Holding(s) in Company

Shanks Group PLC
27 February 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               1,397,200

                State Street Nominees Limited A/C FMRCO          500,800

                HSBC A/C FMRCO                                    90,000

                State Street Nominees Limited A/C FMTC            85,600

                Brown Brothers Harriman A/C FMTC                  23,200

                Chase Nominees Limited A/C FISL                5,845,084

                RBS Trust Bank A/C FPM                           964,850

                Nortrust Nominees Limited A/C FPM                161,700

                BT Globnet Nominees Ltd A/C FPM                   90,900

                Citibank A/C FPM                                 161,400

                Bank of New York Europe A/C FPM                  455,837

                Bank of New York London A/C FPM                  217,354

                Nortrust Nominees Limited FIL                    275,800

                RBS Trust Bank A/C FIL                           717,300

                Chase Nominees Limited A/C FIL                   128,580

                Bankers Trust A/C FIL                            162,500

                Citibank A/C FIL                                 125,400

                Bank of New York Europe A/C FIL                  133,900

                Northern Trust A/C FIL                           185,800

        TOTAL                                                 11,723,205 5.02%


5) Number of shares/amount of stock held 11,723,205



6) Percentage of issued class 5.02%



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 26 February 2002



12) Total holding following this notification 11,723,205




13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

5.02%



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 27 February 2002



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