Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9376J

Smiths Group PLC

18 June 2014

 



TR-1: Notifications 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			No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments			No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights			No
Other (please specify):___________________________			No
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	See additional information under 13.
5. Date of transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	12 June 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:	13 June 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Below the threshold of 5%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use 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		Percentage of voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB00B1WY2338   19,975,733    19,975,733      194,601        194,601            18,750,056     0.049%        4.754% US83238P2039     1,379              1,379                0                     0                         1,434               0.000%       0.000%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period	No. of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.	Percentage 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	No. of voting rights instrument refers to	Percentage of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
18,946,091	4.803%

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

Ameriprise Financial, Inc., which through intermediate holding companies controls the voting rights of Columbia Management Investment Advisers, Columbia Wanger Asset Management, Threadneedle Management Luxembourg S.A. and Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which itself controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and Threadneedle Pensions Ltd.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of 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:	Registered Owner Littledown Nominees Ltd                                               A/c ZLA08 18,513 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 41407 1,696,586 State Street Nominees Limited                                              A/c XC7N 548,410 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                                   A/c 683182 314,207 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                                   A/c 740190 148,301 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                                   A/c 739874 531,605 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                                   A/c 740311 69,181 The Bank Of New York ( Nominees ) Limited                                  A/c PTG 15303 / 09997799 119,897 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                                   A/c 811056 50,413 Nortrust Nominees LTD                                                      A/c BBH05 155,412 SJPUT STRAT MGD BNYM AS T'TEE                                              A/c 2GQ6 1,772,303 William & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd                                 A/c 301780 41,300 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c ZLA01 185,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c ZLA03 3,400,965 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 07198 168,770 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 27642 25,831 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 10478 6,616 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c ZLA09 9,755 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 10479 7,852 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c ZLA12 186,659 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                             A/c ZLA14 57,562 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 07207 311,434 Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd                                                   A/c WWSF0004002 238,475 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 18667 237,192 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 10469 115,874 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 10496 3,860,587 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 10492 415,339 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 10491 2,004,621 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 10488 974,195 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 10495 520,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 30337 77,693 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c ZLA15 674,109 Ameriprise Financial Inc                                                   A/c 1,434
14 Contact name:	Mark Powney, Threadneedle Group
15. Contact telephone name:	01793 363135

 

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