Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1715U

Smiths Group PLC

27 July 2015

 

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:	22nd July 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:	24th July 2015
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        19,908,938 19,908,938 219,010 219,010 19,203,769 0.056%                         4.864%                         US83238P2039        1,662 1,662 0 0 1,486 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
19,424,265	4.920%

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 Nortrust Nominees LTD                                                      A/c ZLA08 23,559 Vidacos Nominees Ltd                                                       A/c 6013511022 1,446,586 State Street Nominees Limited                                              A/c XC7N 546,875 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                                   A/c 683182 394,848 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                                   A/c 740190 136,450 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                                   A/c 739874 739,247 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                                   A/c 740311 77,833 Vidacos Nominees Ltd                                                       A/c 6252771001 101,579 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                                   A/c 811056 40,169 Nortrust Nominees LTD                                                      A/c BBH05 131,276 State Street Nominees Limited                                              A/c 2GQ6 2,193,167 William & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd                                 A/c 301780 40,580 Nortrust Nominees LTD                                                      A/c ZLA01 100,000 Nortrust Nominees LTD                                                      A/c ZLA03 3,168,142 Vidacos Nominees Ltd                                                       A/c 6013435369 189,752 Vidacos Nominees Ltd                                                       A/c 6013435318 29,258 Vidacos Nominees Ltd                                                       A/c 6013436462 5,623 Nortrust Nominees LTD                                                      A/c ZLA09 12,040 Vidacos Nominees Ltd                                                       A/c 6013436543 7,520 Nortrust Nominees LTD                                                      A/c ZLA12 191,909 Nortrust Nominees LTD                                                      A/c ZLA14 59,589 Nortrust Nominees LTD                                                      A/c ZPS01 421,645 Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd                                                   A/c WWSF0004002 264,371 Vidacos Nominees Ltd                                                       A/c 6013623998 429,554 Vidacos Nominees Ltd                                                       A/c 6013549070 153,225 Vidacos Nominees Ltd                                                       A/c 6013641937 4,401,336 Vidacos Nominees Ltd                                                       A/c 6013641961 417,350 Vidacos Nominees Ltd                                                       A/c 6013641996 1,826,684 Vidacos Nominees Ltd                                                       A/c 6013549119 962,889 Vidacos Nominees Ltd                                                       A/c 6013623874 280,000 Vidacos Nominees Ltd                                                       A/c 6013510999 108,542 Nortrust Nominees LTD                                                      A/c ZLA15 521,181 Ameriprise Financial Inc                                                   A/c 1,411 Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc A/c 75
14 Contact name:	Mark Powney, Threadneedle Group
15. Contact telephone name:	[phone]

 

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