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Atkins (WS) PLC11 November 2005 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF LISTED COMPANY WS ATKINS PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST STANDARD LIFE INVESTMENTS 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 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. 471,474 6) Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 0.45% 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 10 NOVEMBER 2005 11) Date listed company informed 11 NOVEMBER 2005 12) Total holding following this notification 3,520,849 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) 3.37% 14) Any additional information SEE BELOW 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries RICHARD WEBSTER01372 752349 16) Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed company responsible for making this notification RICHARD WEBSTER Date of Notification ......11 NOVEMBER 2005.................. Atkins Ws Ord GBP0.005 shares In terms of Part VI of the Companies Act 1985 (as amended), I have to inform youon behalf of Standard Life Investments that on 10/11/05, Standard LifeInvestments acquired 471,474 shares on behalf of Standard Life Group. Thisincreased the total held as a material interest to 3,520,849 shares being 3.371% of the issued stock of that class. No. of shares held Registered Name 3,520,849 Vidacos Nominees Letter from Transaction Control Citigroup This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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