22nd Feb 2006 13:05
Atkins (WS) PLC22 February 2006 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 1,209 OrdinaryShares under the terms of the WS Atkins Deferred Bonus Plan and the WS AtkinsPre-Tax Equity Participation Plan on 14 February 2006, following the exercise ofoptions by employees. The No.4 Trust also sold a total of 17 Ordinary Shares on14 February 2006 to facilitate the part repayment of loans made to the No.4Trust by the Company. The total holding of the No.4 Trust following thesetransactions is 4,168,141 Ordinary Shares being 3.99% of the issued sharecapital. These transactions were notified to the Company on 21 February 2006. For and on behalf of WS Atkins plc Rebecca PooleCompany Secretariat This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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