Holding(s) in Company

Smiths News PLC
26 October 2007





TR-1:     NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES



(1). Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached:

Smiths News plc



2. Reason for the notification (please place an X inside the appropriate 
bracket/s):


An acquisition or disposal of voting rights:                               ( X )


An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result       (   )
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are 
attached:                                                                  


An event changing the breakdown of voting rights:                          (   )


Other (please specify) :                                                   (   )

.....................


 
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

Silchester International Investors Limited
 

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

Silchester International Investors International Value Equity Taxable Trust

Silchester International Investors International Value Equity  Trust

Silchester International Investors International Value Equity Group Trust

Silchester International Investors Tobacco Free International Value Equity Trust

The Calleva Trust

 

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached
if different):

25th October 2007

 

6. Date on which issuer notified:

26th October 2007
 


7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

15%
 


8. Notified details:

N/A 



A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares            Situation previous to  
if possible using the           the Triggering
ISIN CODE                       transaction        

                       Number of shares       Number of voting Rights 

GB00B17WCR61           26,317,866             26,317,866





Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
 
Class/type of shares   Number of shares    Number of voting rights    % of voting rights  
if possible using                                                                 
the ISIN CODE                                                                         
                       Direct              Direct       Indirect      Direct    Indirect  

GB00B17WCR61           27,542,866          27,542,866                 15.06%






B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 

Type of     Expiration Date  Exercise/Conversion Number of voting     % of voting     
financial                    Period/ Date        rights that may be   rights          
instrument                                       acquired if the                      
                                                 instrument is                        
                                                 exercised/                           
                                                 converted.                           

N/A         N/A               N/A                N/A                   N/A 




Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights       % of voting rights 

27,542,866                    15.06%






9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

N/A 





Proxy Voting:

 
10. Name of the proxy holder:

Silchester International Investors Limited

 

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

N/A 


12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

N/A
 


13. Additional information:

Silchester International Investors Ltd ('Silchester') acts as investment manager 
for the clients detailed in Question 4 above (our 'Clients'). In acting for our
Clients, Silchester are given full discretion over their investments and are
empowered to vote on their behalf. However, we do not act as our Clients'
custodian and therefore shares are not held in our name but in the name of each 
Client's custodian bank.
 


14. Contact name:

Henry Heathfield, Dealing Assistant

 

15. Contact telephone number:

0207 518 7147



Notification received by Issuer:  26 October 2007

Issuer contact name:              Colin White              

Issuer contact phone number:      01793 563576





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