Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 6620U

Smiths Group PLC

19 October 2010

 

19 OCTOBER 2010

SMITHS GROUP PLC (the 'Company')

DTR 3.1.4R(1)

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

On 19 October 2010 ordinary shares of 37.5p in the Company ('shares') were released on the vesting of the matching awards granted in the 2007/08 financial year under the Company's Co-Investment Plan ('CIP').  The PDMRs of the Company listed in the table below received the number of shares shown in Col. C of  the table against their names, in satisfaction of the vesting of their respective awards under the CIP.  Also on 19 October 2010, these individuals sold in the market the number of shares shown in Col. D of the table against their names, in order to finance the income tax and NIC or social security charges that they have incurred as a result of their awards vesting.  The sale price of these shares was 1238.7753p pence per share.

The resulting interests in shares held by those PDMRs included in the table after the transactions referred to are shown in Col. E of the table.

Table

Col. A	Col. B	Col. C	Col. D	Col. E
Name	Status	Shares acquired under CIP	Shares sold in market	Total holding of shares following notifications
Mr P.R. Cox	PDMR	14,570	5,656	73,004
Mr S. Phipson	PDMR	17,974	9,190	94,175
Mr S. Seshadri	PDMR	7,450	3,120	66,621
Mr W.T. Smith	PDMR	1,482	669	65,841

Mr Cox and Mr Seshadri each transferred to their respective spouses the unsold balance of the shares released to them.

Name of contact and telephone number for queries: NEIL BURDETT - 020 7808 5574

Name of duly authorised officer of issuer responsible for making notification: NEIL BURDETT

Date of notification:  19 OCTOBER 2010

 

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