Holding(s) in Company

MITIE Group PLC
08 July 2003


                           MITIE Group PLC ('MITIE')

                  Notification of substantial shareholding

MITIE has today received notification that FMR Corp. and Fidelity International
Limited and their direct and indirect subsidiaries have notifiable
non-beneficial interests in 27,549,883 Ordinary Shares of 2.5p each in MITIE,
which represents 9.11% of the issued share capital of MITIE.  The notifiable
interests also comprise the notifiable interest of Mr Edward C Johnson 3rd, a
principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Limited.

MITIE has been informed that the shares to which this notification relates are
registered as follows:

MANAGEMENT COMPANY              NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME          NO. OF SHARES
                                                                          HELD

Fidelity Management & Research  HSBC                                 3,900,000
Company
Fidelity Management & Research  Chase Nominees Ltd                     383,200
Company
Fidelity Management Trust       State Street Nominees Ltd               63,100
Company
Fidelity Management Trust       Brown Brothers Harriman                 41,400
Company
Fidelity Management Trust       State Street Bank and Trust             30,200
Company
Fidelity Investment Services    Chase Manhattan Bank London          3,124,760
Ltd
Fidelity Investment Services    Chase Nominees Ltd                   1,651,400
Ltd
Fidelity Pension Management     Mellon Nominees Ltd                    307,294
Fidelity Pension Management     HSBC                                   124,000
Fidelity Pension Management     Northern Trust                         333,300
Fidelity Pension Management     Chase Nominees Ltd                   1,326,600
Fidelity International Ltd      Chase Manhattan Bank London          1,447,863
Fidelity International Ltd      Bank of New York London              5,078,933
Fidelity International Ltd      Northern Trust                       2,120,514
Fidelity International Ltd      Bank of New York Brussels              641,100
Fidelity International Ltd      State Street Bank and Trust            285,400
Fidelity International Ltd      Deutsche                                68,200
Fidelity International Ltd      Chase Nominees Ltd                   2,059,100
Fidelity International Ltd      State Street Nominees Ltd              572,400
Fidelity International Ltd      Nortrust Nominees Ltd                  622,000
Fidelity International Ltd      HSBC Client Holdings Nominee         2,781,519
                                (UK) Ltd
Fidelity International Ltd      Chase Manhattan Bank London             41,100
Fidelity International Ltd      Deutsche Bank                           82,600
Fidelity International Ltd      Mellon Nominees Ltd                     84,300
Fidelity International Ltd      Northern Trust London                  229,200
Fidelity International Ltd      J P Morgan                             150,400

Total                                                               27,549,883


Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

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

Date:   8 July 2003


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