Holding(s) in Company

SMG PLC
17 November 2005


SCHEDULE 10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1)  Name of Company

    SMG plc

2)  Name of shareholder having a major interest

    SVG Capital 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

    Non-Beneficial

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

    SVG Investment Managers Limited

    The Northern Trust Company, London                5,893,242

    Chase Nominees Ltd a/c CMBL                         756,192

    HSBC Bank plc                                     3,907,057

5)  Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

    Not disclosed

6)  Percentage of issued class

    Not disclosed

7)  Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

    N/A

8)  Percentage of issued class

    N/A

9)  Class of security

    Ordinary Shares of 2.5p

10) Date of transaction

    16 November 2005

11) Date company informed

    16 November 2005

12) Total holding following this notification

    10,556,491

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

    3.36%

14) Any additional information

    None

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

    Callum Spreng - Tel No: 0141 300 3640

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

    Sara Clark, Company Secretary
    17 November 2005




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