      NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME                  NO. OF SHARES
                                                                          HELD
Fidelity Management &
Research Company        HSBC                                         7,121,400
Fidelity Management
Trust                   State Street Nominees Ltd                       91,500
Company
Fidelity Management
Trust                   Brown Brothers Harriman                         68,400
Company
Fidelity Management
Trust                   State Street Bank and Trust                     51,300
Company
Fidelity Investment
Services Ltd            Chase Manhattan Bank London                  2,426,870
Fidelity Investment
Services Ltd            Chase Nominees Ltd                           1,781,900
Fidelity Pension
Management              Mellon Nominees Ltd                            386,094
Fidelity Pension
Management              Northern Trust                                 460,900
Fidelity Pension
Management              Chase Nominees Ltd                           1,749,800
Fidelity Pension
Management              HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK)              505,300
                        Ltd
Fidelity International
Ltd                     Chase Manhattan Bank London                  1,266,310
Fidelity International
Ltd                     Bank of New York London                      5,969,733
Fidelity International
Ltd                     Northern Trust                               1,386,214
Fidelity International
Ltd                     Bank of New York Brussels                      692,100
Fidelity International
Ltd                     State Street Bank and Trust                    338,200
Fidelity International
Ltd                     Deutsche                                       773,000
Fidelity International
Ltd                     Chase Nominees Ltd                           2,369,300
Fidelity International
Ltd                     State Street Nominees Ltd                      613,500
Fidelity International
Ltd                     Nortrust Nominees Ltd                          713,800
Fidelity International
Ltd                     HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK)           14,352,000
                        Ltd
Fidelity International
Ltd                     Deutsche Bank                                  183,604
Fidelity International
Ltd                     Mellon Nominees Ltd                             78,800
Fidelity International
Ltd                     Northern Trust London                          229,200
Fidelity International
Ltd                     J P Morgan                                     250,000

                Total                                               43,859,225

Name of contact and telephone number for queries:
C K Ross, Company Secretary
MITIE Group PLC
Tel: [phone]

Date: 3 March 2004




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