11th Oct 2016 11:38
TR-1: Notification of Major Interests in Shares  | ||
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:  | Smiths Group  | |
2. Reason for the notification (yes/no)  | ||
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights  | Yes  | |
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached  | No  | |
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments  | No  | |
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights  | No  | |
Other (please specify): ______________  | No  | |
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:  | Harris Associates L.P.  | |
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):  | BNY Mellon Brown Brothers Harriman JPMorgan Chase Mizuho Trust and Banking Luxem Northern Trust Company State Street Bank Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co US  | |
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):  | 07 October 2016  | |
6. Date on which issuer notified:  | 10 October 2016  | |
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:  | 5%  | |
8. Notified Details  | ||||||||||||
A: Voting rights attached to shares  | ||||||||||||
Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN CODE  | Situation previous to the triggering transaction  | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction  | ||||||||||
Number of Shares  | Number of voting rights  | Number of shares  | Number of voting rights  | Percentage of voting rights  | ||||||||
Direct  | Indirect  | Direct  | Indirect  | |||||||||
GB00B1WY2338 Common Stock  | 20,169,763  | 20,169,763  | 19,112,517  | 19,112,517  | 4.83%  | |||||||
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments  | ||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction  | ||||||||||||
Type of financial instrument  | Expiration date  | Exercise/ conversion period  | No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument is exercised/converted)  | Percentage of voting rights  | ||||||||
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments  | ||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction  | ||||||||||||
Type of financial instrument  | Exercise Price  | Expiration date  | Exercise/ conversion period  | No. of voting rights instrument refers to  | Percentage of voting rights  | |||||||
Nominal  | Delta  | |||||||||||
Total (A+B+C)  | ||||||||||||
Number of voting rights  | Percentage of voting rights  | |||||||||||
19,112,517  | 4.83%  | |||||||||||
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:  | |
BNY Mellon - 116,235 Common Stock shares Brown Brothers Harriman - 1,492,943 Common Stock shares JPMorgan Chase - 254,400 Common Stock shares Northern Trust Company - 359,960 Common Stock shares State Street Bank - 16,802,279 Common Stock shares Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co US - 27,800 Common Stock shares Mizuho Trust and Banking Luxem - 58,900 Common Stock shares 
 
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Proxy Voting:  | |
10. Name of the proxy holder:  | |
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:  | |
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:  | |
13. Additional information:  | |
14. Contact name:  | Kim Colwell  | 
15. Contact telephone number:  | 312-646-3489  | 
Related Shares:
Smiths Group