Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 9153T

Smiths Group PLC

05 October 2010

5 OCTOBER 2010

SMITHS GROUP PLC (the "Company")

DTR 3.1.4R(1)

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY (PDMRs) PURSUANT TO DTR 3.1.4R(1)(a)

On 5 October 2010 the Company received notifications from the Directors and PDMRs listed in Table 1 below that, over the two business days up to and including 4 October 2010, they had purchased the number of ordinary shares of 37.5p in Smiths Group plc ("shares") shown in Col. C of Table 1 against their names in order to participate in the 2010 Grant of conditional share awards under the Smiths Group Co-Investment Plan ("CIP"). The purchase price of the shares listed in Col. C of Table 1 was 1238.8595 pence per share (being the weighted average price per share of all the shares acquired over the two-day period). Pursuant to the Rules of the CIP, on 5 October 2010 the Company granted conditional share awards to these Directors and PDMRs over the number of shares shown in Col. E of Table 1 against their names (such award numbers representing, in each case, shares with a total market value at close on 4 October 2010 equal to two times the amount (before deduction of income tax) invested by the individual in acquiring the shares shown against his name in Col. C of Table 1). The resulting interests of the Directors and PDMRs in shares are shown against their names in Cols F and G of Table 1.

Table 1

Col. A	Col. B	Col. C	Col. D	Col. E	Col. F	Col. G
Name	Status	Shares acquired	% of Issued Share Capital acquired	No. of shares over which a conditional share award was granted under the CIP on 5 Oct 2010	Total holding of shares following notification	% of Issued Share Capital held
Mr P. Bowman	Director	27,544	<0.01%	112,169	116,320	0.03%
Mr P.A. Turner	Director	2,888	<0.01%	11,764	5,888	<0.01%
Mr P.R. Cox	PDMR	6,553	<0.01%	26,688	64,090	0.02%
Mr M.H.C. Herlihy	PDMR	6,596	<0.01%	26,862	9,096	<0.01%
Mr J.B.F. Jones	PDMR	4,566	<0.01%	18,597	4,566	<0.01%
Mr T. Nolan	PDMR	4,453	<0.01%	18,134	6,118	<0.01%
Mr R. Phillips	PDMR	4,400	<0.01%	17,920	7,223	<0.01%
Mr S. Phipson	PDMR	5,505	<0.01%	22,420	85,391	0.02%
Mr S. Seshadri	PDMR	9,912	<0.01%	40,368	62,291	0.02%
Mr W.T. Smith	PDMR	6,925	<0.01%	28,202	65,028	0.02%