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Smiths Group PLC29 November 2006 29 NOVEMBER 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES LISTING RULE LR 9.6.7 R 1. Name of listed company: SMITHS GROUP PLC 2. Name of shareholder with a major interest: (A) FMR CORP. AND ITS DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES AND (B) FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED AND ITS DIRECT AND INDIRECTSUBSIDIARIES 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is regarding theholding of the shareholder named in 2 above; in respect of a non-beneficialinterest; or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of thatperson's spouse or children under the age of 18: NOTIFICATION ON BEHALF OF FMR CORP. AND ITS DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES ANDFIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED AND ITS DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES AND MREDWARD C JOHNSON 3D, A PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDER OF FMR CORP. AND FIDELITYINTERNATIONAL LIMITED, OF DISCLOSABLE INTERESTS ARISING UNDER S208(4)(b) OF THECOMPANIES ACT 1985. 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, thenumber of shares held by each of them: SHAREHOLDER SHARESSTATE STREET HONG KONG 18,500STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 315,800BNP PARISBAS, PARIS 333,500BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE LDN 3,198,800TRUST & CUST SRVCS BK LTD, TOKO 20,260NOMURA TRUST AND BANKING 37,700MASTER TRUST BANK OF JAPAN 187,400ING LUXEMBORUG 20,300NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 42,900STATE STREET BANK AUSTRALIA (C 98,400STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S 120,920NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 162,500JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 193,900BROWN BROS HARRIMAN LTD LUX 2,014,244JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 4,589,616BERMUDA TRUST FAR EAST HK 259,304JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 7,561,383MELLON BANK NA 17,300MELLON BANK NA 35,700NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 83,700NORTHERN TRUST CO 102,200BROWN BROS HARRIMAN AND CO 556,500STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 667,500JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 7,834,157ROYAL TRUST -TORONTO 20,719BROWN BROS HARRIMAN AND CO 37,700CIBC MELLON TRUST 115,480JPMORGAN CHASE 295,700BANK OF NEW YORK 371,200MELLON BANK NA 665,220NORTHERN TRUST CO 818,200STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 1,759,363DEXIA PRIVATBANK 9,500SOCIETE GENERALE 42,800JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 44,600CHASE MANHTTN BK AG FRNKFRT (S 82,900MIDLAND SECURITIES SERVICES 124,140BANKERS TRUST LONDON 215,080HSBC BANK PLC 489,100BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS 773,369MELLON BANK 981,800STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S 1,760,719JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 2,117,000NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 3,436,180JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 2,823,042 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 25p 10. Date of transaction: NOT DISCLOSED 11. Date listed company informed: 29 NOVEMBER 2006 12. Total holding following this notification: 45,456,296 SHARES 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification*:7.98% 14. Any additional information 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries: NEIL BURDETT, 020 84578229 16. Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed companyresponsible for making this notification: NEIL BURDETT 17. Date of notification: 29 NOVEMBER 2006 * any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken intoaccount when calculating percentage This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Smiths Group