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Atkins (WS) PLC06 February 2006 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF COMPANY W S 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 the listed 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 the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) NOT DISCLOSED 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 0.5 PENCE EACH 10) Date of transaction NOT DISCLOSED 11) Date company informed 6 FEBRUARY 2006 12) Total holding following this notification 5,196,005 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 4.97% 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 .......6 FEBRUARY 2006.... TO: WS ATKINS PLCDATED: 2 February 2006 Companies Act 1985("The Act") - Part VI I hereby inform you that as at 31 January 2006 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed on the below schedule, has a notifiable interest in the capital of your Company of 4.97% 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 104,450,990 is the latest figure available to us. LEGAL ENTITY REPORTATKINS WS SEDOL 0060800 As at 31 January 2006 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below,had a notifiable interest in 5,196,005 ORD GBP0.005 representing 4.97% of theissued share capital of 104,450,990 units. Legal Entity Holding Percentage Held------------ ------- --------------- Barclays Global Investors Ltd 4,440,372 4.2512Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 382,637 .3663Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 5,221 .0050Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 252,160 .2414Gerrard Ltd 31,208 .0299Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd 84,407 .0808 ---------- ------- Group Holding 5,196,005 4.9746 ---------- ------- REGISTERED HOLDERS REPORTATKINS WS SEDOL 0060800 As at 31 January 2006 Barclays PLC, through the registered holders listed below, had a notifiable interest in 5,196,005 ORD GBP0.005 representing 4.97% of the issued share capital of 104,450,990 units. Registered Holder Account Designation Holding----------------- ------------------- ------- BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 252,160BOISS NOMINEES LTD 4224361 60,275CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 57,774CHASE NOMINEES LTD 20947 2,994,250CHASE NOMINEES LTD 21359 83,204CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 47,158CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 34,264INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 1,738INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 3,483JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 30,799JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 112,943JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 60,979JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16344 41,475JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16345 55,019JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 1,162,528JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18409 82,341 JPMorgan Chase Bank 41,848JPMorgan Chase Bank 20,014JPMorgan Chase Bank 22,545R C Greig Nominees Limited 24,538R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1 3,428R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CM1 954R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 2,000R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1 288 ---------- Group Holding 5,196,005 ---------- This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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