23rd Nov 2005 10:11
Smiths Group PLC23 November 2005 23 NOVEMBER 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:N/A 2,200State Street Hong Kong 13,400State Street Bank and Tr Co 165,800Bank of New York Europe Ldn 2,043,300Trust & Cust Srvcs Bk Ltd, Toko 17,600Nomura Trust and Banking 23,400Master Trust Bank of Japan 99,400ING Luxemborug 15,100Northern Trust London 33,200 State Street Bank Australia (C 71,800Chase Manhattan Bk AG Frnkfrt (S 195,000Northern Trust London 146,500State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn 175,440Bank of New York Brussels 413,900Brown Bros Harriman Ltd Lux 415,783National Astl Bk Melbourne 46,400JP Morgan, Bournemouth 523,100Bermuda Trust Far East HK 243,701JP Morgan, Bournemouth 9,677,057Investors Bank and Trust 14,300Mellon Bank NA 298,000Citibank NA 81,000Northern Trust London 112,900Northern Trust Co 1,891,500State Street Bank and Tr Co 2,770,000Brown Bros Harriman and Co 3,377,001JPMorgan Chase Bank 12,503,504Royal Trust -Toronto 17,700CIBC Mellon Trust 133,410Bank of New York 279,200Northern Trust Co 810,500JPMorgan Chase 689,100Mellon Bank NA 693,896Brown Bros Harriman and Co 1,291,100State Street Bank and Tr Co 2,729,862Societe Generale 20,700State Street Munich 14,600Dexia Privatbank 9,500Chase Manhattan London 10,500JPMorgan Chase Bank 44,600Citibank London 65,800Bank of New York Europe Ldn 75,200Chase Manhttn Bk AG Frnkfrt (S 80,700Clydesdale Bank PLC 121,300Midland Securities Services 114,000HSBC Bank plc 303,900Bankers Trust London 236,200Mellon Bank 1,210,400State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn (S 2,275,400Bank of New York Brussels 2,533,924JP Morgan, Bournemouth 3,252,000Northern Trust London 4,148,050 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: 22 NOVEMBER 2005 12. Total holding following this notification: 56,531,828 SHARES 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification*:10.01% 14. Any additional information 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries: GUY NORRIS, 020 8457 8326 16. Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed companyresponsible for making this notification: GUY NORRIS 17. Date of notification: 23 NOVEMBER 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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