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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 ZURICH FINANCIAL SERVICES AND ITS GROUP 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 NOT DISCLOSED 11) Date company informed 24 MARCH 2005 12) Total holding following this notification 3,170,951 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 3.04% 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 Atkins (SW) PLC SECTION 198 COMPANIES ACT 1985 In accordance with the provisions of the above Section, on behalf of ZurichFinancial Services and its Group, we would inform you of a notifiable interestin the shares in your Company, which are held as detailed on the below schedule. Letter from Threadneedle Investments Atkins (SW) PLC Registered Owner Ordinary 0.5p SharesBNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd A/c 219064 183,951Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 34789 326,000Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 21667 150,000Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07203 151,000Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 05576 2,220,000Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 05577 140,000 TOTAL 3,170,951 Notes Littledown Nominees Ltd is a nominee for the ZPS Group subsidiaries: Eagle StarInsurance Company Ltd; Zurich Assurance Ltd; Zurich Financial Services UK Pension Trustee Ltd; Eagle Star Executives Pension Trustee Ltd; Eagle Star Securities Ltd. It is also a nominee for various companies not within the ZFSGroup. ZFS in Zurich Financial Services, a company incorporated in Switzerland. This notification is made on behalf of: Eagle Star Group Services Ltd, Zurich Assurance Ltd, Zurich Financial ServicesUK Pension Trustee Ltd and Eagle Star Holdings Limited; Allied Zurich Holdings Ltd, Zurich Financial Services (UKISA) Ltd, Zurich GroupHolding and Allied Zurich plc, the intermediate holding companies of theaforementioned companies, and Zurich Financial Services, their ultimate holdingcompany. The shares could be available for lending and this could lead to a short term re-registration. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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