Holding(s) in Company

F&C Global Smaller Companies PLC 17 July 2006 HOLDINGS IN COMPANY 1) Name of company F&C Global Smaller Companies PLC 2) Name of shareholder having a major interest Friends Provident group 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 F&C Asset Management plc, a subsidiary of the Friends Provident group, is interested in the following Shares: (i) Discretionary holdings: a) F&C Investment Funds ICVC, FTSE All Share Tracker: 15,550 shares b) RSA Plc New UK Equity Fund 71,995 shares c) Univ of Cambridge Commonwealth Trust: 540,000 shares d) The Cambridge O'seas Tst For Countries Outside the Commonwealth: 185,000 e) Cambridge A/C Henry Fd Cap W/R for Charles and Julia Henry: 96,000 (ii) Non discretionary holdings f) F&C Private Investor Plan: 11,749,503 shares g) F&C Pension Savings Plan: 1,299,038 shares h) F&C ISA Plan: 2,662,738 shares i) F&C PEP Plan: 1,342,441 shares 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them a) Chase Nominees Limited b) Chase Nominees Limited c) Chase Nominees Limited d) Chase Nominees Limited e) Chase Nominees Limited f) Puddle Dock Nominees Limited g) BNY (OCS) Nominees Limited h) Puddle Dock Nominees Limited i) Puddle Dock Nominees Limited 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired Not given 6) Percentage of issued class Not given 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed Not applicable 8) Percentage of issued class Not applicable 9) Class of security Ordinary shares of 25 pence each 10) Date of transaction Not given 11) Date company informed 17 July 2006 12) Total holding following this notification 17,962,265 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 37.29% 14) Any additional information The Friends Provident Life Office, as holding company of F&C Asset Management plc, is also interested in the shares referred to above. 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries Debbie Fish Tel: 020 7770 5010 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Debbie Fish For and on behalf of F&C Management Limited, Secretary Date of notification: 17 July 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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