RNS Number:6344Q
AMEC PLC
07 October 2003


AMEC plc

7 October 2003

Pursuant to our obligations under the Listing Rules, we hereby advise you that
we have today received a notification from Morgan Stanley Securities Limited
(dated 1 October 2003) 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 12,401,097 shares,
representing 4.15% of the issued capital of the Company.

Morgan Stanley had not previously held a notifiable interest in the shares of
AMEC plc.


C L Fidler
Assistant Company Secretary



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