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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: (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 SHARESSTATE STREET HONG KONG 11,700STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 333,088BNP PARISBAS, PARIS 333,500BANK 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 7,800ING LUXEMBORUG 20,300STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S 21,400NORTHERN TRUST CO 42,900NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 71,200JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 119,800BROWN BROS HARRIMAN LTD LUX 2,001,344JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 4,134,478BERMUDA TRUST FAR EAST HK 250,393JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 7,054,783MELLON BANK NA 17,300MELLON BANK NA 22,900BANK OF NEW YORK 25,650NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 57,200STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 82,700NORTHERN TRUST CO 95,300BROWN BROS HARRIMAN AND CO 1,329,700JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 4,371,500ROYAL TRUST -TORONTO 20,719CIBC MELLON TRUST 99,090JPMORGAN CHASE 275,100BANK OF NEW YORK 296,600MELLON BANK NA 403,524NORTHERN TRUST CO 740,200STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 1,569,463DEXIA PRIVATBANK 5,200JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 28,200CHASE MANHTTN BK AG FRNKFRT (S 51,000MIDLAND SECURITIES SERVICES 121,640BANKERS TRUST LONDON 215,080HSBC BANK PLC 267,000BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS 610,169MELLON BANK 709,100STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S 1,045,649JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 1,898,200NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 1,955,030JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 278,400 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: 34,052,460 SHARES 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification*:5.97% 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: 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:
Smiths Group