Director Shareholding

SMG PLC
29 April 2005



SMG plc
Company No. SC203873

The Company have been informed today, 29 April 2005, that as a result of
purchases by SMG SIP Trustees Limited, the Trustee of the SMG plc Inland Revenue
Approved Share Incentive Plan (SIP), the following directors became the
beneficial owners of SMG plc ordinary shares of 2.5 pence each:-

+-----------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------------+
|Director         |    No of    |    No of    |Total holding|Total percentage |
|                 | Partnership |  Matching   |  following  |holding of issued|
|                 |   Shares    |   Shares    |    this     | class following |
|                 |  Purchased  |  Allotted   |notification |this notification|
+-----------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------------+
|Donald Emslie    | 131 @ £0.96 | 131 @ £0.96 |  1,431,281  |      0.45%      |
+-----------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------------+
|Andrew Flanagan  | 131 @ £0.96 | 131 @ £0.96 |  2,832,219  |      0.90%      |
+-----------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------------+
|George Watt      | 131 @ £0.96 | 131 @ £0.96 |   980,999   |      0.31%      |
+-----------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------------+




Enquiries:

Sara Clarke - Company Secretary
0141 300 3074




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