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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
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Smiths Group Plc |
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2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): |
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights |
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An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached.
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An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights |
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Other (please specify):
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the |
Legal & General Group Plc (Group)
Legal & General Investment Management Limited (LGIM)
Legal & General Group Plc (L&G) |
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) |
N/A |
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5. Date of the transaction and date on
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05 October 2011 |
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6. Date on which issuer notified: |
06 October 2011 |
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
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Group (Below 5%)
LGIM (Below 5%)
L&G (From 4% to 3%) |
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8. Notified details:
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A: Voting rights attached to shares |
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Class/type of
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Situation previous |
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Number |
Number |
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Number of voting |
% of voting rights |
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Direct |
Indirect |
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Indirect |
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Ordinary 37.5p |
17,046,016 (L&G) |
19,237,230 |
15,611,948 |
3,625,282 |
3.98% |
0.923% |
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19,653,004 (LGIM) |
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(As on 24/03/2011) |
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments |
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Type of financial |
Expiration |
Exercise/ |
Number of voting |
% of voting |
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments |
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Type of financial
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Exercise price |
Expiration date |
Exercise/ |
Number of voting rights instrument refers to
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% of voting rights
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Nominal |
Delta |
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Total (A+B+C) |
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Number of voting rights |
Percentage of voting rights |
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15,611,948 (L&G) |
3.98% |
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19,237,230 (LGIM)
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4.91% |
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the |
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Proxy Voting: |
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10. Name of the proxy holder: |
N/A |
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11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease |
N/A |
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold |
N/A |
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Notification using the total voting rights figure of 392,531,299 |
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14. Contact name: |
Paul Toon (LGIM) |
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15. Contact telephone number: |
020 3124 3854 |
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