Holding(s) in Company

Morgan Sindall PLC
02 January 2008


TR1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1 Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
  voting rights are attached:

  Morgan Sindall plc

2 Reason for the notification:

  Acquisition or disposal of voting rights

3 Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

  Barclays Global Investors

4 Full name of shareholders(s):

  Barclays Global Investors Ltd
  Barclays Global Investors, N.A.

5 Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

  20 December 2007

6 Date on which issuer notified:

  24 December 2007

7 Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

  2% to 3%

8 Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of   Situation previous to the triggering transaction
shares If       
possible using  Number of shares                 Number of voting rights
the ISIN code
                
GB0008085614    519,063                             519,063

Class/type of   Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares If       
possible using  Number of shares   Number of voting rights  % of voting rights
the ISIN code                      
                                   Direct     Indirect      Direct     Indirect
                                      
GB0008085614    1,420,917          0          1,420,917     0          3.32

B: Financial instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of       Expiration    Exercise/Conversion  Number of voting   % of voting
financial     date          Period/Date          rights that may    rights
instrument                                       be acquired if
                                                 the instrument is
                                                 exercised/converted
                            

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights               % of voting rights

1,420,917                             3.32

9 Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

  Barclays Global Investors Ltd
  Barclays Global Investors, N.A.

Proxy Voting:

10 Name of the proxy holder:

11 Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

12 Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13 Additional information:

14 Contact for further information:

   Mary Nettleship, Company Secretary
      
15 Contact telephone number:

   020 7307 9218

Annex to Notification of Major Interests in Shares

A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation

Full name (including legal form for legal entities):

Barclays Global Investors

Contact address (registered office for legal entities):

Phone number:

020 7116 2913

Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons):

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name:

Geoff Smith

Contact address:

Phone number:

020 7116 2913

Other useful information (eg functional relationship with the person or legal
entity subject to the notification obligation):




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