Holding(s) in Company

MITIE Group PLC
25 November 2004


                           MITIE Group PLC ('MITIE')

Notification of substantial shareholding

On 23 November 2004 Prudential plc confirmed that it has a total notifiable
interest in 17,869,917 Ordinary Shares of 2.5p each in MITIE which represents
5.85% of the issued share capital of MITIE. (This total includes a notifiable
interest by its subsidiary company The Prudential Assurance Company Limited in
16,044,713 shares (5.25%)).

MITIE also received notification that M&G Investment Management Ltd, M&G Group
Ltd and M&G Ltd no longer have notifiable interests in the issued share capital
of MITIE.

This notification therefore represents Prudential plc's beneficial interest
only.

MITIE has been informed that the shares held by the Prudential group of
companies to which this notification relates are registered as follows:

REGISTERED HOLDER                                           NO. OF SHARES HELD
M&G (LOMBARD ST) NOMS FPE                                               65,601
MAGIM HSBC GIS NOM(UK) SALI                                            229,895
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC                                      11,672,308
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PHL AC                                         733,941
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC                                       4,109,510
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) SAL AC                                          33,000
ROY NOMINEES 578079                                                    206,229
ROY NOMS LTD 578052                                                    115,799
ROY NOMS LTD 578141                                                    222,260
ROY NOMS LTD 578192                                                    481,374
                                        Total                       17,869,917

In response to an enquiry under section 212 of the Companies Act 1985, it has
been confirmed that M&G Group Limited and M&G Limited (and their ultimate
holding company, Prudential plc) (the 'Companies') are interested in a total of
29,662,407 (9.71%) MITIE shares. This interest arises from the holdings of MITIE
shares by funds which are managed or advised by various subsidiaries of the
Companies.

MITIE last received a disclosure of interests in MITIE shares from Prudential
plc on 30 January 2004. At that time Prudential plc and its subsidiary companies
had a total notifiable interest in 31,313,080 MITIE shares which then
represented 10.12% of the issued share capital of MITIE.

Name of contact and telephone number for queries:
C K Ross, Company Secretary
MITIE Group PLC
Tel: [phone]
25 November 2004


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