20th Feb 2006 11:17
WSP Group PLC20 February 2006 Notification of Major Interests in Shares 1. Name of company WSP Group plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest Barclays PLC, through Gerrard Ltd, Barclays Global Investors Ltd, BarclaysCapital Securities Ltd and Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interestor in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person'sspouse or children under the age of 18 as in 2 above Barclays PLC 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them Barclays Capital Nominees Limited 382,897Chase Nominees Ltd 29,401Chase Nominees Ltd 71,292Chase Nominees Ltd 29.624Chase Nominees Ltd 19,422JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 38,277JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 66,730JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 24,283JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 37,928JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 503,187JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 1,041,535JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 293,911JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 36,384RC Greig Nominees Limited 2,000RC Greig Nominess Limited GP1 1,500 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired 382,897 6. Percentage of issued class 0.633 per cent 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed n/a 8. Percentage of issued class n/a 9. Class of security Ordinary Shares of 5p 10. Date of transaction 16 February 2006 11. Date company informed 20 February 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 2,578,371 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification. 4.259 per cent 14. Any additional information 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Graham Bisset, Company Secretary 020 7314 5000 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for makingthis notification Graham BissetCompany Secretary 20 February 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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