31st Mar 2005 18:10
Smiths Group PLC31 March 2005 31 March 2005 Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares 1. Name of company: Smiths Group plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest: Barclays PLC 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interestor in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person'sspouse or children under the age of 18: Notification by Barclays PLC of a notifiable interest through the legalentities: Barclays Private Bank Ltd; Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd;Barclays Global Investors, N.A.; Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd; BarclaysGlobal Investors Japan Ltd; Barclays Global Fund Advisors; Barclays CapitalSecurities Ltd; Barclays Global Investors Ltd; Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd;Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking; Gerrard Ltd; and Barclays LifeAssurance Co Ltd 4. Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them:Registered holder Shares Bank of Ireland 79,702Barclays Capital Nominees Ltd 82,186Barclays Trust Co & Others 905Barclays Trust Co as Exec/Adm 3,708Barclays Trust Co DMC69 11,500Barclays Trust Co E99 2,007Barclays Trust Co R69 54,991BNP Paribas 53,708Chase Nominees Ltd 16376 a/c 320,317Chase Nominees Ltd 20947 a/c 4,569,428CIBC Mellon Global Securities 31,844Investors Bank and Trust Co. 7,688,055JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16331 a/c 177,918JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16338 a/c 36,439JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16341 a/c 400,298JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16342 a/c 68,298JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16344 a/c 25,077JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16345 a/c 41,221JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16400 a/c 6,062,361JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 17011 a/c 9,245JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 18408 a/c 31,744JPMorgan Chase Bank 1,089,516Master Trust Bank 6,386Mellon Trust - Boston & SF 162,052Mellon Trust of New England 99,913Mitsubishi Trust International 7,769Northern Trust Bank - BGI SEPA 262,864R C Greig Nominees Ltd BL1 a/c 256,662R C Greig Nominees Ltd CM1 a/c 99,745R C Greig Nominees Ltd GP1 a/c 224,236R C Greig Nominees Ltd SA1 a/c 109,759Reflex Nominees Ltd 734State Street 10,171State Street Bank and Trust Co 19,620State Street Boston 498,333Sumitomo TB 3,029Wells Fargo Seattle - Wire Ban 9,551Zeban Nominees Ltd 5,083 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 company informed: 31 March 2005 (re interests as at 23 March 2005) 12. Total holding following this notification: 22,616,375 shares 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 4.02% 14. Contact name for queries: Neil Burdett 15. Contact telephone number: 020 8457 8229 16. Name of company official responsible for making notification: Neil Burdett 17. Date of notification: 31 March 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Smiths GroupBarclays