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Smiths Group PLC29 March 2006 29 MARCH 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, the number of shares held by each of them: STATE STREET HONG KONG 13,400STATE 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 31,600MASTER TRUST BANK OF JAPAN 191,800ING LUXEMBORUG 20,300NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 44,900NATIONAL ASTL BK MELBOURNE 60,100STATE STREET BANK AUSTRALIA (C 97,000JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 163,900NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 178,100STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN 202,660CHASE MANHATTAN BK AG FRNKFRT (S 255,500BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS 390,800BROWN BROS HARRIMAN LTD LUX 579,360JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 4,532,776BERMUDA TRUST FAR EAST HK 262,804JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 7,297,039MELLON 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 1,109,790BROWN BROS HARRIMAN AND CO 1,566,800JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 16,366,598ROYAL TRUST -TORONTO 23,900CIBC MELLON TRUST 191,490BANK OF NEW YORK 332,000JPMORGAN CHASE 592,500MELLON BANK NA 703,096NORTHERN TRUST CO 899,200BROWN BROS HARRIMAN AND CO 1,553,400STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 3,156,443CHASE MANHATTAN LONDON 8,800DEXIA PRIVATBANK 9,500SOCIETE GENERALE 28,000JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 44,600CHASE MANHTTN BK AG FRNKFRT (S 82,900MIDLAND SECURITIES SERVICES 87,600CLYDESDALE BANK PLC 120,300BANKERS TRUST LONDON 197,800HSBC BANK PLC 376,300MELLON BANK 1,137,500BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS 1,712,769JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 1,986,400STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S 2,673,999NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 3,846,190 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: 29 MARCH 2006 12. Total holding following this notification: 56,943,164 SHARES 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification*: 10.07% 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: 29 MARCH 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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