Holding(s) in Company

NewMedia SPARK PLC
15 February 2005







SCHEDULE 10



NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES




1.         Name of company


           NewMedia SPARK plc


2.         Name of shareholder having a major interest


            Prudential plc and certain of its subsidiary 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.


            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


Nortrust Noms Ltd MKH01 - 731,440


Nortrust Noms Ltd MKK01 - 54,695,184


Nortrust Noms Ltd - 6,536,373


Pruclt HSBC GIS Nom(UK) PPL AC - 4,180,787


Nortrust Noms Ltd a/c MKM01 - 2,500,000


Nortrust Noms Ltd. a/c MEB01 - 12,704,878


Nortrust Noms Ltd a/c PUQ01 - 5,367,460


Prudential Holborn Pensions Ltd. - 267



5.            Number of shares/amount of stock acquired


16,000,000


6.            Percentage of issued class


3.45%


7.            Number of shares/amount of stock disposed


Not disclosed


8.            Percentage of issued class


N/A


9.         Class of security


Ordinary Shares of 2.5p


10.       Date of transaction


14 February 2005


11.       Date company informed


15 February 2005


12.       Total holding following this notification


86,716,389


13.       Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification


18.71%


14.       Any additional information


            The percentage holding is based on 463,485,729 shares in issue being
the total number of shares in issue (472,735,729) less those shares held by
NewMedia SPARK plc in Treasury (9,250,000).



15.       Name of contact and telephone number for queries


Andrew Betton 020 7851 7721


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


Andrew Betton, Company Secretary


Date of notification: 15 February 2005






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