Smiths Group PLC
22 April 2008
News Release
London, 22 April 2008
For immediate release
Smiths Group plc (the Company) - Purchase of own shares
Following the purchase by JPMorgan Cazenove Limited (JPMorgan Cazenove) from
shareholders of 4,467,437 B Shares pursuant to the Final Purchase Offer made by
JPMorgan Cazenove by means of a Regulatory News Service announcement on 17 April
2008, these B Shares have been purchased by the Company from JPMorgan Cazenove
for an amount equal to 365 pence per B Share and will be cancelled by the
Company.
For further information:
Smiths Group plc
Peter Durman 020 8457 8203
JPMorgan Cazenove 020 7588 2828
Edmund Byers
Matthew Lawrence
JPMorgan Cazenove, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services
Authority, is providing financial advice to Smiths Group plc only in connection
with the Final Purchase Offer, and no one else, and will not be responsible to
holders of B Shares for providing the protection afforded to clients of JPMorgan
Cazenove nor for providing advice in relation to the Final Purchase Offer.
No offer to purchase B Shares is being made or will be made in any territory
where it is illegal to do so by Smiths Group plc or JPMorgan Cazenove or any
person acting on behalf of the foregoing.
ENDS
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange PUUBUCUPRGCP
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