29th Sep 2005 12:01
Smiths Group PLC29 September 2005 29 September 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 1,572,200TRUST & 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 116,400STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN 125,300BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS 317,300BROWN BROS HARRIMAN LTD LUX 453,883NATIONAL ASTL BK MELBOURNE 337,300JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 526,500BERMUDA TRUST FAR EAST HK 237,801JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 7,069,140INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST 14,300MELLON BANK NA 35,500CITIBANK NA 81,000NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 98,100NORTHERN TRUST CO 1,891,500STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 2,154,400BROWN BROS HARRIMAN AND CO 3,505,601JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 10,544,904ROYAL TRUST -TORONTO 11,800CIBC MELLON TRUST 95,760BANK OF NEW YORK 209,400NORTHERN TRUST CO 625,000JPMORGAN CHASE 542,700MELLON BANK NA 608,996BROWN BROS HARRIMAN AND CO 993,400STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 2,045,652SOCIETE 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 101,100MIDLAND SECURITIES SERVICES 98,400HSBC BANK PLC 232,400BANKERS TRUST LONDON 203,300MELLON BANK 845,800STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S 1,647,310BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS 1,642,537JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 2,724,400NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 2,944,850 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 SEPTEMBER 2005 12. Total holding following this notification: 45,360,144 SHARES 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification*: 8.04% 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: 29 SEPTEMBER 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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