Holding(s) in Company

F&C Global Smaller Companies PLC
25 January 2006

                                  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

Barclays 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

In respect of shareholder named in (2) above

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

Not specified

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

25 January 2006

12) Total holding following this notification

Not specified

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

Not specified - Following the above notification, Barclays PLC no longer has a
notifiable interest in the ordinary shares of the Company.

14) Any additional information

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

David Fallon

Tel: [phone]

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

David Fallon
For and on behalf of F&C Management Limited

Date of notification

25 January 2006


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