12th Sep 2005 12:06
Smiths Group PLC12 September 2005 12 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 1,491,800TRUST & CUST SRVCS BK LTD, TOKO 4,900NOMURA TRUST AND BANKING 7,500MASTER TRUST BANK OF JAPAN 15,500ING LUXEMBORUG 2,200STATE STREET T&B CO LTD TOKYO 2,300NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 4,900STATE STREET BANK AUSTRALIA (C 11,400CHASE MANHATTAN BK AG FRNKFRT (S 19,700NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 94,000STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN 96,200BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS 299,800BROWN BROS HARRIMAN LTD LUX 316,683NATIONAL ASTL BK MELBOURNE 317,600JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 423,600BERMUDA TRUST FAR EAST HK 223,501JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 6,521,940INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST 14,300MELLON BANK NA 70,700CITIBANK NA 81,000NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 98,100NORTHERN TRUST CO 1,891,500STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 2,152,500BROWN BROS HARRIMAN AND CO 2,872,001JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 9,397,504ROYAL TRUST -TORONTO 2,400CIBC MELLON TRUST 21,700BANK OF NEW YORK 168,700NORTHERN TRUST CO 312,400JPMORGAN CHASE 357,100MELLON BANK NA 433,596BROWN BROS HARRIMAN AND CO 517,700STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 1,114,297SOCIETE GENERALE 1,800STATE STREET MUNICH 2,200DEXIA PRIVATBANK 8,200CHASE MANHATTAN LONDON 9,600JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 38,700CITIBANK LONDON 44,500BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE LDN 47,500CHASE MANHTTN BK AG FRNKFRT (S 70,000CLYDESDALE BANK PLC 96,100MIDLAND SECURITIES SERVICES 98,400HSBC BANK PLC 198,900BANKERS TRUST LONDON 203,300MELLON BANK 800,700STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S 1,374,870BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS 1,656,701JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 2,713,300NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 2,826,350 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: 9 SEPTEMBER 2005 12. Total holding following this notification: 39,705,343 SHARES 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification*: 7.04% 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: 12 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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