26th Jan 2007 16:20
Atkins (WS) PLC26 January 2007 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 52,187Ordinary Shares under the terms of the Atkins Deferred Bonus Plan and the AtkinsRestricted Stock Unit Plan on 18, 20 and 21 December 2006 and 4,8,9,11,16 and 17January 2007 following the exercise of options by, and the transfer of sharesto, employees. The No.4 Trust also sold a total of 141 shares to facilitate thepart repayment of loans made to the No.4 Trust by the Company. The totalholding of the No.4 Trust following these transactions is 3,060,952 OrdinaryShares being 2.93% of the issued share capital. These transactions werenotified to the Company on 25 January 2007. For and on behalf of WS Atkins plc Rebecca PooleAssistant Company Secretary This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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