Holding(s) in Company

MITIE Group PLC
22 August 2005


                           MITIE Group PLC ('MITIE')

                   Notification of substantial shareholding

On 22 August 2005 MITIE received notification that Prudential plc has a
notifiable interest in 33,336,608 Ordinary Shares of 2.5p each in MITIE which
represents 11.03% of the issued share capital of MITIE. This total holding is
held by certain subsidiaries of Prudential plc which have notifiable interests
as follows: M&G Group Limited holding 33,336,608 (11.03%); M&G Investment
Management Limited holding 33,279,470 (11.01%); M&G Limited holding 33,336,608
(11.03%); and The Prudential Assurance Company Limited holding 19,609,675
(6.48%).

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

MAGIM HSBC GIS NOM(UK) SALI                                            220,549
NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHF01                                          57,138
NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHI01                                         449,310
NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHJ01                                         648,513
NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MKM01                                         588,672
NORTRUST NOMS LTD                                                      788,107
NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C MEJ01                                          3,579,656
NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUC01                                            386,976
NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUF01                                            355,370
NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUI01                                             68,608
NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUQ01                                            588,672
NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUR01                                          3,980,119
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC                                      15,572,308
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PHL AC                                         760,491
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC                                       3,816,818
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) EQBF AC                                        107,457
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) MNBF AC                                        185,651
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PENE AC                                        682,193
RECOVERY INV COMPANY LIMITED                                           500,000

                                         Total                      33,336,608


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

22 August 2005


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