Holding(s) in Company

NewMedia SPARK PLC
02 February 2005




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 and its subsidiary companies



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



            Not disclosed



5.         Number of shares/amount of stock acquired



N/A



6.         Percentage of issued class



N/A



7.         Number of shares/amount of stock disposed



14,500,000



8.         Percentage of issued class



3.07%



9.         Class of security



Ordinary Shares of 2.5p



10.       Dates of transactions



21 - 31 January 2005



11.       Date company informed



1 February 2005



12.       Total holding following this notification



32,371,874



13.       Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification



6.98%



14.       Any additional information



            The percentage holding is based on 463,485,729 shares in issue being
the total number of shares in issue (472,735,729) less those shares held by
NewMedia SPARK plc in Treasury (9,250,000).





15.       Name of contact and telephone number for queries



Andrew Betton 020 7851 7721



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



Andrew Betton, Company Secretary



Date of notification: 2 February 2005






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