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Smiths Group PLC17 January 2007 17 JANUARY 2007 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 INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES 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,the number of shares held by each of them: SHAREHOLDER SHARES STATE STREET HONG KONG 9,000STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 279,588BNP PARISBAS, PARIS 314,430BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE LDN 2,921,400TRUST & CUST SRVCS BK LTD, TOKO 20,260NOMURA TRUST AND BANKING 39,600MASTER TRUST BANK OF JAPAN 76,900NORDDEUTSCHE LANDERSBANK 6,000ING LUXEMBORUG 20,300STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S 16,400NORTHERN TRUST CO 42,900NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 54,700JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 92,000BROWN BROS HARRIMAN LTD LUX 1,763,944JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 4,027,878BERMUDA TRUST FAR EAST HK 204,493JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 6,496,283MELLON BANK NA 17,300MELLON BANK NA 17,600BANK OF NEW YORK 25,650NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 43,900STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 42,800NORTHERN TRUST CO 55,600BROWN BROS HARRIMAN AND CO 1,247,200JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 1,000,000ROYAL TRUST -TORONTO 20,719CIBC MELLON TRUST 99,090JPMORGAN CHASE 267,000BANK OF NEW YORK 256,200MELLON BANK NA 399,724NORTHERN TRUST CO 718,900STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 1,442,163DEXIA PRIVATBANK 4,000JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 21,700CHASE MANHTTN BK AG FRNKFRT (S 39,200MIDLAND SECURITIES SERVICES 121,640BANKERS TRUST LONDON 215,080HSBC BANK PLC 267,000BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS 606,669MELLON BANK 709,100STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S 1,014,249JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 1,897,200NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 1,404,350 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: 17 JANUARY 2007 12. Total holding following this notification: 28,340,110 SHARES 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification*: 4.97% 14. Any additional information 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries: NEIL BURDETT, 020 8457 8229 16. Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed companyresponsible for making this notification: NEIL BURDETT 17. Date of notification: 17 JANUARY 2007 * 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