6th Apr 2005 17:53
Atkins (WS) PLC06 April 2005 Notification of Interests: Companies Act 1985, Section 329 The following dealings by an Employee Benefit Trust established by the Companywere transacted. The Trust is a discretionary trust for the benefit ofemployees of WS Atkins plc and its subsidiaries. The Executive Directors of WS Atkins plc are included as potential beneficiariesunder the Trust and are deemed to be interested in those shares and the dealingsthereof for the purposes of Section 324 of the Companies Act 1985. Employee Benefit Trust No.4 ("the No.4 Trust"), registered in the name ofGreenwood Nominees Limited A/c No 262751 transferred a total of 164 OrdinaryShares under the terms of the WS Atkins Post-Tax Equity Participation Plan on 29March 2005 following the exercise of an option by an employee. The No.4 Trustalso sold a total of 20 Ordinary Shares on 29 March 2005 to facilitate the partrepayment of loans made to the No.4 Trust by the Company. The total holding ofthe No.4 Trust following these transactions is 4,736,730 Ordinary Shares being4.53% of the issued share capital. These transactions were notified to theCompany on 6 April 2005. For and on behalf of WS Atkins plc Richard WebsterAssistant Company Secretary This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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