Smiths Group PLC
6 March 2001
06 March 2001
Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares
1 Name of company: Smiths Group plc
2 Name of shareholder having a major interest: Capital Guardian Trust Company
3 Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18:
Notification by The Capital Group Companies, Inc. on behalf of Capital
Guardian Trust Company, in respect of funds managed on behalf of investment
clients.
4 Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
Shareholder Shares
State Street Nominees Limited 3018989
Bank of New York Nominees Limited 436117
Chase Nominees Limited 9282964
BT Globenet Nominees Limited 56346
Midland Bank plc 4167988
Bankers Trust 1699102
Barclays Bank 309780
Citibank London 363400
Nortrust Nominees Limited 2767748
Royal Bank of Scotland 7612
National Westminster Bank 900
Citibank NA Toronto 37180
ROY Nominees Limited 23500
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 company informed: 06 March 2001 (re interests as at 02 March 2001)
12 Total holding following this notification: 22,171,626 shares
13 Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 4.00%
14 Contact name for queries: Neil Burdett
15 Contact telephone number: 020 8457 8229
16 Name of company official responsible for making notification: Neil Burdett
17 Date of notification: 06 March 2001
Additional Information:
Capital Guardian Trust Company ('Capital Guardian') is one of the affiliates
of The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ('Capital Group'). On 31 January 2001,
Capital Group notified the Company that its affiliates were, in aggregate,
interested in 8.01% of the Company's share capital.
This notification relates to the increase in the percentage interest of
Capital Guardian only, from 3.99% (on 27 February 2001) to 4.00% of the
Company's issued share capital on 02 March 2001.
Capital Group's affiliates, in aggregate, presently have interests over 8.32%
of the Company's issued share capital.
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