RNS Number:4582S
MITIE Group PLC
25 November 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 40,674,514 Ordinary Shares of 2.5p each in MITIE,
which represents 13.16% 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                                 7,071,400
Company
Fidelity Management Trust       State Street Nominees Ltd               91,500
Company
Fidelity Management Trust       Brown Brothers Harriman                 70,600
Company
Fidelity Management Trust       State Street Bank and Trust             51,300
Company
Fidelity Investment Services    Chase Manhattan Bank London          2,426,870
Ltd
Fidelity Investment Services    Chase Nominees Ltd                   1,651,400
Ltd
Fidelity Pension Management     Mellon Nominees Ltd                    345,394
Fidelity Pension Management     Northern Trust                         460,900
Fidelity Pension Management     Chase Nominees Ltd                   1,653,400
Fidelity International Ltd      Chase Manhattan Bank London          1,656,763
Fidelity International Ltd      Bank of New York London              4,964,033
Fidelity International Ltd      Northern Trust                       1,749,614
Fidelity International Ltd      Bank of New York Brussels              665,000
Fidelity International Ltd      State Street Bank and Trust            403,400
Fidelity International Ltd      Deutsche                               632,600
Fidelity International Ltd      Chase Nominees Ltd                   2,369,300
Fidelity International Ltd      State Street Nominees Ltd              572,400
Fidelity International Ltd      Nortrust Nominees Ltd                  713,800
Fidelity International Ltd      HSBC Client Holdings Nominee        12,460,740
                                (UK) Ltd
Fidelity International Ltd      Deutsche Bank                          100,600
Fidelity International Ltd      Mellon Nominees Ltd                     84,300
Fidelity International Ltd      Northern Trust London                  229,200
Fidelity International Ltd      J P Morgan                             250,000

                        Total                                       40,674,514



Name of contact and telephone number for queries:
C K Ross, Company Secretary
MITIE Group PLC
Tel: 01934-862006

Date: 25 November 2003



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