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Atkins (WS) PLC08 November 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF COMPANY WS ATKINS PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST BARCLAYS PLC 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the Shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 SEE ABOVE 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them. SEE BELOW 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. N/A 6) Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) N/A 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed NOT DISCLOSED 8) Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) NOT DISCLOSED 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 0.5 PENCE EACH 10) Date of transaction NOT DISCLOSED 11) Date company informed 8 NOVEMBER 2005 12) Total holding following this notification 12,525,208 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 11.991%% 14) Any additional information SEE BELOW 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries RICHARD WEBSTER 01372 752349 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification 8 NOVEMBER 2005 Letter to: W S Atkins PLC Dated 7 November 2005 Companies Act 1985 ("The Act") - Part VI---------------------------------------- I hereby inform you that as at 4 November 2005 Barclays PLC, through the legalentities listed on the attached schedule below, has a notifiable interest in thecapital of your Company of your Company of 11.99%. Details of this interest, together with a breakdown between registered holders(as required by Section 202(3) of the Act), are below. The issued capital of 104,450,990 is the latest figure available to us. Letter From: Barclays PLC LEGAL ENTITY REPORT - ALL ATKINS WS SEDOL: 0060800 As at 04 November 2005 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below,had a notifiable interest in 12,525,208 ORD GBP0.005 representing 11.99% of theissued share capital of 104,450,990 units. Legal Entity Holding Percentage Held------------ ------- --------------- Gerrard Ltd 167,561 .1604Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd 84,407 .0808Barclays Global Investors Ltd 5,796,873 5.5498Woolwich Unit Trust Managers Ltd 530,313 .5077Barclays Private Bank Ltd 7,822 .0075Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 440,654 .4219Barclays Global Investors N.A. 1,337,073 1.2801Gerrard Ltd 13,286 .0127Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 330,328 .3163Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd 22,444 .0215Barclays Private Bank Ltd 3,490 .0033Barclays Global Investors Ltd 3,790,957 3.6294 ---------- ------- Group Holding 12,525,208 11.9914 ---------- ------- REGISTERED HOLDERS REPORTATKINS WS SEDOL 0060800 As at 4 November 2005 Barclays PLC, through the registered holders listed below, had a notifiable interest in 12,525,208 ORD GBP0.005 representing 11.99% of the issued share capital of 104,450,990 units. Registered Holder Account Designation Holding----------------- ------------------- ------- BANK OF IRELAND 258227 61,102BANK OF IRELAND 4239749 91,048BANK OF NEW YORK 210405 55,034BANK OF NEW YORK 214074 1,818BANK OF NEW YORK 214075 359,767BANK OF NEW YORK 221428 40,969BANK OF NEW YORK 367748 349,287BANK OF NEW YORK 392067 378,275BANK OF NEW YORK 392177 23,775BANK OF NEW YORK 768198 25,007BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMI 330,328BNP PARIBAS 23,186BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 221476 26,879BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 387173 56,716BOISS NOMINEES LTD 4224361 42,554BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD 501577191 9,223CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 57,774CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16669 14,469CHASE NOMINEES LTD 18243 13,482CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19518 19,122CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19519 137,767CHASE NOMINEES LTD 20947 4,280,944CHASE NOMINEES LTD 21359 193,341CHASE NOMINEES LTD 25772 50,883CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27793 6,585CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27795 9,106CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27797 16,538CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27799 35,400CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27800 79,219CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 40,736CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 73,187 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 31961 143,067CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES 14,989CITIBANK 6010640794 26,948CITIBANK 6010782807 29,856DEUTSCHE BANK LONDON 8003168 24,093GREIG MIDDLETON NOMINEES LTD( GM3 30,000HSBC 813168 101,183HSBC 845315 2,824IBT 583996 276,960INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 93614 22,492INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 3,263INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 22,451INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 741,402INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 296,003 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 3,483INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 1,738 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 30,799JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 54,507JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 125,927JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16344 43,261JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16345 72,237JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 1,139,919JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16612 25,493JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16621 16,749JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16644 55,537JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16901 11,228JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18409 82,341JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 19514 11,839 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 27795 37,833JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 27799 76,528JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 28166 316,871JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 29514 67,741 JPMorgan Chase Bank 41,848JPMorgan Chase Bank 20,014JPMorgan Chase Bank 22,545JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 22,444KAS ASSOCIATES 3507261 2,556MELLON BANK ABGFZ872482 290,774MELLON BANK TGGF0003002 10,327Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN/ 36,089MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 42,729MIDLAND BANK (HSBC BANK PLC) 772823 208,050NORTHERN TRUST CVS21 113,907NORTHERN TRUST SCO06 33,596NORTHERN TRUST TNF01 24,909NORTHERN TRUST TRG01 2,128 NORTHERN TRUST USF06 22,033NORTHERN TRUST USF12 206,068NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 51,091NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 48,636NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 12,393R C Greig Nominees Limited RC1 130,891R C Greig Nominees Limited RC1 8,651R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1 3,428R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1 885R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 900 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CM1 1,000R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CM1 954 R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 GP1 2,000R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 GP1 1,850R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1 SA1 288STATE STREET 2RJ2 10,718STATE STREET JD12 51,741STATE STREET JFBL 33,224STATE STREET N3B6 16,943STATE STREET TRUST OF CANADA - 17,128The Northern Trust Company - U 22,492UBS 486039 185,583 ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED 7,822ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED 3,490 ---------- Group Holding 12,525,208 ---------- This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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