Holding(s) in Company

Shanks Group PLC
10 July 2002

                                  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

     1. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
        number of shares held by each of them



                Chase Nominees Limited A/C FMRCO                2,496,100

                State Street Nominees Limited A/C FMRCO           674,000

                HSBC A/C FMRCO                                     80,400

                State Street Nominees Limited A/C FMTC             38,000

                Brown Brothers Harriman A/C FMTC                   23,200

                Chase Nominees Limited A/C FISL                 5,921,410

                RBS Trust Bank A/C FPM                          1,051,501

                Nortrust Nominees Limited A/C FPM                 237,900

                BT Globnet Nominees Ltd A/C FPM                    88,300

                Citibank A/C FPM                                  166,100

                Bank of New York Europe A/C FPM                   447,037

                Bank of New York London A/C FPM                   196,454

                Nortrust Nominees Limited FIL                     212,600

                RBS Trust Bank A/C FIL                            997,600

                Chase Nominees Limited A/C FIL                    110,200

                Bankers Trust A/C FIL                             169,900

                Citibank A/C FIL                                  122,500

                Bank of New York Europe A/C FIL                   130,600

                Northern Trust A/C FIL                            917,100

                TOTAL                                          14,080,902 6.02%


5) Number of shares/amount of stock held 14,080,902



6) Percentage of issued class 6.02%



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 9 July 2002



12) Total holding following this notification 14,080,902




13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

6.02%



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 10 July 2002





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