12th May 2006 14:30
Smiths Group PLC12 May 2006 12 MAY 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 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, thenumber of shares held by each of them: State Street Hong Kong 15,900State Street Bank and Tr Co 315,800Bank of New York Europe Ldn 3,221,100Trust & Cust Srvcs Bk Ltd, Toko 21,650Nomura Trust and Banking 34,900Master Trust Bank of Japan 191,800ING Luxemborug 20,300Northern Trust London 42,900National Astl Bk Melbourne 60,100State Street Bank Australia (C 97,000JP Morgan, Bournemouth 163,900Northern Trust London 170,200State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn 208,460Chase Manhattan Bk AG Frnkfrt (S 255,500Bank of New York Brussels 397,600Brown Bros Harriman Ltd Lux 590,660JP Morgan, Bournemouth 4,569,276Bermuda Trust Far East HK 262,804JP Morgan, Bournemouth 7,474,439Mellon Bank NA 18,500Investors Bank and Trust 11,600Mellon Bank NA 35,700Citibank NA 76,000Northern Trust London 112,900State Street Bank and Tr Co 1,797,190Brown Bros Harriman and Co 491,800JPMorgan Chase Bank 21,193,510Royal Trust -Toronto 23,900CIBC Mellon Trust 167,490Bank of New York 317,700JPMorgan Chase 596,600Mellon Bank NA 703,096Northern Trust Co 897,727Brown Bros Harriman and Co 1,562,700State Street Bank and Tr Co 2,723,843Chase Manhattan London 8,800Dexia Privatbank 9,500Societe Generale 31,500JPMorgan Chase Bank 44,600Chase Manhttn Bk AG Frnkfrt (S 82,900Midland Securities Services 93,900Bankers Trust London 210,100HSBC Bank plc 462,700Mellon Bank 1,167,200Bank of New York Brussels 1,726,969JP Morgan, Bournemouth 3,489,204State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn (S 2,334,099Northern Trust London 3,830,390 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: 11 MAY 2006 12. Total holding following this notification: 62,336,407 SHARES 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification*: 11.00% 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 company responsible for making this notification: NEIL BURDETT 17. Date of notification: 12 MAY 2006 * any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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