Holding(s) in Company

SMG PLC
12 August 2005


SCHEDULE 10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1)      Name of Company

        SMG plc

2)      Name of shareholder having a major interest

        Fidelity Investments

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                       273,200

        Fidelity Investments International (FII)

        JP Morgan, Bournemouth                 1,657,013

        Fidelity International Ltd (FIL)

        Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux             1,334,689

        Fidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL)

        JP Morgan, Bournemouth                28,197,387 

        Fidelity Pension Management (FPM)

        Bank of New York Brussels                391,700
        HSBC Bank Plc                            643,500
        JP Morgan, Bournemouth                 1,641,718
        Northern Trust London                  1,400,564
        State Str Bk and Tr Co Ldnd            2,244,800

5)      Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

        2,253,816

6)      Percentage of issued class

        0.72%

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

        11 August 2005

11)     Date company informed

        12 August 2005

12)     Total holding following this notification

        37,784,571

13)     Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

        12.02%

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
        MrEdward 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

        George Watt - Group Finance Director
        12 August 2005




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