Rolls-Royce Contract Awarded

MITIE Group PLC
31 March 2003

MITIE is awarded its largest contract by Rolls-Royce

MITIE Group PLC (MITIE) has been awarded a multi-service, multi-site contract
covering all of the Rolls-Royce manufacturing facilities in England and
Scotland.

The agreement is long term and will be worth in excess of £20 million per annum.
When the project is fully operational at the end of April 2003 it will include
mechanical and electrical maintenance, cleaning, catering, security, fabric
maintenance, minor building works, materials handling, waste management and help
desk services.

Ian Stewart, Chief Executive of MITIE, said at the contract signing, 'This is a
very exciting project for us. It is going to be a tough challenge for the team,
but one that we are determined to meet. We are all motivated to succeed and we
recognise that our work will not be done until Rolls-Royce achieves its goals.'

MITIE will be working closely with Rolls-Royce to provide the best levels of
services support to its facilities. The project will deliver year-on-year
efficiencies and improvements in service to Rolls-Royce.

Andy Norman of Rolls-Royce stated, 'We recognised that to achieve our goal of
providing the best level of general facilities management for our larger UK
based engine production premises, we should be working with a services partner
that has a proven self delivery capability for multiple services, and a
reputation for reliability, integrity and innovation. MITIE meets our
requirements and we are looking forward to developing our successful
relationship.'


Contact details

Ian Stewart

Chief Executive

MITIE Group PLC

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Andy Norman

Facilities Director

Rolls-Royce

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Notes

MITIE Group PLC provides Building and Support services to building owners and
occupiers within the public, private, and commercial sectors.

MITIE, Management Incentive Through Investment Equity, means that the management
and staff own a significant proportion of the company. The services provided are
resourced internally; MITIE currently employs more than 24,000 people.

A 'pioneer' of the business services and outsourcing trend, MITIE has built a
reputation for growth and entrepreneurial spirit.

MITIE's turnover for the financial year ended 31st March 2002 was £518 million.

Other major customers include Land Securities Trillium, Probation Service,
Palace of Westminster and Merrill Lynch.


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