27th Oct 2005 15:43
Atkins (WS) PLC27 October 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 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 26/10/05 12) Total holding following this notification 13,576,951 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) 12.998% 14) Any additional information SEE BELOW 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries REBECCA POOLE 01372 752401 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification 27 OCTOBER 2005 Letter to: W S Atkins PLC Dated 25 October 2005 Companies Act 1985 ("The Act") - Part VI---------------------------------------- I hereby inform you that as at 21 October 2005 Barclays PLC, through the legalentities listed on the attached schedule below, has a notifiable interest in thecapital of your Company of your Company of 12.9983%. Details of this interest, together with a breakdown between registered holders(as required by Section 202(3) of the Act), are below. The issued capital of 104,450,990 is the latest figure available to us. Letter From: Barclays PLC LEGAL ENTITY REPORT - ALL ATKINS WS SEDOL: 0060800 As at 21 October 2005 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below,had a notifiable interest in 13,576,951 ORD GBP0.005 representing 13.00% of theissued share capital of 104,450,990 units. Legal Entity Holding Percentage Held------------ ------- --------------- Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd 136,129 .1303 Gerrard Ltd 13,286 .0127 Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd 155,711 .1491Barclays Global Investors, Ltd 3,974,989 3.8056Barclays Global Investors Ltd 5,923,038 5.6706Barclays Private Bank Ltd 3,490 .0033Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 292,380 .2799Woolwich Unit Trust Managers Ltd 585,232 .5603Barclays Global Investors N.A. 1,871,502 7.7918Gerrard Ltd 167,561 .1604Barclays Private Bank Ltd 7,822 .0075Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 445,811 0.4268 ---------- ------- Group Holding 13,576,951 12.9983 ---------- ------- REGISTERED HOLDERS REPORTATKINS WS SEDOL 0060800 As at 21 October 2005 Barclays PLC, through the registered holders listed below, had a notifiable interest in 13,576,951 ORD GBP0.005 representing 13.00% of the issued share capital of 104,450,990 units. Registered Holder Account Designation Holding----------------- ------------------- ------- BANK OF IRELAND 258227 62,481BANK OF IRELAND 4239749 91,048BANK OF NEW YORK 210405 66,082BANK OF NEW YORK 214074 3,086BANK OF NEW YORK 214075 379,259BANK OF NEW YORK 221428 53,386BANK OF NEW YORK 367748 349,287BANK OF NEW YORK 392067 384,400BANK OF NEW YORK 392177 24,900BANK OF NEW YORK 768198 25,007BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMI 292,380BNP PARIBAS 32,080BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 221476 67,592BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 387173 67,592BOISS NOMINEES LTD 4224361 42,554BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD 501577191 9,223CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 57,774CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16669 14,469CHASE NOMINEES LTD 18243 13,482CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19518 22,969CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19519 168,079CHASE NOMINEES LTD 20947 4,353,355CHASE NOMINEES LTD 21359 193,341CHASE NOMINEES LTD 25772 51,662CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27793 6,585CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27795 10,081CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27797 16,538CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27799 35,400CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27800 79,219CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 73,187CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 40,736 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 31961 143,067CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES 19,990CITIBANK 6010640794 26,948CITIBANK 6010782807 31,224DEUTSCHE BANK LONDON 8003168 24,093GREIG MIDDLETON NOMINEES LTD( GM3 30,000HSBC 813168 101,183HSBC 845315 2,824IBT 583996 399,600INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 1,738INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 9,711INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 1,006,883INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 3,483INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 30,521 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 385,457 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 33,850JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 125,927JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 54,507JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16344 43,261JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16345 74,343JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 1,193,673JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16612 25,493JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16621 16,749JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16644 55,537JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16901 11,228JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18409 82,341JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 19514 11,839 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 27795 37,833JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 27799 78,070JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 28166 316,871JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 29514 78,754JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 155,711JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 34,264JPMorgan Chase Bank 38,855JPMorgan Chase Bank 63,010 KAS ASSOCIATES 3507261 2,556MELLON BANK ABGFZ872482 290,774MELLON BANK TGGF0003002 10,327Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN/ 48,043MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 58,623MIDLAND BANK (HSBC BANK PLC) 772823 216,064NORTHERN TRUST CVS21 113,907NORTHERN TRUST SCO06 33,596NORTHERN TRUST TNF01 24,909NORTHERN TRUST TRG01 2,128 NORTHERN TRUST USF06 22,033NORTHERN TRUST USF12 210,305NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 74,576NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 16,550NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 64,773R C Greig Nominees Limited RC1 8,651R C Greig Nominees Limited RC1 130,891R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1 885R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1 3,428R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 900 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CM1 954R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CM1 1,000 R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 GP1 2,000R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 GP1 1,850R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1 SA1 288STATE STREET 2RJ2 10,718STATE STREET JD12 51,741STATE STREET JFBL 33,224STATE STREET N3B6 18,582STATE STREET N3YZ 3,469 STATE STREET BANK & TRUST - WI 60,279STATE STREET TRUST OF CANADA - 22,855The Northern Trust Company - U 34,211UBS 486039 188,260 ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED 7,822ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED 3,490 ---------- Group Holding 13,576,951 ---------- This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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