Holding(s) in Company

Shanks Group PLC
08 August 2007




TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares




1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of                    Shanks Group plc
existing shares to which voting rights are attached:


2. Reason for notification (yes/no)                                                          YES

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights


An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition
of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached


An event changing the breakdown of voting rights


Other (please specify):______________


3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification              Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited
obligation:
                                                        

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from              Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited
3):                                                            Credit Suisse International


5. Date of transaction (and date on which the                            03.08.07
threshold is crossed or reached if different):


6. Date on which issuer notified:                                        07.08.07


7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:                             4%




8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares


Class/type of   Situation previous to the Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares          triggering transaction
                Number of    Number of    Number of    Number of voting rights Percentage of voting
If possible use shares       voting       shares                               rights
ISIN code                    rights

                                                       Direct      Indirect    Direct       Indirect


GB0007995243    7,106,732    7,106,732    9,947,564    9,947,564   n/a         4.22%        n/a









B: Financial Instruments


Resulting situation after the triggering transaction


Type of financial    Expiration date      Exercise/ conversion No. of voting rights  Percentage of voting
instrument                                period/date          that may be acquired  rights
                                                               (if the instrument
                                                               exercised/converted)




Total (A+B)


Number of voting rights                              Percentage of voting rights


                     9,947,564                                              4.22%



9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively
held, if applicable:

Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited and Credit Suisse International are part of the Investment Banking division
of Credit Suisse ('CSIBD'), which is part of the Credit Suisse Group ('CSG'). CSIBD is a segregated business unit
within CSG with an independent management structure and exercises its voting rights independently from other divsions
of CSG


Proxy Voting:


10. Name of proxy holder:


11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:


12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:


13. Additional information:


14 Contact name:                                       Glenda Burford


15. Contact telephone number:                          [phone]



Carolyn Gibson
Company Secretary
Shanks Group plc
Tel: [phone]



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