8th Sep 2005 16:46
Atkins (WS) PLC08 September 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 10,344Ordinary Shares under the terms of the WS Atkins Deferred Bonus Plan on 30August and 1 and 2 September 2005, following the exercise of options byemployees. The total holding of the No.4 Trust following these transactions is4,359,022 Ordinary Shares being 4.17% of the issued share capital. Thesetransactions were notified to the Company on 7 September 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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