Holding(s) in Company

10th Feb 2006 11:40

Smiths Group PLC10 February 2006 10 FEBRUARY 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 INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES 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 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 ofshares held by each of them: STATE STREET HONG KONG 13,400STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 165,800BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE LDN 2,301,300TRUST & CUST SRVCS BK LTD, TOKO 23,800NOMURA TRUST AND BANKING 31,600MASTER TRUST BANK OF JAPAN 191,800ING LUXEMBORUG 20,300NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 44,900STATE STREET BANK AUSTRALIA (C 97,000CHASE MANHATTAN BK AG FRNKFRT (S 263,300NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 178,100STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN 198,240NATIONAL ASTL BK MELBOURNE 62,700JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 163,900BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS 371,500BROWN BROS HARRIMAN LTD LUX 439,360JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 927,600BERMUDA TRUST FAR EAST HK 250,501JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 8,432,144MELLON BANK NA 17,500INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST 9,600MELLON BANK NA 297,500CITIBANK NA 58,000NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 112,900NORTHERN TRUST CO 1,558,600STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 1,554,500BROWN BROS HARRIMAN AND CO 1,378,900JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 14,214,496ROYAL TRUST -TORONTO 23,900CIBC MELLON TRUST 178,490BANK OF NEW YORK 324,300NORTHERN TRUST CO 1,283,900JPMORGAN CHASE 587,300MELLON BANK NA 753,596BROWN BROS HARRIMAN AND CO 1,695,300STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 3,046,143SOCIETE GENERALE 28,000DEXIA PRIVATBANK 9,500CHASE MANHATTAN LONDON 8,800JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 44,600BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE LDN 75,200CHASE MANHTTN BK AG FRNKFRT (S 82,900CLYDESDALE BANK PLC 107,200MIDLAND SECURITIES SERVICES 62,200HSBC BANK PLC 344,200BANKERS TRUST LONDON 137,200MELLON BANK 1,023,500STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S 2,211,590BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS 1,846,040JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 3,044,000NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 3,837,230 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: 10 FEBRUARY 2006 12. Total holding following this notification: 54,134,330 SHARES 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification*: 9.57% 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: 10 FEBRUARY 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 Exchange

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