Holding(s) in Company

Shanks Group PLC
14 July 2005

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

     Shanks Group plc


2) Name of shareholder having a major interest


     J O Hambro Capital Management 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

On behalf of J O Hambro Capital Management Group, parent company of J O
Hambro Capital Management Limited


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

        J O Hambro Capital Management Limited


5) Number of shares/amount of stock      HELD

Now below 3%

6) Percentage of issued class Below 3%

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 14 July 2005

12) Total holding following this notification N/A

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification Below
3%

14) Any additional information

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 14 July 2005




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