Holding(s) in Company

SMG PLC
20 December 2005


SCHEDULE 10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1)         Name of Company

           SMG plc

2)         Name of shareholder having a major interest

           Fidelity International

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 Gestion (FIGEST)
           BNP Paribas, Paris                          1,290,800

           Fidelity Investments International (FII)
           JP Morgan, Bournemouth                      1,816,705

           Fidelity International Ltd (FIL)
           Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux                  6,240,600

           Fidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL)
           JP Morgan, Bournemouth                     31,311,330

           Fidelity Pension Management (FPM)
           Mellon Bank                                    66,000
           Bank of New York Brussels                     166,900
           HSBC Bank Plc                                 626,600
           Northern Trust London                       1,574,364
           JP Morgan, Bournemouth                      1,867,418
           State Str Bk and Tr Co Ldnd                 2,579,900

5)         Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

           3,383,335

6)         Percentage of issued class

           1.08%

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 December 2005

11)        Date company informed

           19 December 2005

12)        Total holding following this notification

           47,540,617

13)        Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

           15.12%

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

           Callum Spreng - Tel No: 0141 300 3640

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

           Sara Clarke, Company Secretary
           20 December 2005


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