Holding(s) in Company

Anite Group PLC
19 December 2006


                                                                19 December 2006
                                        
                                ANITE GROUP PLC

                              Holdings in Company


The Company was advised on 13 December 2006 by Barclays PLC ('Barclays') that
Barclays, through the legal entities listed below has a notifiable interest in
the capital of the Company of 25,104,107 ordinary shares of 10p each. This
interest is notifiable under Part VI of the Companies Act 1985 (as amended) and
represents 7.14% of the Companies issued share capital (351,398,296 ordinary
shares).



Full details of the interest and the legal entities are detailed below.


Beneficial Owner                           Number of Shares Held    % Interest

Barclays Life Assurance Co Limited                     1,620,935        0.4613
Barclays Capital Securities Limited                    4,545,876        1.2938
Barclays Global Investors Limited                     18,668,808        5.3132
Barclays Bank Trust Company Limited                        4,970        0.0014
Gerrard Limited                                           43,745        0.0125
Barclays Bank PLC                                        219,773        0.0625



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For further information, please contact:                    www.anite.com

Anite Group plc                                             01753 804000
John Sadler

Smithfield                                                  020 7360 4900
Reg Hoare/Sara Musgrave




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