Holding(s) in Company

Shanks Group PLC
22 March 2005

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

     Shanks Group plc


2) Name of shareholder having a major interest


     Goldman Sachs International


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

     On behalf of Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. parent company of Goldman Sachs
     International


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

        Goldman Sachs International A/C CREPTEMP


5) Number of shares/amount of stock      HELD

Below 3.0%

6) Percentage of issued class Below 3.0%

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 N/A

11) Date company informed 21 March 2005

12) Total holding following this notification N/A

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification Below
3.0%

14) Any additional information
Holding now fallen below 3%
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 March 2005



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