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RNS Number : 5617V

Smiths Group PLC

13 January 2012

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 
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 1. Identity of the issuer      Smiths Group Plc 
  or the underlying issuer 
  of existing shares to which 
  voting rights are attached: 
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 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the 
  appropriate box or boxes): 
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  An acquisition or disposal of voting rights   X 
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  An acquisition or disposal of qualifying 
  financial instruments which may result in 
  the acquisition of shares already issued 
  to which voting rights are attached 
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  An acquisition or disposal of instruments 
  with similar economic effect to qualifying 
  financial instruments 
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  An event changing the breakdown of voting 
  rights 
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  Other (please 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s)          Lloyds Banking Group 
  subject to the notification        plc 
  obligation: 
---------------------------------  ---------------------------- 
 4. Full name of shareholder(s)     See Section 9 
  (if different from 3.): 
---------------------------------  ---------------------------- 
 5. Date of the transaction         12 January 2012 
  and date on which the threshold 
  is crossed or reached: 
---------------------------------  ---------------------------- 
 6. Date on which issuer            13 January 2012 
  notified: 
---------------------------------  ---------------------------- 
 7. Threshold(s) that is/are        Indirect holdings decreased 
  crossed or reached:                to below 7% 
---------------------------------  ---------------------------- 
 
 
 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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 Class/type      Situation                 Resulting situation after 
  of              previous                  the triggering transaction 
  shares          to the triggering 
                  transaction 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN 
  CODE 
--------------  ------------------------  -------------------------------------------------- 
                 Number       Number       Number    Number of voting      % of voting 
                  of           of           of        rights                rights 
                  Shares       Voting       shares 
                               Rights 
--------------  -----------  -----------  --------  --------------------  ------------------ 
                                           Direct    Direct   Indirect     Direct   Indirect 
--------------  -----------  -----------  --------  -------  -----------  -------  --------- 
 Ord 37.5p       30,759,311   30,759,311                      27,202,886            6.930% 
                -----------  -----------  --------  -------  -----------  -------  --------- 
 GB00B1WY2338 
--------------  -----------  -----------  --------  -------  -----------  -------  --------- 
 
 
 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of financial   Expiration   Exercise/     Number of      % of voting 
  instrument          date         Conversion    voting         rights 
                                   Period        rights that 
                                                 may be 
                                                 acquired 
                                                 if the 
                                                 instrument 
                                                 is 
                                                 exercised/ 
                                                 converted. 
------------------  -----------  ------------  -------------  ------------ 
 
 
 
 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic 
  effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Type of       Exercise   Expiration   Exercise/     Number of     % of voting 
  financial     price      date         Conversion    voting        rights 
  instrument                            period        rights 
                                                      instrument 
                                                      refers 
                                                      to 
------------  ---------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ---------------- 
                                                                   Nominal   Delta 
------------  ---------  -----------  ------------  ------------  --------  ------ 
 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights   Percentage of voting 
                            rights 
------------------------  --------------------- 
 27,202,886                6.930% 
------------------------  --------------------- 
 
 
 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which 
  the voting rights and/or the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, 
  if applicable: 
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  26,557,038 shares (6.765%) are under the control 
  of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Ltd, 
  a wholly owned subsidiary of Scottish Widows 
  Investment Partnership Group Ltd, a wholly owned 
  subsidiary of Scottish Widows Group Ltd, a wholly 
  owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank plc, a wholly 
  owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group plc. 
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 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:   N/A 
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 11. Number of voting rights     N/A 
  proxy holder will cease 
  to hold: 
------------------------------  ---- 
 12. Date on which proxy         N/A 
  holder will cease to hold 
  voting rights: 
------------------------------  ---- 
 
 
 13. Additional information:      Notification using 
                                   the Total Voting Rights 
                                   figure of 392,559,642 
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 14. Contact name:                Glen Johnstone 
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 15. Contact telephone number:    0113 235 7729 
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