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WS Atkins plcFact book 2009

Our vision is to be the world’s best infrastructure consultancy.

We will achieve our vision through a strategy of multi-local, multi-skill excellence.

ContentsPage

Atkins at a glance 3

Delivering to our shareholders 9

People 13

The way we run the business 17

Industry recognition and competitive position 25

Atkins Fact Book 2009 - 1

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ATKINS at a glance


2009 2008 2007

Revenue (excluding JVs) £1,487.2m £1,313.6m £1,179.8m

Operating profit (before exceptional items) £103.1m £86.7m £67.7m

Operating margin 6.9% 6.6% 6.1%

Operating cash flow £125.5m £80.9m £93.9m

Normalised diluted EPS 82.3p 66.7p 56.5p

ATKINS at a glance

PlanThe challenges facing our clients are multidimensional, often because of the increasingly complex modern environment. From cost and risk planning, feasibility studies and logistics, to impact assessments and stakeholder engagement activity, we plan every aspect of our clients’ projects.

DesignAtkins designs intellectual capital such as management systems and business processes. We also design physical structures such as office towers, schools, bridges and highways. Whatever we design, we apply the same passion and creativity combined with rigorous quality standards.

EnableOur clients choose Atkins because they want to focus on their core operations. They entrust us to look after the management of projects, people and issues - ensuring that deadlines are met, costs are controlled and success is delivered.

Performance

Atkins provides professional design and engineering consultancy services, helping our clients to Plan, Design and Enable their capital programmes to resolve complex challenges in the built and natural environment.


Public sector: Local Government 20%

35% Private sector

20% Regulated

Public sector: National Government 25%

71% United Kingdom

Europe 6%

Middle East 14%

North America 5%

Asia Pacific 4%

13% Rail

20% Highways andTransportation

28% Design andEngineering Solutions

AssetManagement 3%

Middle East, China and Europe 20%

Management and Project Services 16%

Revenue by client type Revenue by region

Revenue by segment


CarbonCritical Design™

C6

The transition to a low-carbon economy poses extraordinary challenges and opportunities. Our Carbon Critical Design programme is producing new ideas and ways of working. We are endeavouring to embed low-carbon design in all of our work as a fundamental design parameter.

Bahrain World Trade Center

Designed, engineered and project managed by Atkins, this is the world’s first commercial building to harness wind power for energy with large scale integrated turbines. Three, 29m diameter wind turbines generate up to 15% of the two towers’ electrical requirements.

Anaconda Wave Energy DeviceAtkins’ concept design for the 200 metre-long, rubber bodied Anaconda device provides a unique solution to capturing renewable energy from the ocean waves. Farms of 50 Anacondas could be capable of generating enough electricity to power 50,000 homes. The device has received backing from the UK’s Carbon Trust.


Carbon Tools DevelopmentAtkins invested £1m during 2008/09 to develop a suite of carbon calculators to assist in the design and engineering of low-carbon projects.

Northumbria University Sustainability was top of the agenda for every aspect our design for Northumbria University’s BREEAM Excellent rated City Campus East, which is 40% more efficient than comparable sites. The construction process ensured 95% of waste materials were recycled, while a green travel plan encourages students, staff and visitors to travel to and from the campus by sustainable means.

Dubai Metro Our designs for Dubai Metro’s walkways saved more than 500m³ of aluminium compared to conventional design, which equates to a saving of approximately 12,900 tonnes of CO². In turn, this will reduce the peak cooling load for air conditioning by around 35%.


Delivering to our shareholders

Our primary objective is to create long-term shareholder value measured by growth in normalised diluted earnings per share.


Dividend - penceNormalised diluted EPS - pence

2005

42.5

50.156.5

66.7

82.3

2006 2007 2008 2009

+23%

2005

12.0

16.0

20.0

24.026.0

2006 2007 2008 2009

+8%

Earnings per share and dividends per share


ATKINS’ share price performance

1,300

1,200

1,100

1,000

900

800

700

600

500

400

30 Dec 05 29 Jun 05 27 Dec 06 27 Jun 07 25 Dec 07 24 Jun 08 22 Dec 08 21 Jun 09

pence

FTSE 250

FTSE Support Services

26 November 08

Interim results in line with expectations (Adj. PBT up 11%)

18 April 07

Trading statement: Group performed well but impacted by exceptional loss on Metronet

26 June 07

Preliminary results announced: revenue up 20%; £121m loss on Metronet

27 November 07

Interim results ahead of expectations (Adj. PBT up 46%)

8 May 08

Atkins’ Connect Plus consortium wins M25 contract

25 June 08

FY results in line with expectations. (Adj. PBT up 24%)

17 June 09

FY results in line (Adj. PBT up 9%)

Atkins vs FTSE 250 vs FTSE Support Services


People

Atkins’ success depends on attracting and retaining the most talented professionals in their respective fields and providing an environment in which they are able to apply their skills on a variety of complex projects.


Total headcount (FTE)Headcount by geography (FTE) - March 2009

Europe(excluding UK)

900

MiddleEast 3,300

AsiaPacific 1,200

NorthAmerica

650

UnitedKingdom 11,950

People

15,000

14,000

13,000

12,000

11,000

10,000

18,000

17,000

16,000

2007 2008 2009

Total staff

18,00017,300

15,900


Employee Engagement Index

20052004

70

71 71

72

73

75

2006 2007 2008 2009

Staff survey


The way we run the business

The decentralised consultancy model demands that elements of the strategy be established at business unit level. We report our activities in six business segments as this reflects how we manage the business according to different markets and geographies.


Financials

2009 2008 2007

Revenue £418.3m £373.6m £320.8m

Operating profit £31.6m £30.2m £27.0m Operating margin 7.6% 8.1% 8.4%

Headcount 5,133 4,722 3,980

Design and Engineering Solutions

We deliver high value engineering and innovative design to a wide range of clients in the public, regulated and private sectors. Our areas of operation include water, environment, nuclear, power, aerospace, defence, oil and gas and infrastructure design.

40% National government

Private sector 30%

25% Regulated

Local government 5%13% Energy inc.

oil & gas

16% Water

12% Nuclear

11% Defence

Education 6%

Other inc. transportation & health 4%

Aerospace 7%

Communications 7%

Buildings 7%

Urban development 8%

Environment 9%

Revenue by client type Revenue by market


Financials

2009 2008 2007

Revenue £292.4m £274.6m £250.5m


Headcount 3,016 3,054 3,067

55% Local governmentPrivate sector 15%

National government 30%

60% Highways services

Planning 10%

Intelligent transport systems 10%

Design 20%


Highways and Transportation

Our principal activities are transport planning, design of new roads and road improvements, development of intelligent transport systems, management of road maintenance and integrated road network management.


Financials

2009 2008 2007

Revenue £196.1m £208.2m £215.1m


Headcount 1,635 1,703 1,648

80% Regulated

Private sector 5%

Local government 15%

50% Signalling

Consultancy 5%

Communications 5%

Design 40%


Rail

We provide services covering a wide range of engineering disciplines, including signalling, civils, electrification and specialist services in strategic planning, safety, systems integration and asset management.


Financials

2009 2008 2007

Revenue £303.2m £191.6m £148.9m


Headcount 4,498 3,660 2,887

31% Building design

15% Transportinfrastructure design

Transport andindustrial design 23%

Urban planning and transport infrastructure design 15%

Urban developmentand industrial design 16%

Europe

Chin

a Middle East

Europe

Chin

a Middle East

Revenue by region and market

Middle East, China and Europe

In the Middle East, we provide design, engineering and project management services for buildings, transportation and other infrastructure through our seven offices in the Gulf and India. In China we provide planning, urban design, architectural and engineering services to the mainland market and Hong Kong. Our European business comprises operations in Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, Portugal and Poland.


Financials

2009 2008 2007

Revenue £229.6m £213.2m £193.6m


Headcount 2,405 2,394 2,203

45% Faithful+Gouldproject and cost

managementUK and Europe

Management consultancyUK and Europe 25%

Faithful+Gouldproject and costmanagement Asia Pacific 5%

Faithful+Gouldproject and cost management USA 25%

13% Defence

14% Energy

12% Industry

11% Education

Other 14%

Water 4%Commercial buildings 4%

Government buildings 5%

Residential buildings 5%

Pharmaceutical 5%

Transport 6%

Financial services 7%

Revenue by business Revenue by market

Management and Project Services

We provide management and IT consultancy and programme, project and cost management services. We are one of the largest project managers and cost consultants worldwide through our Faithful+Gould brand and one of the 20 largest management consultants operating in the UK.


Financials

2009 2008 2007

Revenue £47.6m £52.4m £50.9m

Operating profit (£6.8m) £2.8m £2.0m Operating margin (14.3%) 5.3% 3.9%

Headcount 682 674 669

40% Local government

Private sector 50%

National government 10%

30% Financial services

25% Education

Health 20%

Defence 25%


Asset Management

We provide independent property asset management services, focusing on delivery of top quality facilities management services to selected public and private sector clients.


Industry recognition and competitive position

Being an employer of choice is a pre-requisite in a competitive environment.


National Graduate Recruitment Awards 2009

Sector award: construction and civil engineering


KEY TO TYPE OF FIRMEC=engineer-contractor; EA=engineer-architect; ENV=environmental; EAC=engineer-architect-contractorOther combinations possible. Firms classified themselves.

ENR – Top 150 global design firms, July 2009US construction magazine Engineering News-Record’s Top 150 global design firms survey contains rankings by revenue of the top 150 engineers, architects and consultants based on combined domestic and non-home country revenue. This annual list ranks the largest firms in a wide variety of market sectors and geographic markets.

Rank Company Type Total $m Int’l $m 2009 2008 1 2 Jacobs EAC 5,501.0 2,080.0 2 4 AECOM Technology Corp. EA 5,215.8 2,019.4 3 1 URS Corp. EAC 5,206.1 812.5 4 5 Fluor Corp. EC 4,293.6 2,331.0 5 7 Worleyparsons EC 3,893.7 2,755.2 6 6 CH2M Hill EAC 3,730.7 718.1 7 11 AMEC PLC. E 3,177.7 2,391.3 8 9 Fugro NV E 3,169.0 2,956.0 9 10 The Shaw Group Inc. EC 3,072.9 723.9 10 3 SNC-Lavalin International Inc. EC 3,061.2 1,852.5 11 8 ATKINS EA 2,687.1 429.1 12 13 Arcadis NV E 2,546.0 1,954.0 13 12 Bechtel EC 2,446.0 1,320.0 14 14 Tetra Tech Inc. E 2,258.0 23.0 15 16 KBR EC 2,163.7 1,777.2 16 17 Mott MacDonald Group Ltd. E 1,686.8 961.5 17 20 Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc. EAC 1,572.0 761.6 18 21 Arup Group Ltd. E 1,546.7 878.5 19 25 Dar Al-Handasah Consultants EA 1,460.7 1,455.0 20 22 WSP Group PLC. E 1,401.0 891.6


Building magazine – Top 250 consultants, October 2008

Rank Company Total UKchartered staff

Total UKstaff

Analysis of UKchartered staff

Building, the weekly construction industry magazine, compiles information from more than 500 firms for its annual survey of the top consultants. Companies are ranked by numbers of staff, including a breakdown of professional disciplines.

2008 Architects Surveyors Engineers Project Managers

1 ATKINS 5,995 12,636 286 1,036 4,365 308

2 Mott MacDonald 2,750 5,950 20 370 1,750 610

3 Mouchel 2,107 10,687 56 294 1,425 332

4 Halcrow Group 2,106 4,428 48 45 1,527 486

5 EC Harris 2,090 2,735 5 1,403 179 503

6 Capita Symonds 1,669 4,024 247 348 780 294

7 Jacobs 1,442 6,715 60 170 1,161 51

8 Arup 1,388 4,913 44 23 1,249 72

9 WSP Group 1,320 3,017 6 8 1,282 24

10 Faber Maunsell/AECOM 1,265 3,277 0 20 1,204 41


Total surveying staff

Quantity Building Other

Building magazine – Top 100 surveyors, October 2008

Rank Company 2008

1 EC Harris 1,403 1,047 344 12

2 ATKINS 1,036 556 226 254

3 Davis Langdon 906 713 31 162

4 Jones Lang LaSalle 837 26 36 775

5 King Sturge 793 0 130 663

6 Gardiner & Theobald 755 695 15 45

7 Faithful+Gould 634 509 75 50

8 Turner & Townsend 548 476 57 15

9 Drivers Jonas 451 0 107 344

10 Gleeds 381 305 32 44


1 ATKINS 4 5 1 3 2 2 3 1 2 5 1 1 2 4 9 2 3 2 4

2 Mott MacDonald 7 3 3 9 7 5 6 1 3 2 5 2 3 9 2 10 3

3 WSP 1 12 2 7 6 4 4 10 8 5 4 1 4 1 7 7 18

4 Arup 3 8 12 6 12 10 2 3 3 6 15 3 8 3 1 6 1 11 11

5 Mouchel 6 18 1 2 9 1 17 2

6 Jacobs 17 4 2 4 4 3 9 6 1 4 4 7 3 8 10 4 3 10

7 RPS 20 1 1 1 2 15 6 7 1 5

8 Halcrow 14 15 7 14 15 1 7 9 10 8 6 2 11 5 9 7

9 Scott Wilson 12 11 10 9 9 12 4 11 9 7 6 4 7 5 19 13 4 15

10 Capita Symonds 11 7 6 13 6 8 12 2 16 19 7 10 8 15 15 6 14 22

NCE – Consultants File, March 2009

Rank Company Building

Defence

Constructio

n and project management

Environment

Facilities m

anagement

Flooding & co

astal

Geotechnics

Health & sa

fety

Manufacturin

g

PowerPublic

sector

Rail/rail b

ridges

Telecoms

Transport p

lanning

Transport (

ports, harbours,

airports)

Tunnelling

WasteWater

Road/road brid

ges

New Civil Engineer is the leading magazine for civil engineers. Its Consultants File is the main source of information for UK and international clients looking to employ consultants, as well as to procure products and services.


1 ATKINS 381 516 11,400 6,130 97 25%

2 BDP 347 138 1,231 256 78 22%

3 Foster + Partners 319 62 1,056 238 88 28%

4 Archial Group 258 67 554 82 24 9%

5 Capita Architecture 250 2 422 1 27 11%

6 Aedas 174 980 650 1,570 30 17%

7 Hamiltons 170 12 200 22 60 35%

8 HOK/Populous 163 863 321 2,302 48 29%

9 PRP 159 4 362 12 35 22%

10 3DReid 145 1 295 1 22 15%

Architects’ Journal – AJ100, May 2009

2008 Rank Company

Qualified architects in the

UK

Qualified architects based

overseas

Total staff employed

in UK

Femalearchitects

in UK

Total staffemloyedoverseas

Proportion of female

architects in UK

Architects Journal, one of the UK’s leading architectural magazines, ranks practices by number of qualified architects in its annual AJ100 survey.

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