Holding in Company

Anite Group PLC
4 September 2001



                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

 1. Name of company

    Anite Group plc

 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest


        Legal & General Investment Management Limited


3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

Shareholder named in 2 above

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them


Registered Holder                                                 Holding

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 775180                   39,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 775229                   60,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 886603                   667,827
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 775245                   1,326,820
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 360509                   164,717
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 770286                   173,630
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 357206                   4,913,827
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 130007                   231,192
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 363605                   234,900
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 866203                   194,000

Total                                                             8,005,913




5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired


Not disclosed


6) Percentage of issued class

Not disclosed


7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

841,081

8) Percentage of issued class

0.3%

9) Class of security

10p Ordinary shares

10) Date of transaction

31 August 2001

11) Date company informed

3 September 2001

12) Total holding following this notification

8,005,913

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

2.81%

14) Any additional information



15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Vivienne Hemming 0118 945 0126

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

Date of notification 4 September 2001