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Smiths Group PLC09 January 2007 9 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: FRANKLIN RESOURCES, INC. AND ITS AFFILIATES 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 FRANKLIN RESOURCES, INC. AND ITS AFFILIATES ON BEHALFOF CLIENTS 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder,the number of shares held by each of them:SHAREHOLDER SHARESBANK OF NEW YORK, LONDON 613,881JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, LONDON 21,336,724CITIBANK NA, LONDON 387,799CLYDESDALE BANK PLC 480,490EUROCLEAR BANK SA, BRUSSELS 27,000GOLDMAN SACHS SECS NOMINEES 1,376,000HSBC BANK PLC, LONDON 360,929MELLON BANK NA, LONDON 2,640,629NORTHERN TRUST CO 1,499,245ROYAL TRUST CORP OF CANADA, LONDON 947,699STATE STREET BANK, LONDON 3,756,442 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: 9 JANUARY 2007 12. Total holding following this notification: 33,426,838 SHARES 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification*:5.86% 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: 9 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:
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