Holding(s) in Company

SMG PLC
09 August 2007


TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which 
   voting rights are attached:    

   SMG plc

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)

   An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                  Yes

   An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which 
   may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to 
   which voting rights are attached                             No

   An event changing the breakdown of voting rights             No

   Other (please specify):______________                        No
                    

3. Full name of person(s)subject to notification obligation (iii):

   Tameside MBC re Greater Manchester Pension Fund

4. Full name of shareholder(s)(if different from 3): (iv)                

   Chase Nominees Ltd A/C TMBC1

5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or 
   reached)(v)

   8 May 2007

6. Date on which issuer notified:                                  

   8 August 2007

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:   
   
   4%                                                

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type   Situation previous  Resulting situation after the triggering
of shares    to the triggering   transaction
             transaction

             No. of    No.of      No. of     No. of voting    Percentage of 
             shares    voting     shares     rights           voting rights          
                       rights                 
                        
Ord 2.5p                         Direct     Direct     Indirect Direct  Indirect
GB0004325402 7,383,923 7,383,923 13,515,273 13,515,273           4.27%   


B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of     Expiration Exercise/     No. of voting rights that may   Percentage
financial   date       conversion    be acquired (if the instrument  of voting
instrument             period/date   exercised/converted)            rights


Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights              Percentage of voting rights
13,515,273                                        4.27%

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


Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder: 

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:   
   
    The fund manager is UBS Global Asset Management

14  Contact name:              
   
    Jane E A Tames, Company Secretary, SMG plc

15. Contact telephone name:   0141 300 3074






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