Holding(s) in Company

SMG PLC
17 August 2006


SCHEDULE 10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

     
1)   Name of Company

     SMG plc

2)   Name of shareholder having a major interest

     SVG Capital plc

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.

     SVG Investment Managers Limited
     The Northern Trust Company, London         9,767,841
     Chase Nominees Ltd a/c CMBL                  938,731
     HSBC Bank plc                              5,100,299

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

     2,820,000

6)   Percentage of issued class

     0.89%

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     N/A

8)   Percentage of issued class

     N/A

9)   Class of security

     Ordinary Shares of 2.5p

10)  Date of transaction

     16 August 2006

11)  Date company informed

     17 August 2006

12)  Total holding following this notification

     15,806,871

13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     5.01%

14)  Any additional information

     None

15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     Callum Spreng - Tel No: 0141 300 3640

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for 
     making this notification

     Sara Clarke, Company Secretary

     17 August 2006


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