Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2187S

Smiths Group PLC

13 May 2009

 



TR-1:   notification of major interests in shares 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:	Smiths Group Plc
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		Yes
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):______________
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	12 May 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	13 May 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	From 4% - 3%(L&G)

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares   if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the Triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
ORD 37.5P	15,617,550	15,617,550	15,554,387	15,554,387		3.99

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period/ Date	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
15,554,387	3.99

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group)   Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect)   Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM)  Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (15,554,387- 3.99% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC) Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) (14,156,567 - 3.63% = PMC)   Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH)  Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) (14,156,567 - 3.63% = PMC)   Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL)  Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct)  (LGPL)

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	N/A

13. Additional information:	Notification using the total voting rights figure of 389,021,971
14. Contact name:	Helen Lewis (LGIM)
15. Contact telephone number:	020 3124 3851

 

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