31st Aug 2005 16:18
Atkins (WS) PLC31 August 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 36,606Ordinary Shares under the terms of the WS Atkins Deferred Bonus Plan and the WSAtkins Pre-Tax Equity Participation Plan on 26 August 2005, following theexercise of options by employees. The No.4 Trust also sold a total of 24Ordinary Shares on 26 August 2005 to facilitate the part repayment of loans madeto the No.4 Trust by the Company. The total holding of the No.4 Trust followingthese transactions is 4,369,366 Ordinary Shares being 4.18% of the issued sharecapital. These transactions were notified to the Company on 30 August 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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