Holding(s) in Company

NewMedia SPARK PLC
29 July 2002

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1.       Name of company

         NewMedia SPARK plc

2.       Name of shareholder having a major interest

         Guinness Peat Group plc

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.

         As in 2 above

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

         Guinness Peat Group plc
5.       Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

         20,259,755 of Ordinary 2.5p shares

6.       Percentage of issued class

         4.26%

7.       Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

         N/A

8.       Percentage of issued class

         N/A

9.       Class of security

         Ordinary Shares of 2.5p

10.      Date of transaction

         23 July 2002

11.      Date company informed

         25 July 2002

12.      Total holding following this notification

         25,759,755

13.      Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

         5.46%

14.      Any additional information



15.      Name of contact and telephone number for queries

         Joel Plasco [phone]

16.      Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification.

         Joel Plasco

Date of notification: 29 July 2002




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