28th Oct 2005 12:54
Smiths Group PLC28 October 2005 28 OCTOBER 2005 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 the holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above; in respect of a non-beneficial interest; orin the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouseor 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 ofshares held by each of them:STATE STREET HONG KONG 11,200STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 144,000BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE LDN 2,043,300TRUST & CUST SRVCS BK LTD, TOKO 12,500NOMURA TRUST AND BANKING 16,300MASTER TRUST BANK OF JAPAN 43,500ING LUXEMBORUG 10,600STATE STREET T&B CO LTD TOKYO 14,900NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 23,600 STATE STREET BANK AUSTRALIA (C 51,400CHASE MANHATTAN BK AG FRNKFRT (S 140,100NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 117,700STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN 130,840BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS 404,100BROWN BROS HARRIMAN LTD LUX 453,883NATIONAL ASTL BK MELBOURNE 296,300JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 468,700BERMUDA TRUST FAR EAST HK 237,801JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 8,396,740INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST 14,300MELLON BANK NA 293,200CITIBANK NA 81,000NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 98,100NORTHERN TRUST CO 1,891,500STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 2,761,200BROWN BROS HARRIMAN AND CO 3,466,901JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 11,478,904ROYAL TRUST -TORONTO 11,800CIBC MELLON TRUST 95,760BANK OF NEW YORK 226,300NORTHERN TRUST CO 622,400JPMORGAN CHASE 554,900MELLON BANK NA 608,996BROWN BROS HARRIMAN AND CO 1,004,700STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 2,122,662SOCIETE GENERALE 12,800STATE STREET MUNICH 10,400DEXIA PRIVATBANK 8,200CHASE MANHATTAN LONDON 9,100JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 38,700CITIBANK LONDON 41,400BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE LDN 47,500CHASE MANHTTN BK AG FRNKFRT (S 70,000CLYDESDALE BANK PLC 128,000MIDLAND SECURITIES SERVICES 115,600HSBC BANK PLC 236,900BANKERS TRUST LONDON 236,200MELLON BANK 1,226,800STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S 2,031,210BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS 2,428,633JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 3,249,400NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 3,765,750 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: 28 OCTOBER 2005 12. Total holding following this notification: 52,006,680 SHARES 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification*: 9.21% 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: 28 OCTOBER 2005 * 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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