31st Oct 2005 12:48
Smiths Group PLC31 October 2005 31 OCTOBER 2005 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: JANUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is regarding the holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above; in respect of a non-beneficial interest; orin the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouseor children under the age of 18 NOTIFICATION BY JANUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC RE SHARES HELD ON BEHALF OFINVESTMENT CLIENTS, INCLUDING JANUS INVESTMENT FUND. 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them: NOT DISCLOSED 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: 28 OCTOBER 2005 12. Total holding following this notification: 16,511,746 SHARES (AS AT 25OCTOBER 2005) 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 2.93% 14. Any additional information: JANUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC HAS ADVISED THAT OF THE 2.93% OF THE COMPANY'SISSUED SHARE CAPITAL IN WHICH IT HAS A DISCLOSABLE INTEREST, SHARES EQUIVALENTTO APPROX 2.31% OF THE ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL ARE HELD ON BEHALF OF JANUSINVESTMENT FUND. 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries: NEIL BURDETT, 020 84578229 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for makingthis notification: NEIL BURDETT 17. Date of notification: 31 OCTOBER 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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