Holding(s) in Company

Anite Group PLC
01 August 2002

SCHEDULE 10

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   Name of company

     Anite Group plc

2)   Name of shareholder having a major interest

     Barclays PLC through the legal entities listed in (4) below.

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

Barclays Private Bank Ltd                                             287,821
Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust                                 112,965
Woolwich Pension Fund Trust Co Ltd                                    115,530
Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd                                        1,256,572
Barclays Capital Securities Ltd                                       15,720
Barclays Global Investors Ltd                                         12,894,689
Woolwich Unit Trust Managers Ltd                                      3,977,455
Barclays Global Investors, N.A.                                       4,530,936
Barclays Global Investors Ltd                                         13,373,071
Barclays Private Bank Ltd                                             4,770

Total                                                                 36,569,529

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

Not disclosed

8)   Percentage of issued class

Not disclosed

9)   Class of security

10p Ordinary shares

10)  Date of transaction

Not disclosed

11)  Date company informed

1 August 2002


12)  Total holding following this notification

36,569,529

13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

11.00%

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 1 August 2002







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