Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4313N

Smiths Group PLC

10 June 2010

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST 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 the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Prudential plc group of companies
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	See attached schedule
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	09 June 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:	10 June 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5%

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	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB00B1WY2338	Below 5%	Below 5%	19,584,651	19,584,651	0	5.01	0

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

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
19,584,651	5.01%

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

Prudential plc (parent Company)

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:
14. Contact name:	Dipesh Varsani / Mark Thomas M&G Investment Management Limited
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7548 3261 / 020 7548 3266

Notifiable Position Report for

SMITHS GROUP

as at 09 June 2010

Percentage holdings are calculated using 390,674,867 Total Voting Rights

	Registered holder	Holding	Voting rights	% Voting rights
Prudential plc			19,584,651	5.01 Total notifiable interest
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MNJ01	211,929	211,929
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PPL AC	1,399,800	1,399,800
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUR01	1,380,840	1,380,840
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MKD01	325,000	325,000
	NORTRUST NOMINEES LTD A/C MHA01	160,000	160,000
	BK OF NEW YORK (NOMS) LTD / 636928	91,772	91,772
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD	435,257	435,257
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUP01	93,502	93,502
	JP MORGAN NOMINEES	210,067	210,067
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUC01	56,316	56,316
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHJ01	516,362	516,362
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUS01	15,248	15,248
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MXB01	29,932	29,932
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS (UK) PAC AC	6,315,602	6,315,602
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUI01	11,120	11,120
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MKB01	110,819	110,819
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHB01	200,000	200,000
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MKK01	7,100,000	7,100,000
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MNB01	669,237	669,237
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUB01	1,551	1,551
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C MVB01	68,175	68,175
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHF01	85,820	85,820
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C MVA01	96,302	96,302

 

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