Holding(s) in Company

SMG PLC 12 February 2002 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) Name of company SMG plc 2) Name of shareholder having a major interest Fidelity Investments 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 Non-Beneficial 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO) HSBC 667,760 Chase Nominees Ltd 7,677,392 State Street Nominees Ltd 414,303 Fidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL) Chase Nominees Ltd 630,500 Chase Manhattan Bank London 35,501 Fidelity International Ltd (FIL) Chase Manhattan Bank London 69,700 Chase Nominees Ltd 25,700 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired Not notified 6) Percentage of issued class Not notified 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed Not notified 8) Percentage of issued class Not notified 9) Class of security Ordinary Shares of 2.5p 10) Date of transaction 8 February 2002 11) Date company informed 12 February 2002 12) Total holding following this notification 9,520,856 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 3.03% 14) Any additional information These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate notifications of interest in the shares and are combined for the purposes of clarity. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that FMR Corp and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries or Mr Edward C Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in respect of the disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit these notifications on a joint basis. The disclosable interests arise under Section 208(4) (b) of the Act, namely where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of such rights, or under Section 203 of the Act respectively. 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries Lorna Tunn - Tel No: 0141 300 3125 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Sara Clarke - Company Secretary 12 February 2002 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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