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:

 

+44 (0) 1793 363 135

 


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