Total Voting Rights

RNS Number : 3949N

Smiths Group PLC

31 August 2011

 

1 SEPTEMBER 2011

SMITHS GROUP PLC - VOTING RIGHTS AND SHARE CAPITAL

DISCLOSURE AND TRANSPARENCY RULES DTR 5.6.1 R

TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS = 392,471,235

At close of business on 31 August 2011 the issued share capital of Smiths Group plc comprised 392,471,235 ordinary shares of 37.5p each nominal value, all of which have been admitted to the Official List of the FSA and admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange.

Each ordinary share has one vote on a poll.

Smiths Group plc does not hold any shares in treasury.

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in Smiths Group plc is 392,471,235, which number should be used by shareholders and other parties subject to disclosure obligations as the denominator for the calculations by which they determine if they are required to notify their interest in or a change to their interest in the share capital of Smiths Group plc under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

 

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