Stvg Regulatory News (STVG)

20 Dec 2005 11:50

SMG PLC20 December 2005 SCHEDULE 10NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) Name of Company SMG plc 2) Name of shareholder having a major interest Fidelity International 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. Fidelity Gestion (FIGEST) BNP Paribas, Paris 1,290,800 Fidelity Investments International (FII) JP Morgan, Bournemouth 1,816,705 Fidelity International Ltd (FIL) Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux 6,240,600 Fidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL) JP Morgan, Bournemouth 31,311,330 Fidelity Pension Management (FPM) Mellon Bank 66,000 Bank of New York Brussels 166,900 HSBC Bank Plc 626,600 Northern Trust London 1,574,364 JP Morgan, Bournemouth 1,867,418 State Str Bk and Tr Co Ldnd 2,579,900 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired 3,383,335 6) Percentage of issued class 1.08% 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 December 2005 11) Date company informed 19 December 2005 12) Total holding following this notification 47,540,617 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 15.12% 14) Any additional information These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate notifications of interest in the shares and are combined for the purposes of clarity. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that FMR Corp and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries or Mr Edward C Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in respect of the disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit these notifications on a joint basis. The disclosable interests arise under Section 208(4)(b) of the Act, namely where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of such rights, or under Section 203 of the Act respectively. 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 Clarke, Company Secretary 20 December 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange