Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 8184W

Smiths Group PLC

29 December 2021

 

29 December 2021

SMITHS GROUP PLC
TRANSACTIONS IN OWN SHARES

Smiths Group plc ("Smiths Group") announces today that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 37.5 pence each on the London Stock Exchange from Goldman Sachs International (GSILGB2XXXX). Such purchase was effected pursuant to instructions issued by Smiths Group on 18 November 2021, as announced on 19 November 2021:

Date of purchase	Number of shares purchased	Highest price paid per share: (GBP)	Lowest price paid per share: (GBP)	Volume weighted average price paid per share (GBP)	Venue
24 December 2021	26,561	15.8800	15.7800	15.8425	XLON

Smiths Group will cancel the purchased shares. Following the cancellation of the repurchased shares, Smiths Group will hold no ordinary shares in treasury and will have 392,979,925 ordinary shares in issue. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in Smiths Group will be 392,979,925. This is the figure which should be used by shareholders as the denominator when determining whether they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in Smiths Group, under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules. Since the commencement of the programme, Smiths Group has purchased 3,527,951 ordinary shares.

ln accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (as incorporated into UK domestic law by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018), a full breakdown of the individual trades by Goldman Sachs on 23 December 2021 is detailed below.

This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or any solicitation of an offer for securities in any jurisdiction.

Enquiries:

Jemma Spalton, Director of Investor Relations
[phone]

[e-mail]

Matthew Whyte, Company Secretary
[phone]
[e-mail]

Smiths Group plc's LEI number is: 213800MJL6IPZS3ASA11

About Smiths Group

For over 170 years, Smiths Group has been pioneering progress by improving the world through smarter engineering. We serve millions of people every year, to help create a safer, more efficient and better-connected world, across four major global markets:  Energy, General Industry, Security & Defence, and Aerospace. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs c.22,000 colleagues in over 50 countries. For more information visit  www.smiths.com .

Time	Exchange Venue	Quantity purchased	Price per share (GBP)	Transaction reference number
08:17:19	XLON	125	15.82	454055969162935
08:17:59	XLON	51	15.82	454055969162982
08:17:59	XLON	54	15.82	454055969162983
08:21:25	XLON	318	15.82	454055969163137
08:35:14	XLON	125	15.84	454055969163979
08:35:14	XLON	204	15.84	454055969163980
08:39:50	XLON	347	15.85	454055969164226
08:39:50	XLON	2	15.85	454055969164227
08:56:46	XLON	680	15.85	454055969164890
08:59:12	XLON	239	15.85	454055969164991
09:08:12	XLON	125	15.88	454055969165548
09:08:12	XLON	107	15.88	454055969165549
09:08:12	XLON	140	15.88	454055969165550
09:08:12	XLON	69	15.88	454055969165551
09:08:12	XLON	66	15.88	454055969165552
09:08:12	XLON	117	15.88	454055969165553
09:08:12	XLON	56	15.88	454055969165554
09:16:18	XLON	98	15.88	454055969165854
09:16:18	XLON	582	15.88	454055969165855
09:16:18	XLON	113	15.88	454055969165857
09:16:18	XLON	209	15.88	454055969165858
09:17:33	XLON	359	15.88	454055969165885
09:17:33	XLON	67	15.88	454055969165886
09:17:33	XLON	125	15.88	454055969165889
09:17:33	XLON	149	15.88	454055969165890
09:21:28	XLON	262	15.88	454055969166079
09:24:05	XLON	300	15.88	454055969166142
09:24:05	XLON	73	15.88	454055969166143
09:26:19	XLON	19	15.88	454055969166186
09:26:19	XLON	226	15.88	454055969166187
09:26:28	XLON	125	15.88	454055969166221
09:28:59	XLON	1	15.88	454055969166327
09:29:04	XLON	23	15.88	454055969166350
09:29:28	XLON	481	15.88	454055969166360
09:35:28	XLON	449	15.87	454055969166519
09:35:28	XLON	231	15.87	454055969166520
09:35:28	XLON	1	15.87	454055969166521
09:35:28	XLON	125	15.88	454055969166522
09:35:28	XLON	93	15.88	454055969166523
09:35:50	XLON	125	15.88	454055969166527
09:35:50	XLON	352	15.88	454055969166528
09:40:20	XLON	18	15.87	454055969166731
09:43:09	XLON	28	15.87	454055969166885
09:43:09	XLON	300	15.87	454055969166886
09:43:15	XLON	322	15.87	454055969166892
09:44:15	XLON	125	15.86	454055969166932
09:47:22	XLON	125	15.88	454055969167110
09:47:22	XLON	92	15.88	454055969167111
09:50:40	XLON	125	15.88	454055969167226
09:50:40	XLON	111	15.88	454055969167227
09:50:49	XLON	125	15.88	454055969167238
09:50:49	XLON	100	15.88	454055969167239
09:53:56	XLON	125	15.88	454055969167404
09:55:53	XLON	254	15.85	454055969167519
09:55:53	XLON	366	15.87	454055969167496
09:56:05	XLON	243	15.85	454055969167540
09:56:10	XLON	175	15.85	454055969167542
09:56:10	XLON	163	15.85	454055969167543
09:56:31	XLON	125	15.85	454055969167553
09:56:31	XLON	112	15.85	454055969167554
09:56:50	XLON	441	15.85	454055969167572
09:56:50	XLON	239	15.85	454055969167573
10:05:48	XLON	125	15.84	454055969167992
10:05:59	XLON	529	15.84	454055969168003
10:18:37	XLON	18	15.85	454055969168432
10:18:37	XLON	360	15.85	454055969168433
10:18:38	XLON	300	15.85	454055969168437
10:22:38	XLON	380	15.85	454055969168583
10:22:38	XLON	300	15.85	454055969168587
10:23:05	XLON	208	15.85	454055969168617
10:26:08	XLON	124	15.85	454055969168709
10:27:44	XLON	206	15.84	454055969168815
10:27:44	XLON	474	15.84	454055969168816
10:27:48	XLON	280	15.84	454055969168831
10:27:48	XLON	374	15.84	454055969168832
10:27:48	XLON	125	15.84	454055969168833
10:35:51	XLON	217	15.84	454055969169053
10:35:51	XLON	24	15.84	454055969169054
10:45:48	XLON	326	15.83	454055969169327
10:46:48	XLON	125	15.83	454055969169369
10:55:09	XLON	508	15.80	454055969169543
10:55:09	XLON	92	15.80	454055969169544
10:55:09	XLON	123	15.80	454055969169545
11:10:10	XLON	125	15.78	454055969170016
11:10:10	XLON	96	15.78	454055969170017
11:10:10	XLON	116	15.78	454055969170018
11:10:10	XLON	113	15.78	454055969170019
11:10:15	XLON	125	15.78	454055969170021
11:32:21	XLON	139	15.78	454055969170865
11:32:21	XLON	541	15.78	454055969170866
11:34:40	XLON	275	15.80	454055969170948
11:34:40	XLON	405	15.80	454055969170949
11:34:40	XLON	180	15.80	454055969170950
11:35:49	XLON	632	15.82	454055969171005
11:35:49	XLON	125	15.82	454055969171008
11:44:34	XLON	125	15.82	454055969171276
11:45:25	XLON	240	15.82	454055969171313
11:50:31	XLON	125	15.82	454055969171487
11:59:31	XLON	113	15.84	454055969171872
11:59:31	XLON	191	15.84	454055969171873
12:06:00	XLON	462	15.84	454055969172191
12:06:00	XLON	218	15.84	454055969172192
12:06:01	XLON	122	15.84	454055969172193
12:06:01	XLON	558	15.84	454055969172194
12:06:12	XLON	343	15.83	454055969172221
12:07:14	XLON	50	15.85	454055969172261
12:09:41	XLON	125	15.85	454055969172391
12:09:41	XLON	93	15.85	454055969172392
12:09:46	XLON	125	15.85	454055969172401
12:13:10	XLON	56	15.85	454055969172574
12:13:10	XLON	157	15.85	454055969172575
12:17:34	XLON	680	15.85	454055969172816
12:17:34	XLON	125	15.85	454055969172818
12:17:34	XLON	82	15.85	454055969172819
12:17:35	XLON	446	15.83	454055969172835
12:17:35	XLON	173	15.83	454055969172836
12:17:35	XLON	61	15.83	454055969172837
12:17:35	XLON	125	15.83	454055969172839
12:21:20	XLON	93	15.83	454055969173097
12:21:20	XLON	587	15.83	454055969173098
12:21:20	XLON	125	15.83	454055969173100
12:21:20	XLON	228	15.84	454055969173101
12:27:26	XLON	292	15.84	454055969173656
12:29:39	XLON	117	15.84	454055969174032
12:29:40	XLON	51	15.84	454055969174034
12:29:40	XLON	117	15.84	454055969174035
12:29:40	XLON	300	15.84	454055969174036
12:29:41	XLON	117	15.84	454055969174038
12:29:41	XLON	134	15.84	454055969174039
12:29:41	XLON	110	15.84	454055969174040
12:29:46	XLON	51	15.84	454055969174048
12:29:46	XLON	117	15.84	454055969174049
12:29:46	XLON	110	15.84	454055969174050

 

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