Holding(s) in Company

Smiths News PLC
27 November 2006


                           SCHEDULE 10
 
             NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   NAME OF LISTED COMPANY

     SMITHS NEWS PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     DEUTSCHE BANK AG

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

     SEE ATTACHED LETTER DATED 24 NOVEMBER 2006

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

     SEE ATTACHED LETTER DATED 24 NOVEMBER 2006

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

     N/A

6)   Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by the
     company should not be taken into account when
     calculating percentage)


7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     N/A

8)   Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by the
     company should not be taken into account when
     calculating percentage)


9)   Class of security

     ORDINARY SHARES OF 5 PENCE EACH

10)  Date of transaction

     N/A

11)  Date company informed

     24 NOVEMBER 2006

12)  Total holding following this notification

     N/K
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (any 
     treasury shares held by the company should not be taken into account 
     when calculating percentage)

     LESS THAN 3%

14)  Any additional information



15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     C A WHITE  [phone]

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for 
     making this notification
                                 A J HUMPHREY, DIRECTOR
     Date of Notification .....  27 NOVEMBER 2006




LETTER TO SMITH NEWS
DATED 24 NOVEMBER 2006


Disclosure of interests in shares

Further to our letter of 31 October 2006 and in accordance with Section 198-202
of the UK Companies Act 1985, we are writing on behalf of Deutsche Bank AG to
inform you that on the basis that the relevant issued share capital of your
company is 182,919,930 ordinary shares, Deutsche Bank AG, and its subsidiary
companies no longer have a notifiable interest in Smiths News plc.


Deutsche Bank AG is a corporation domiciled in Frankfurt, Germany, of which
Deutsche Bank AG London is a branch.


If you require any further information concerning this notification, please
contact Andrew Anderson, David Lindsay, James Gibson or Sabrina Samuel in the
Compliance Department of Deutsche Bank AG London.



for DEUTSCHE BANK AG LONDON







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