Holding(s) in Company

F&C Global Smaller Companies PLC
24 January 2007

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

F&C Global Smaller Companies PLC

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

Prudential plc group of companies

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

In respect of 2 above

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them

The voting rights of these shares are held through Prudential plc and includes
interests of certain of its subsidiary companies:

                              Registered Holder                   Holding
Prudential plc                NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHF01      9,978
                              PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC      4,000,000

M&G Group Limited             NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHF01      9,978
                              PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC      4,000,000

M&G Investment Management     PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC      4,000,000
Limited

M&G Limited                   NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHP01      9,978
                              PRUDLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC      4,000,000

The Prudential Assurance      PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC      4,000,000
Company Limited

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

Not specified

6) Percentage of issued class

Not specified

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

Not specified

8) Percentage of issued class

Not specified

9) Class of security

Ordinary shares of 25p each

10) Date of transaction

Not specified

11) Date company informed

23 January 2007

12) Total holding following this notification

4,009,978

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

8.41%

14) Any additional information

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Miss D A Fish
Tel: [phone]

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

Miss D A Fish
For and on behalf of F&C Management Limited

Date of notification

24 January 2007


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