Holding(s) in Company

F&C Global Smaller Companies PLC
07 February 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

Legal & General Group 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

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 914945 - 20,045 shares

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A//c 775245 - 188,089 shares

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 357206 - 1,310,531 shares

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 747381 - 108,138 shares

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 866203 - 125,195 shares

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 969995 - 129,804 shares

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 360509 - 80,636 shares

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

N/a

8) Percentage of issued class

N/a

9) Class of security

Ordinary shares of 25p each

10) Date of transaction

Not specified

11) Date company informed

6 February 2006

12) Total holding following this notification

1,962,438

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

4.00%

14) Any additional information

The change in the notifiable interest only arises by reason of share buybacks
that have taken place by the Company which increased the notifier's percentage
interest.

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

Guy Short

For and on behalf of F&C Management Limited

Date of notification

7 February 2006


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