10th Jan 2007 08:42
Atkins (WS) PLC10 January 2007 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF LISTED COMPANY WS ATKINS PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST SCHRODERS PLC 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is regarding the holding of the shareholder named in 2 above; 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 BELOW 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 (any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) NOT DISCLOSED 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 8) Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) N/A 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 0.5 PENCE EACH 10) Date of transaction NOT DISCLOSED 11) Date listed company informed 8 JANUARY 2007 12) Total holding following this notification 12,592,518 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) 12.056% 14) Any additional information SEE BELOW 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries REBECCA POOLE01372 752401 16) Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed company responsible for making this notification REBECCA POOLE ASSISTANT COMPANY SECRETARY Date of Notification ...... 10 JANUARY 2007 .................. Letter to W S Atkins Plc Dated: 8 January 2007 WS ATKINS PLC0.5p ORDINARY SHARES ("SHARES") We write to advise you that we, Schroder Investment Management Limited, have an interest in 11,268,871 shares which are held in portfolios managed by us on a discretionary basis for clients under Investment management agreements. Included in this figure are;- i. 9,153,128 shares held in unit trust operated and managed by an affiliated company, Schroder Unit Trusts Limited (SUTL), and registered or to be registered in the name of Chase Nominees Limited, and ii. 2,115,743 shares neither registered nor to be registered in the name of Schroder Nominees Limited. The registration details are shown on the enclosed schedule. A subsidiary, Schroder Investment Management North America Ltd (SIMNA Ltd), is managing portfolios on a similar basis holding a further 1,323,647 shares. These shares are registered or to be registered in the name of Chase Nominees Limited. We believe that we are therefore interested in an overall aggregate of 12,592,518 shares, representing some 12.056% of the total number of shares in issue, namely 104,451,799 shares. This notification is made to you:- (a) in respect of our interest as investment managers, (b) on behalf of SUTL in relation to the interests they are treated as having under the Companies Act 1985 (the Act), and (c) on behalf of Schroders plc, our holding company, which is treated as having an interest in all of the above shares under the Act by virtue of its ownership of SUTL and ourselves. Letter from: T. O'Donoghue Compliance Schroders Investment Management Limited ATKINS PLC 0.5p ORDINARY SHARES REGISTRATION AMOUNTBank of Ireland Securities Services 59,077Chase Nominees Limited 304,681JP Morgan Bank Luxembourg SA 1,476,985Nortrust Nominees Limited 275,000Total 2,115,743 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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