Holding(s) in Company

F&C Global Smaller Companies PLC
16 December 2005

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

F&C Global Smaller Companies PLC

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

Barclays 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

Beneficial

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

Barclays Global Investors Ltd - 1,162,151 shares

Barclays Private Bank Ltd - 15,200 shares

Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd - 24,000 shares

Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd - 107,744 shares

Gerrard Ltd - 281,258 shares

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

Not specified

6) Percentage of issued class

Not specified

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

Not specified

8) Percentage of issued class

Not specified

9) Class of security

Ordinary shares of 25p each

10) Date of transaction

Not specified

11) Date company informed

16 December 2005

12) Total holding following this notification

1,590,353

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.12%

14) Any additional information

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

David Fallon

Tel: [phone]

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

David Fallon
For and on behalf of F&C Management Limited

Date of notification

16 December 2005


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