Holding(s) in Company

F&C U.S. Smaller Companies PLC
02 January 2007

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES



1) Name of company

F&C US 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

As 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 given

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

n/a

6) Percentage of issued class

n/a

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

not given

8) Percentage of issued class

not given

9) Class of security

Ordinary shares of 25p

10) Date of transaction

not given

11) Date company informed

2 January 2007

12) Total holding following this notification

not given

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

not given

14) Any additional information

Following the above notification, Legal & General Group PLC and/or its
subsidiaries no longer have a notifiable interest in the ordinary 25p shares of
the Company.

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Mrs J Dearlove
Tel: [phone]

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

Mrs J Dearlove
For and on behalf of F&C Management Limited, Secretary

Date of notification:

2 January 2007


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