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Atkins (WS) PLC03 January 2006 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. 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 3 JANUARY 2006 12) Total holding following this notification 6,110,400 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) 5.85% 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 ..3 JANUARY 2006............... TO: WS ATKINS PLCDATED: 22 DECEMBER 2005 Companies Act 1985("The Act") - Part VI I hereby inform you that as at 21 December 2005 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed on the below schedule, has a notifiable interest in the capital of your Company of 5.85% 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 104,450,990 is the latest figure available to us. FROM: BARCLAYS LEGAL ENTITY REPORTATKINS WS SEDOL 0060800 As at 21 December 2005 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below,had a notifiable interest in 6,110,400 ORD GBP0.005 representing 5.85% of theissued share capital of 104,450,990 units. Legal Entity Holding Percentage Held------------ ------- --------------- Barclays Global Investors Ltd 5,180,484 4.9597Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 57,952 .0555Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd 84,407 .0808Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 431,585 .4132Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 324,764 .3109 Gerrard Ltd 31,208 .0299 ---------- ------- Group Holding 6,110,400 5.8500 ---------- ------- REGISTERED HOLDERS REPORTATKINS WS SEDOL 0060800 As at 21 December 2005 Barclays PLC, through the registered holders listed below, had a notifiable interest in 6,110,400 ORD GBP0.005 representing 5.85% of the issued share capital of 104,450,990 units. Registered Holder Account Designation Holding----------------- ------------------- ------- BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 324,764BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED -112,177BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 112,177BOISS NOMINEES LTD 4224361 57,921CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 57,774CHASE NOMINEES LTD 20947 3,646,072CHASE NOMINEES LTD 21359 172,909CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 58,791CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 34,264INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 52,731INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 1,738INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 3,483JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 30,799JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 132,384JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 60,979JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16344 43,261JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16345 71,107JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 1,163,467JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18409 82,341 JPMorgan Chase Bank 41,848JPMorgan Chase Bank 20,014JPMorgan Chase Bank 22,545R C Greig Nominees Limited 24,538R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1 3,428R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CM1 954R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 2,000R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1 288 ---------- Group Holding 6,110,400 ---------- This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange ENDRelated Shares:
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