Holding(s) in Company

Smiths News PLC
26 February 2007





TR-1(i):             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 


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:                          (   )
                                                                     

 


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

AXA S.A, 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of companies

 

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


 

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

20/02/2007

 

6. Date on which issuer notified:

21/02/2007

 

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

5%

 

8. Notified details:



 

                          A: Voting rights attached to shares


                                Situation previous to  
Class or type of                the Triggering         
shares                          transaction        

                       Number of               Number of  
                       shares                  voting Rights                      
                                                                      
Ord

B17WCR6                8,917,193               8,917,193
                                                                      



Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
 
Class or type of       Number of shares    Number of voting rights      % of voting rights  
shares
                                                                         
                       Direct              Direct     Indirect          Direct    Indirect                              
                                                                                                                      
                       656,035             656,035    8,510,492         0.36%     4.65%
     

 

                               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.                           
                                                                                      
                                                                                      

 

 

                                    Total (A+B)


Number of voting rights                         % of voting rights                                                      
                                        
9,166,527                                       5.01%

 



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



Name of the Company / Fund              Number of Shares         % of issued share capital

AXA UK Investment Co ICVC               615,777                  0.3366116734
UK Smaller Companies Fund 
(indirect)



Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd          5,511                  0.0030125629
(direct)


Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd          6,106                  0.0033378169
(direct)  


                                 
AXA Rosenberg                         7,894,715                  4.3156097534
(indirect)



AXA Rosenberg                           120,263                  0.0657412175
(direct)

                                    

AXA Rosenberg                            90,450                  0.0494440777
(direct)



Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd              32,342                  0.0176796060
FTSE All Share Tracker     
(direct)



Sun Life Pensions Management            152,029                  0.0831059557
FTSE All Share Tracker
(direct)



AXA Winterthur                         249,334                   0.1362972878
(direct)



           Total Direct Interest       656,035                   0.3586185245

           Total Indirect interest   8,510,492                   4.6522214267

                         Total       9,166,527                   5.0108399500




Proxy Voting:
 

10. Name of the proxy holder:



 

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



 

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



 

13. Additional information:

NOTIFICATION RECEIVED BY ISSUER ON 26 FEBRUARY 2007

 

14. Contact name:

Terry Marsh

 

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7003 2637



ISSUER CONTACT NAME: COLIN WHITE

ISSUER CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER: 01793 564576





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