Holding in Company

Shanks Group PLC
5 October 2000

                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     SHANKS GROUP PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

      FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

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

      NON BENEFICIAL 

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 held

     11,581,414 

6)   (4.98%) of issued Class

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

      N/A

8)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

9)   Class of security

      ORDINARY SHARES OF 10P

10)  Date of transaction

      3/10/00

11)  Date company informed

      4/10/00

12)  Total holding following this notification

      11,581,414
               
              
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

      4.98%

14)  Any additional information

     ON  BEHALF OF VARIOUS DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES
     OF F.INT.LTD AND NOTIFIABLE INTEREST ALSO COMPRISE
     NOTIFIABLE INTERESTS OF MR EDWARD C JOHNSON 3RD PRINCIPAL
     SHAREHOLDER OF F.INT.LTD


15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

      P. KAYE  SECRETARY
      TEL [phone]

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for 
     making this notification    P. KAYE

     Date of Notification ..5/10/2000...


Schedule A

Security: Shanks Group Plc

                                           MANAGEMENT
                              SHARES HOLD   COMPANY     NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME
(Ordinary Shares)

                               2,523,784     FISL     Clydesdale Bank (Head     
                                                      Office) Nominees Limited
                               2,148,500     FPM        Chase Nominees Ltd
                                  74,400     FPM       Gracechurch Nominees
                                 634,750     FPM         RBS Trust Bank
                                 107,700     FPM       Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                               1,430,000     FPM         Bankers Trust
                                 146,100     FPM       MSS Nominees Ltd
                                  60,600     FPM      BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                                 108,200     FPM           Citibank
                               1,106,100     FIL       Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                               1,408,300     FIL           RBS Trust Bank
                                 277,300     FIL      BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                               1,176,000     FIL          Chase Nominees Ltd
                                 103,300     FIL           Bankers Trust
                                  83,900     FIL            Citibank
                                  87,700     FIL       Bank of New York Europe
                                   3,480     FIL      Clydesdale Bank (Head     
                                                     Office) Nominees Limited
                                 101,300     FIL      Northern Trust

Total Ordinary Shares         11,581,414

Current ownership percentage       4.98%

Shares in issue:             232,542,206

Change in holdings since 
last filing:                    (179,803) ordinary shares