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Atkins (WS) PLC24 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. N/A 6) Percentage of issued Class N/A 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed NOT DISCLOSED 8) Percentage of issued Class NOT DISCLOSED 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 0.5 PENCE 10) Date of transaction 16 MARCH 2005 11) Date company informed 24 MARCH 2005 12) Total holding following this notification 11,949 439 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 11.44% 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 ......24 MARCH 2005.............. LETTER TO: W S ATKINS PLCDATED: 23 MARCH 2005 Companies Act 1985 ("The Act") - Part VI I hereby inform you that as at 16 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 11.44% 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 104,449,387 is the latest figure available to us. LETTER FROM: BARCLAYS PLC LEGAL ENTITY REPORT - ALL ATKINS WS SEDOL: 0060800 As at 16 March 2005 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below,had a notifiable interest in 11,949,439 ORD GBP0.005 representing 11.44% of theissued share capital of 104,449,387 units. Legal Entity Holding Percentage HeldBarclays Private Bank Ltd 6,412 0.0061Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 341,507 0.3270Barclays Global Investors Ltd 3,477,876 3.3299Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd 124,185 0.1189Woolwich Unit Trust Managers Ltd 566,613 0.5425Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 1,820,163 1.7427Barclays Global Investors Ltd 5,399,304 5.1696Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd 136,006 0.1302Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 74,681 0.0715Gerrard Ltd 2,692 0.0026 Group Holding 11,949,439 11.4410 REGISTERED HOLDERS REPORTATKINS WS SEDOL 0060800 As at 16 March 2005 Barclays PLC, through the registered holders listed below,had a notifiable interest in 11,949,439 ORD GBP0.005 representing 11.44% of theissued share capital of 104,449,387 units. Registered Holder Account Designation HoldingBANK OF IRELAND 4239749 81,218BANK OF NEW YORK 214074 3,086BANK OF NEW YORK 214075 374,240BANK OF NEW YORK 221428 52,859BANK OF NEW YORK 367748 292,984BANK OF NEW YORK 392067 335,011BANK OF NEW YORK 392177 29,590BANK OF NEW YORK 768198 22,633BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMI 74,681BNP 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 162,639CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19520 3,679CHASE NOMINEES LTD 20947 3,961,624CHASE NOMINEES LTD 21359 207,489CHASE 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 40,736CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 72,490 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 31961 141,252CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES 20,494CITIBANK 6010613363 154,690CITIBANK 6010640794 26,948CITIBANK 6010782807 28,575DEUTSCHE BANK LONDON 8003168 24,093HSBC 813168 85,775HSBC 814537 7,810HSBC 845315 2,312INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 9,720INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 9,527INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 17,823INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 38,465INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 969,219INVESTORS 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 73,582JP 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 77,223JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 28166 331,700JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 29514 78,754JPM 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 314,797MELLON BANK TGGF0003002 10,327Mellon Trust - Boston & SF 51,904MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 64,941MIDLAND BANK (HSBC BANK PLC) 772823 207,975NORTHERN 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 11,949,439 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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