Director Shareholding

MITIE Group PLC
27 January 2003


MITIE Group PLC - Directors' Interests in Shares

On 27 January 2003, the trustees of The MITIE Group PLC (the 'Company') Employee
Trust (the 'Trust') acquired by subscription, at a price of 106p per share, a
total of 20,000 ordinary shares of 21/2p each in the Company.  All of these
shares have been used to satisfy options exercised under the Company's 1991
Executive Share Option Scheme and will shortly be transferred to the individuals
who exercised their options.

As potential beneficiaries under the Trust, each executive director of the
Company is treated as being interested in all shares acquired by the Trust.

The directors of the Company who may be considered to be potential beneficiaries
of the shares detailed in this notification are:

     Colin Stewart Acheson
     Neville Roger Goodman
     Colin Stephen Hale
     William Robson
     Ian Reginald Stewart
     David Malcolm Telling


Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

C K Ross, Company Secretary
MITIE Group PLC
Tel:  [phone]

Date:   27 January 2003


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