9th Feb 2005 07:00
Atkins (WS) PLC8 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. N/A 6) Percentage of issued Class(any treasury shares held by 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 company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) NOT DISCLOSED 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 0.5 PENCE 10) Date of transaction 4 FEBRUARY 2005 11) Date company informed 8 FEBRUARY 2005 12) Total holding following this notification 11,272,648 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (any treasury shares held by company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 10.79% 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 .....8 FEBRUARY 2005.................. LETTER TO: W S ATKINS PLCDATED: 7 FEBRUARY 2005 Companies Act 1985 ("The Act") - Part VI I hereby inform you that as at 4 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 10.79% 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 04 February 2005 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below,had a notifiable interest in 11,272,648 ORD GBP0.005 representing 10.79% of theissued share capital of 104,443,551 units. Legal Entity Holding Percentage Held Woolwich Unit Trust Managers Ltd 549,373 .5260Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 1,462,325 1.4001Gerrard Ltd 2,292 .0022Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd 114,714 .1098Barclays Global Investors Ltd 3,384,619 3.2406Barclays Private Bank Ltd 6,412 .0061Barclays Global Investors Ltd 5,262,427 5.0385Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd 114,728 .1098Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 336,120 .3218Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 39,638 .0380 Group Holding 11,272,648 10.7929 REGISTERED HOLDERS REPORTATKINS WS SEDOL 0060800 As at 04 February 2005 Barclays PLC, through the registered holders listed below, had a notifiable interest in 11,272,648 ORD GBP0.005 representing 10.79% of the issued share capital of 104,443,551 units. Registered Holder Account Designation Holding BANK 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 29,590BANK OF NEW YORK 768198 22,633BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMI 39,638BNP PARIBAS 42,226BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 221476 26,333BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 387173 67,592BOISS NOMINEES LTD 4224361 43,181CHASE 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 28270 72,490CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 40,736CHASE NOMINEES LTD 31961 139,027CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES 13,742CITIBANK 6010613363 154,690CITIBANK 6010640794 26,948CITIBANK 6010782807 28,575DEUTSCHE BANK LONDON 8003168 24,093 HSBC 813168 82,087HSBC 814537 7,810HSBC 845315 2,312INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 771,980INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 9,720INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 260,875INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 33,187INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 7,508INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 81,185INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 16,940JP 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 24,979JP 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 74,273JP 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 114,728KAS ASSOCIATES 3507261 2,556MELLON BANK ABGFZ872482 298,989MELLON BANK TGGF0003002 10,327Mellon Trust - Boston & SF 38,939MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 50,875MIDLAND BANK (HSBC BANK PLC) 772823 203,803NORTHERN TRUST 8CP04 7,297NORTHERN TRUST CVS21 96,452NORTHERN TRUST SC006 33,596NORTHERN TRUST TNF01 32,235NORTHERN TRUST TRG01 5,929NORTHERN TRUST USF06 22,033 NORTHERN TRUST USF12 178,815NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 13,481NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 64,756NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 56,911R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CMI 954R C Greig Nominees Limited GPI GP1 1,050R 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 11,272,648 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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