Holding in Company

Shanks Group PLC
18 June 2001

                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

     Shanks Group plc


2) Name of shareholder having a major interest


     FMR Corp. and 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

        State Street Nominees Ltd A/C FMTC                        85,600

        Clydedale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Ltd A/C FISL     4,059,689
        Chase Nominees Ltd A/C FPM                               217,900

        RBS Trust Bank A/C FPM                                   734,750

        Nortrust Nominees Ltd A/C FPM                            128,500

        BT Globnet Nominees Ltd A/C FPM                           71,700

        Citibank A/C FPM                                         129,000

        Bank of New York Europe                                  373,937
                                                         
        Nortrust Nominees Ltd A/C FIL                            219,300

        RBS Trust Bank A/C FIL                                   722,300

        Chase Nominees Ltd A/C FIL                               120,600

        Bankers Trust A/C FIL                                    125,100

        Citybank A/C FIL                                          95,800

        Bank of New York Europe     A/C FIL                      101,500

        Clydedale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Ltd A/C FIL          3,480

        Northern Trust A/C FIL                                   136,400

        TOTAL                                                  7,325,556 3.14%


5) Number of shares/amount of stock held 7,325,556



6) Percentage of issued class 3.14%



7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A



8) Percentage of issued class N/A



9) Class of security Ordinary 10p Shares



10) Date of transaction Not given



11) Date company informed 15 June 2001



12) Total holding following this notification 7,325,556




13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.14%



14) Any additional information


        On behalf of various direct and indirect subsidiaries of FMR Corp. and
        Fidelity International Ltd and notifiable interests also comprise
        notifiable interest of Mr C Johnson 3rd, principal shareholder of FMR
        Corp. and Fidelity International Ltd.


15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     P Kaye 01628 524523



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

Date of notification 18 June 2001