RNS Number:3844U
AMEC PLC
19 January 2004

AMEC plc

19 January 2004

Pursuant to our obligations under the Listing Rules, we hereby advise you that
we have today received a notification from Morgan Stanley Securities Limited
that they and the group companies which are direct or indirect holding companies
of Morgan Stanley Securities Limited, now hold a notifiable interest in the
share capital of AMEC plc of 11,929,762 shares, representing 3.97% of the issued
share capital of the Company.

Morgan Stanley had previously notified an interest of 12,401,097 shares on 1
October 2003, which at that time represented 4.15% of the issued share capital.



C L Fidler
Assistant Company Secretary




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