Holding(s) in Company

SMG PLC
27 April 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         7,520,337

     Chase Nominees Ltd a/c CMBL                  769,923

     HSBC Bank plc                              4,696,611


5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

     2,430,380


6)   Percentage of issued class

     0.77%


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

     25 April 2006


11)  Date company informed

     26 April 2006


12)  Total holding following this notification

     12,986,871


13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     4.12%


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
     27 April 2006




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