18th Jul 2005 14:47
Atkins (WS) PLC18 July 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. NOT DISCLOSED 6) Percentage of issued Class NOT DISCLOSED 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 8) Percentage of issued Class N/A 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 0.5 PENCE 10) Date of transaction NOT DISCLOSED 11) Date company informed 18 JULY 2005 12) Total holding following this notification 12,742,934 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 12.20% 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 18 JULY 2005 To W S Atkins PLC dated 15 July 2005 Companies Act 1985 ("The Act") - Part VI---------------------------------------- I hereby inform you that as at 13 July 2005 Barclays PLC, through the legalentities listed on the schedule below, has a notifiable interest in the capital of your Company of your Company of 12.20% 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. From BARCLAYS PLC LEGAL ENTITY REPORT - ALL ATKINS WS SEDOL: 0060800 As at 13 July 2005 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below,had a notifiable interest in 12,742,934 ORD GBP0.005 representing 12.20% of theissued share capital of 104,450,990 units. Legal Entity Holding Percentage Held------------ ------- --------------- Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 278,783 .2669Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 1,977,232 1.8930Barclays Global Investors Ltd 5,645,746 5.4052Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd 136,129 .1303Barclays Private Bank Ltd 6,412 .0061Woolwich Unit Trust Managers Ltd 568,374 .5442Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd 139,855 .1339Gerrard Ltd 3,242 .0031Barclays Global Investors Ltd 3,645,654 3.4903Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 341,507 .3270 ---------- ------- Group Holding 12,742,934 12.2000 ---------- ------- REGISTERED HOLDERS REPORTATKINS WS SEDOL 0060800 As at 13 July 2005 Barclays PLC, through the registered holders listed below,had a notifiable interest in 12,742,934 ORD GBP0.005 representing 12.20% of theissued share capital of 104,450,990 units. Registered Holder Account Designation Holding----------------- ------------------- ------- BANK OF IRELAND 258227 61,599BANK OF IRELAND 4239749 91,048BANK OF NEW YORK 214074 3,086BANK OF NEW YORK 214075 374,240BANK OF NEW YORK 221428 52,859BANK OF NEW YORK 367748 339,744BANK OF NEW YORK 392067 379,914BANK OF NEW YORK 392177 29,590BANK OF NEW YORK 768198 25,007BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMI 278,783BNP PARIBAS 36,028BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 221476 28,108BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 387173 67,592BOISS NOMINEES LTD 4224361 45,636BT 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 4,175,706CHASE NOMINEES LTD 21273 151,758CHASE NOMINEES LTD 21359 207,489CHASE NOMINEES LTD 25772 51,662CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27793 7,279CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27795 10,081CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27797 16,538CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27799 35,400CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27800 69,195CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 40,736CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 72,490 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 31961 141,252CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES 21,243CITIBANK 6010640794 26,948CITIBANK 6010782807 28,575DEUTSCHE BANK LONDON 8003168 24,093HSBC 813168 97,702HSBC 814537 7,810HSBC 845315 2,312INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST COMPANY. 93356 24,717INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 13,460INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 4,741INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 2,996INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 371,657INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 1,067,137 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 36,920INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 108,532JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 40,059JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 124,681JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 60,337JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16344 42,848JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16345 73,582JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 1,080,975JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16612 24,979JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16621 16,749JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16644 48,397JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16901 11,228JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18409 78,166JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 19514 11,839 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 27795 33,101JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 27799 77,223JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 28166 331,700JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 29514 78,754JPM FRANKFURT 27717 60,556JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 139,855JPMorgan Chase Bank 34,264JPMorgan Chase Bank 38,855JPMorgan Chase Bank 35,028JP Morgan Chase Bank 27,982KAS ASSOCIATES 3507261 2,556MELLON BANK ABGFZ872482 290,774MELLON BANK TGGF0003002 10,327Mellon Trust - Boston & SF 53,701MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 67,077MIDLAND BANK (HSBC BANK PLC) 772823 213,774NORTHERN TRUST BCP04 7,297NORTHERN TRUST CVS21 108,372NORTHERN TRUST SC006 33,596NORTHERN TRUST TNF01 32,235NORTHERN TRUST TRG01 5,929 NORTHERN TRUST USF06 22,033NORTHERN TRUST USF12 210,305NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 78,557NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 72,668NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 17,798R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CMI 954R C Greig Nominees Limited GPI GP1 2,000R C Greig Nominees Limited SAI SA1 288STATE STREET 2RJ2 11,412STATE STREET JD12 51,741STATE STREET N3B6 26,125STATE STREET N3YZ 3,469STATE STREET TRUST OF CANADA - 24,717ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED 6,412 ---------- Group Holding 12,742,934 ---------- This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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