Holding(s) in Company

MITIE Group PLC
01 March 2005



                           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 45,764,303 Ordinary Shares of 2.5p each in MITIE,
which represents 15.03% of the issued share capital of MITIE. This is an
increase of 17,699 shares in their holding since their last notification. 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 International Ltd     Bank of New York Europe LDN           2,025,200
Fidelity International Ltd     Bank of New York Brussels                69,700
Fidelity International Ltd     Brown Brothers Harriman Ltd          16,271,387
                               LUX
Fidelity International Ltd     J P Morgan, Bournemouth                 281,300
Fidelity International Ltd     National Astl Bk Melbourne               92,700
Fidelity International Ltd     State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn             125,600
Fidelity Investment Services   JP Morgan, Bournemouth                5,301,883
Ltd
Fidelity Management & Research
Company                        Brown Brothers Harriman and           5,000,000
                               Co.
Fidelity Management Trust
Company                        Brown Brothers Harriman and              67,100
                               Co.
Fidelity Management Trust
Company                        JP Morgan Chase Bank                     62,600
Fidelity Management Trust
Company                        State Street Bank and Tr Co.             48,700
Fidelity Pension Management    Bank of New York Brussels             4,210,085
Fidelity Pension Management    Clydesdale Bank PLC                     201,400
Fidelity Pension Management    HSBC Bank PLC                           513,650
Fidelity Pension Management    JP Morgan, Bournemouth                4,373,683
Fidelity Pension Management    Mellon Bank                             880,294
Fidelity Pension Management    Northern Trust London                 4,516,667
Fidelity Pension Management    State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn           1,722,354
TOTAL:                                                              45,764,303

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

Date: 1 March 2005




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