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WSP Group PLC04 December 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 Ltd 663,780Chase Nominees Ltd 31,489Chase Nominees Ltd 448,263Chase Nominees Ltd 19,422JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 33,375JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 339,182JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 278,287JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 48,335RC Greig Nominees Limited AK1 2,000RC Greig Nominess Limited GP1 1,500 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 n/a 8. Percentage of issued class n/a 9. Class of securityOrdinary Shares of 5p 10. Date of transaction n/a 11. Date company informed 4 December 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 1,865,633 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification.3.01 per cent 14. Any additional information 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queriesGraham Bisset, Company Secretary 020 7314 5000 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for makingthis notification Graham BissetCompany Secretary4 December 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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