Holding(s) in Company

SMG PLC
05 October 2007



TR-1: Notification of major interests in shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying       SMG PLC
issuer of existing shares to which voting rights  --------------------
are attached:
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2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                            YES
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An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are ---------
attached
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
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Other (please specify):______________
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the          Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)
notification obligation:                          --------------------
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from Legal & General Assurance
3.):                                              (Pensions Management) Limited
-------------------------------                   (PMC)
                                                  --------------------
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the 01 October 2007
threshold is crossed or reached if different):    --------------------
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6. Date on which issuer notified:                 04 October 2007
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:   From 3% - 4% (L&G)
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8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/   Situation previous to the Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
type of  Triggering transaction
shares
if
possible
using    Number of    Number of    Number of    Number of voting        % of voting
the ISIN Shares       Voting       shares       rights                  rights
CODE                  Rights
                                   Direct       Direct       Indirect   Direct   Indirect

ORD GBP  12,461,080   12,461,080   12,874,310   12,874,310                4.06
0.025

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of      Expiration Exercise/     Number of voting rights that may  % of
financial    date       Conversion    be acquired if the instrument is  voting
instrument              Period/       exercised/ converted.             rights
                        Date

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights                      % of voting rights
                                
12,874,310                                   4.06



9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial
instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group)

Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited
(LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect)

Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect)
(LGIM)

Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (12,874,310 - 4.06% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)

Legal & General Investment Management           Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited
(Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD)            (Direct) (LGIH)
(11,352,913 - 3.58% = PMC)

Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Legal & General Assurance Society Limited
Limited (PMC) (11,352,913 - 3.58% = PMC)        (LGAS & LGPL)

                                                Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct)
                                                (LGPL)

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:                                             N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:              N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:          N/A

13.          Notification using the total voting rights figure of 316,874,422
Additional
information:

             Please note this notification has been delayed due to the large
             number of disclosures required following a substantial amount of
             new business which has come to us in the form of an in-specie
             transfer.

14. Contact  Helen Lewis (LGIM)
name:

15. Contact
telephone
number:      020 3124 3851




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