17th Feb 2005 07:00
Atkins (WS) PLC16 February 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 11 FEBRUARY 2005 11) Date company informed 16 FEBRUARY 2005 12) Total holding following this notification 11,576,096 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 11.08% 14) Any additional information SEE ATTACHED 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries RICHARD WEBSTER01372 752349 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification ..... 16 FEBRUARY 2005 ............ LETTER TO: W S ATKINS PLCDATED: 14 FEBRUARY 2005 Companies Act 1985 ("The Act") - Part VI I hereby inform you that as at 11 February 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 11.08% 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 11 February 2005 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below,had a notifiable interest in 11,576,096 ORD GBP0.005 representing 11.08% of theissued share capital of 104,443,551 units. Legal Entity Holding Percentage HeldBarclays Private Bank Ltd 6,412 .0061Woolwich Unit Trust Managers Ltd 549,373 .5260Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 37,520 .0359Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd 114,714 .1098Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 1,527,724 1.4627Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd 118,247 .1132Barclays Global Investors Ltd 5,262,427 5.0385Gerrard Ltd 2,692 .0026Barclays Global Investors Ltd 3,385,537 3.2415Barclays Bank PLC 235,330 .2253Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 336,120 .3218 Group Holding 11,576,096 11.0834 REGISTERED HOLDERS REPORTATKINS WS SEDOL 0060800 As at 11 February 2005 Barclays PLC, through the registered holders listed below,had a notifiable interest in 11,576,096 ORD GBP0.005 representing 11.08 % of theissued share capital of 104,443,551 units. Registered Holder Account Designation HoldingBANK OF IRELAND 4239749 58,799BANK 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 29,590BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMI 22,633BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMI 37,520BNP PARIBAS 235,330BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 221476 26,333BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 387173 67,592BOISS NOMINEES LTD 4224361 44,099CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 57,774CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16669 14,469CHASE NOMINEES LTD 18243 13,482CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19518 21,173CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19519 157,585CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19520 3,679CHASE NOMINEES LTD 20947 3,839,492CHASE NOMINEES LTD 21359 205,610CHASE NOMINEES LTD 25772 50,271CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27793 7,279CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27795 11,150CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27797 16,538CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27799 35,400CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27800 65,460CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27270 40,736CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27270 72,490 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 31961 139,027CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES 13,742CITIBANK 6010613363 154,690CITIBANK 6010640794 26,948CITIBANK 6010782807 28,575DEUTSCHE BANK LONDON 8003168 24,093HSBC 813168 82,087HSBC 814537 7,810HSBC 845315 2,312INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 16,940INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 86,131INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 273,196INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 33,187INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 808,039INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 9,720INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 7,799JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 40,059JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 124,681JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 60,337JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16344 41,423JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16345 69,620JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 1,107,407JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16612 24,979 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16621 16,749JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16644 44,936JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16901 11,228JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18409 52,144JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 19514 11,839JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 27795 33,101 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 27799 74,512JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 28166 331,700JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 29514 74,512JPM FRANKFURT 27717 67,835JPMorgan Chase Bank 23,174JPMorgan Chase Bank 22,248JPMorgan Chase Bank 34,264JPMorgan Chase Bank 35,028JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 118,247KAS ASSOCIATES 3507261 2,556MELLON BANK ABGFZ872482 298,989MELLON BANK TGGF0003002 10,327Mellon Trust - Boston & SF 42,528MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 53,055MIDLAND 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 59,192NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 14,036NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 67,933R 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 11,576,096 END This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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