11th Oct 2006 11:29
Smiths Group PLC11 October 2006 11 OCTOBER 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: Shareholder SharesState Street Hong Kong 18,500State Street Bank and Tr Co 315,800BNP Paribas, Paris 296,000Bank of New York Europe Ldn 3,221,100Trust & Cust Srvcs Bk Ltd, Toko 20,260Nomura Trust and Banking 37,700Master Trust Bank of Japan 187,400ING Luxemborug 20,300Northern Trust London 42,900National Astl Bk Melbourne 59,700State Street Bank Australia (C 98,400State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn (S 132,720JP Morgan, Bournemouth 163,900Northern Trust London 165,700Chase Manhattan Bk AG Frnkfrt (S 255,500Bank of New York Brussels 313,310Brown Bros Harriman Ltd Lux 1,971,444JP Morgan, Bournemouth 4,312,416Bermuda Trust Far East HK 259,304JP Morgan, Bournemouth 7,915,583Mellon Bank NA 17,900Mellon Bank NA 35,700Northern Trust London 112,900Brown Bros Harriman and Co 477,000State Street Bank and Tr Co 667,500JPMorgan Chase Bank 11,202,210Royal Trust -Toronto 20,719CIBC Mellon Trust 167,780Bank of New York 357,200JPMorgan Chase 571,200Mellon Bank NA 648,620Northern Trust Co 843,664Brown Bros Harriman and Co 1,589,900State Street Bank and Tr Co 2,380,937Chase Manhattan London 8,800Dexia Privatbank 9,500Societe Generale 42,800JPMorgan Chase Bank 44,600Chase Manhttn Bk AG Frnkfrt (S 82,900Midland Securities Services 124,140Bankers Trust London 264,380HSBC Bank plc 462,000Bank of New York Brussels 786,069Mellon Bank 981,800State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn (S 1,747,519JP Morgan, Bournemouth 2,146,880Northern Trust London 3,732,680JPMorgan Chase Bank 12,778,840 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 OCTOBER 2006 12. Total holding following this notification: 62,114,075 SHARES 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification*: 10.93% 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 companyresponsible for making this notification: NEIL BURDETT 17. Date of notification: 11 OCTOBER 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 ExchangeRelated Shares:
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