26th Jun 2006 12:24
Smiths Group PLC26 June 2006 26 JUNE 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 18,500State 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 36,200Master Trust Bank of Japan 188,500ING Luxemborug 20,300Northern Trust London 42,900National Astl Bk Melbourne 62,000State Street Bank Australia (C 91,600JP Morgan, Bournemouth 163,900Northern Trust London 165,700State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn 204,540Chase Manhattan Bk AG Frnkfrt (S 255,500Bank of New York Brussels 383,810Brown Bros Harriman Ltd Lux 581,400JP Morgan, Bournemouth 4,078,916Bermuda Trust Far East HK 259,304JP Morgan, Bournemouth 7,458,039Mellon Bank NA 17,900Investors Bank and Trust 11,600Mellon Bank NA 35,700Northern Trust London 112,900Brown Bros Harriman and Co 515,800State Street Bank and Tr Co 1,886,490JPMorgan Chase Bank 12,195,310Royal Trust -Toronto 20,719CIBC Mellon Trust 167,490Bank of New York 337,700JPMorgan Chase 596,600Mellon Bank NA 651,696Northern Trust Co 892,264Brown Bros Harriman and Co 1,612,100State Street Bank and Tr Co 2,654,657Chase Manhattan London 8,800Dexia Privatbank 9,500Societe Generale 31,500JPMorgan Chase Bank 44,600Chase Manhttn Bk AG Frnkfrt (S 82,900Midland Securities Services 99,240Bankers Trust London 225,180HSBC Bank plc 460,400Mellon Bank 918,220Bank of New York Brussels 1,341,069JP Morgan, Bournemouth 1,585,780State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn (S 2,384,519Northern Trust London 3,893,980JP Morgan, Bournemouth 11,786,280 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: 26 JUNE 2006 12. Total holding following this notification: 62,150,553 SHARES 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification*: 10.97% 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: 26 JUNE 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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