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Atkins (WS) PLC16 March 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 2 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. NOT DISCLOSED 6) Percentage of issued Class NOT DISCLOSED 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 8) Percentage of issued Class N/A 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 0.5 PENCE 10) Date of transaction 8 MARCH 2005 11) Date company informed 15 MARCH 2005 12) Total holding following this notification 13,640,316 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 13.06% 14) Any additional information SEE BELOW 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries JOHN SADLER01372 752401 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification ..... 16 MARCH 2005 ............ LETTER TO: W S ATKINS PLCDATED: 11 MARCH 2005 Companies Act 1985 ("The Act") - Part VI I hereby inform you that as at 8 March 2005 Barclays PLC, through the legalentities listed on the below schedule, has a notifiable interest in the capital of your Company of your Company of 13.06% Details of this interest, together with a breakdown between registered holders(as required by Section 202(3) of the Act), are enclosed. The issued capital of 104,443,551 is the latest figure available to us. LETTER FROM: BARCLAYS PLC LEGAL ENTITY REPORT - ALL ATKINS WS SEDOL: 0060800 As at 08 March 2005 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below,had a notifiable interest in 13,640,316 ORD GBP0.005 representing 13.06% of theissued share capital of 104,443,551 units. Legal Entity Holding Percentage HeldBarclays Capital Securities Ltd 4,116 0.0039Barclays Private Bank Ltd 6,412 0.0061Barclays Global Investors Ltd 5,381,264 5.1523Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 339,016 0.3246Gerrard Ltd 2,692 0.0026Woolwich Unit Trust Managers Ltd 551,169 0.5277Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 1,820,163 1.7427Barclays Global Investors Ltd 5,275,293 5.0509Barclays Global Investlrs Japan Ltd 124,185 0.1189Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd 136,006 0.1302 Group Holding 13,640,316 13.0599 REGISTERED HOLDERS REPORTATKINS WS SEDOL 0060800 As at 08 March 2005 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below,had a notifiable interest in 13,640,316 ORD GBP0.005 representing 13.06% of theissued share capital of 104,443,551 units. Registered Holder Account Designation HoldingBANK OF IRELAND 4239749 73,694BANK OF NEW YORK 214075 366,936BANK OF NEW YORK 221428 50,969BANK OF NEW YORK 367748 286,514BANK OF NEW YORK 392067 326,836BANK OF NEW YORK 392177 29,590BANK OF NEW YORK 768198 22,633BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMI 4,116BNP PARIBAS 33,216BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 221476 28,108BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 387173 67,592BOISS NOMINEES LTD 4224361 44,814BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD 501577191 9,223CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 57,774CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16669 14,469CHASE NOMINEES LTD 18243 13,482CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19518 22,969CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19519 157,585CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19520 3,679CHASE NOMINEES LTD 20947 3,839,492CHASE NOMINEES LTD 21359 205,610CHASE NOMINEES LTD 25772 51,662CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27793 7,279CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27795 11,150CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27797 16,538CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27799 35,400CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27800 69,195CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 72,490CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27270 40,736 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 31961 139,027CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES 20,494CITIBANK 6010613363 154,690CITIBANK 6010640794 26,948CITIBANK 6010782807 28,575DEUTSCHE BANK LONDON 8003168 24,093DUMMY 71219 20,494DUMMY 90042 969,219DUMMY 90089 329,807DUMMY 90100 38,465DUMMY 90164 9,720DUMMY 90214 9,527DUMMY 91107 108,532DUMMY 93001 136,006DUMMY 93022 16,402DUMMY 93028 64,941DUMMY 93286 83,117DUMMY 93446 17,823DUMMY 93491 33,216DUMMY 93544 51,904DUMMY 93548 66,996HSBC 813168 83,526HSBC 814537 7,810HSBC 845315 2,312INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 17,823INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 9,527INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 969,219INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 9,720INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 38,465INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 329,807INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 108,532JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 40,059JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 60,337JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 124,681JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16344 42,848JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16345 71,091JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 1,121,703JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16612 24,979JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16621 16,749JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16644 48,397JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16901 11,228JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18409 50,714JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 19514 11,839 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 27795 33,101JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 27799 75,735JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 28166 331,700JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 29514 75,974JPM FRANKFURT 27717 67,835JPMorgan Chase Bank 35,028JPMorgan Chase Bank 34,264JPMorgan Chase Bank 27,982JPMorgan Chase Bank 26,911JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 136,006KAS ASSOCIATES 3507261 2,556MELLON BANK ABGFZ872482 298,989MELLON BANK TGGF0003002 10,327Mellon Trust - Boston & SF 51,904MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 64,941MIDLAND BANK (HSBC BANK PLC) 772823 203,803NORTHERN TRUST BCP04 7,297NORTHERN TRUST CVS21 96,452NORTHERN TRUST SC006 33,596NORTHERN TRUST TNF01 32,235NORTHERN TRUST TRG01 5,929 NORTHERN TRUST USF06 22,033NORTHERN TRUST USF12 178,815NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 16,402NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 83,117NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 66,996R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CMI 954R C Greig Nominees Limited GPI GP1 1,450R C Greig Nominees Limited SAI SA1 288STATE STREET 2RJ2 14,836STATE STREET JD12 51,741STATE STREET N3B6 26,125STATE STREET N3YZ 3,469ZEBAN NOMINEES UNITED 6,412 Group Holding 13,640,316 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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