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31 Jul 2006 15:21

NewMedia SPARK PLC31 July 2006 NewMedia SPARK PLC31 July 2006 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company NewMedia SPARK plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest MPC Funds 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 Morstan Nominees Limited - 43,493,000 shares Vidacos Nominees Limited - 1,807,100 shares 5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired Not disclosed 6. Percentage of issued class N/A 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 transactions Not disclosed 11. Date company informed 31 July 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 45,300,100 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 10.4% 14. Any additional information The percentage holding is based on 436,119,780 shares in issue being the total number of shares in issue (472,735,729) less those shares held by NewMedia SPARK plc in Treasury (36,615,949). 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Andrew Betton 020 7851 7777 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification. Andrew Betton, Company Secretary and Finance Director Date of notification: 31 July 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange