Holding(s) in Company

Shanks Group PLC
19 November 2002

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

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

     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 FISL               7,523,260

                RBS Trust Bank A/C FPM                         1,106,501

                Nortrust Nominees Limited A/C FPM                295,600

                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                  213,454

                Nortrust Nominees Limited FIL                    274,900

                RBS Trust Bank A/C FIL                         1,087,100

                Chase Nominees Limited A/C FIL                   141,200

                Bankers Trust A/C FIL                            169,900

                Citibank A/C FIL                                 133,490

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

                Northern Trust A/C FIL                           874,100

                Bank of New York London A/C FIL                1,397,900

        TOTAL                                                 14,049,442 6.00%


5) Number of shares/amount of stock held 14,049,442



6) Percentage of issued class 6.00%



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 19 November 2002



12) Total holding following this notification 14,049,442




13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

6.00%



14) Any additional information


        On behalf of various direct and indirect subsidiaries of Fidelity
        International Ltd and notifiable interests also comprise notifiable
        interest of Mr C Johnson 3rd, principal shareholder of 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 19 November 2002




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