Holding(s) in Company

Shanks Group PLC
22 April 2003

                                  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               7,832,805

                RBS Trust Bank A/C FPM                        1,098,301

                Nortrust Nominees Limited A/C FPM               332,800

                BT Globnet Nominees Ltd A/C FPM                  64,800

                Citibank A/C FPM                                143,200

                Bank of New York Europe A/C FPM                 422,037

                Bank of New York London A/C FPM                 188,354

                Nortrust Nominees Limited FIL                   246,900

                RBS Trust Bank A/C FIL                        1,061,200

                Chase Nominees Limited A/C FIL                  119,500

                Bankers Trust A/C FIL                           129,400

                Citibank A/C FIL                                101,690

                Bank of New York Europe A/C FIL                 109,400

                Northern Trust A/C FIL                          628,000

                Bank of New York London A/C FIL               1,364,600

        TOTAL                                                13,842,987 5.91%


5) Number of shares/amount of stock held 13,842,987



6) Percentage of issued class 5.91%



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 22 April 2003



12) Total holding following this notification 13,842,987




13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

5.91%



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 22 April 2003




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