Director Shareholding

SMG PLC
17 November 2000



SMG plc
Company No. 203873


The Company has today been advised that on 13 November 2000, the following
number of Ordinary Shares of 2.5p each in the Company were acquired through
the Company's Dividend Re-Investment Plan, for the following directors:-


Director              No of Ordinary Shares            Price

Don Cruickshank                108                      283p
Andrew Flanagan                190                      283p
Donald Emslie                   94                      283p
Des Hudson                       6                      283p


Dawn Davidson
Company Secretary