Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0344D

Smiths Group PLC

04 October 2018

 

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)
1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:	Smiths Group Plc
1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer  (please mark with an "X" if appropriate)
Non-UK issuer
2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X")
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation
Name	Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group
City and country of registered office (if applicable)	Minneapolis, USA
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)
Name	BNP Paribas Nominees Pty Limited Nortrust Nominees LTD HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd Vidacos Nominees Ltd State Street Nominees Limited The Bank Of New York ( Nominees ) Limited Roy Nominees Chase Nominees Ltd American Enterprise Investment Services, Inc.
City and country of registered office (if applicable)
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached:	1st October 2018
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):	3rd October 2018

 

7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A)	% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)	Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)	Total number of voting rights of issuer
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	5.264%	0	5.264%	395,918,643
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	N/A	N/A	N/A

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares ISIN code (if possible)		Number of voting rights					% of voting rights
		Direct (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)		Indirect (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)			Direct (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)		Indirect (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)
GB00B1WY2338		125,027		20,704,965			0.031%		5.230%
US83238P2039				12,058					0.003%
SUBTOTAL 8. A		20,842,050					5.264%
B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))
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
			SUBTOTAL 8. B 1
B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))
					SUBTOTAL 8.B.2

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the applicable box with an "X")
Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity (please add additional rows as necessary)				X
Name	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.	%	%	%
Ameriprise International Holdings GmbH	%	%	%
Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings SARL	%	%	%
Threadneedle Holdings Limited	%	%	%
TAM UK Holdings Limited	%	%	%
Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited	%	%	%
TC Financing Limited	%	%	%
Threadneedle Asset Management Limited	5.261%	%	5.261%
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.	%	%	%
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC	%	%	%
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.	%	%	%
AMPF Holding Corporation	%	%	%
Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.	%	%	%
10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
Name of the proxy holder		N/A
The number and % of voting rights held		N/A
The date until which the voting rights will be held		N/A
11. Additional information
Threadneedle Asset Management Limited is wholly owned by TC Financing Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by TAM UK Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings SARL, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise International Holdings GmbH, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC, is wholly owned by Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. is wholly owned by AMPF Holding Corporation, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

Place of completion	Swindon, UK
Date of completion	03/10/2018

 

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