Holding(s) in Company (9639A)
April 05 2012 - 11:35AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMSMIN
RNS Number : 9639A
Smiths Group PLC
05 April 2012
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i)
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying Smiths Group Plc
issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights
are
attached: (ii)
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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) subject TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC
to the on behalf of the accounts listed in
notification obligation: (iii) Exhibit B attached hereto
Teachers Advisors, Inc. on behalf of
the funds
Listed in Exhibit C attached hereto
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) See Number 3
(if different from 3.):(iv)
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5. Date of the transaction and date 2 April 2012
on
which the threshold is crossed
or
reached: (v)
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6. Date on which issuer notified: 4 April 2012
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed
or
reached: (vi, vii) 3%
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8. Notified details:
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A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix)
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Class/type Situation previous Resulting situation after the triggering
of to the triggering transaction
shares transaction
if possible
using
the ISIN
CODE
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Number Number Number Number of voting % of voting rights
of of of shares rights (x)
Shares Voting
Rights
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Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
(xi) (xii)
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GB00B1WY2338 11,660,709 11,660,709 11,862,355 11,862,355 0 3.021% 0%
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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 voting % of voting
instrument date (xiii) Conversion Period rights that may rights
(xiv) be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.
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N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial
Instruments (xv, xvi)
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of Exercise Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting rights
financial price date (xvii) Conversion rights instrument (xix, xx)
instrument period refers to
(xviii)
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N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Nominal Delta
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N/A N/A
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Total (A+B+C)
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Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
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11,862,355 3.021%
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or
the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: (xxi)
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The College Retirement Equities Fund ("CREF") hereby informs you that
on April 2, 2012, CREF bought 201,646 shares of Smiths Group Plc, bringing
its total holdings in your company to 5,936,824 shares. CREF owns these
shares through three of its investment accounts, the Stock Account, Global
Equities Account and Social Choice Account. It is our understanding the
total voting shares outstanding of Smiths Group Plc are 392,622,866 bringing
CREF's ownership in your company to a 1.512% level.
For your information, CREF is a U.S. based investment company, which
is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). CREF
has multiple investment accounts, each with separate investment objectives
and policies. All assets in the accounts are beneficially owned by CREF,
and all the accounts are managed by TIAA-CREF Investment Management,
LLC, an SEC registered investment adviser.
Additionally, affiliates of CREF own 5,925,531 shares of Smiths Group
Plc. These holdings are owned by the TIAA-CREF Funds ("Funds"), and the
TIAA-CREF Life Funds ("Life Funds"), each of which are SEC registered
investment companies. The Funds and Life Funds are managed by Teachers
Advisors, Inc., an SEC registered investment adviser that is affiliated
with TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC. These affiliated funds, aggregated
with those of CREF, own a total of 11,862,355 or 3.021% of the outstanding
voting shares of your company. Because Teachers Advisors, Inc. and TIAA-CREF
Investment Management, LLC follow the same policies when voting these
funds, we are aggregating the holdings for purposes of this letter.
(See Exhibit A attached hereto)
Proxy Voting:
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10. Name of the proxy holder: TIAA-CREF Investment Management,
LLC/ Teachers Advisors, Inc.
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11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will N/A
cease
to hold:
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to N/A
hold
voting rights:
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13. Additional information: None
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14. Contact name: Stuart R. Brunet
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15. Contact telephone number: +1-415-882-3711
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EXHIBIT A.
TIAA-CREF
Summary of Holdings of Smiths Group PLC
Between March 30, 2012 - April 2,2012
TIAA-CREF Investment Management LLC
("CREF")
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Global Stock Social Total Total
Equities Account Choice CREF CREF
Account Account Holdings %
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Holdings
as of March
30, 2012 371,152 5,531,356 32,670 5,935,178 1.512%
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Transactions
as of April
2, 2012 - 1,646 - 1,646 0.000%
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Holdings
as of
April 2,
2012 371,152 5,533,002 32,670 5,936,824 1.512%
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Teachers Advisors, Inc. Aggregate Holding
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TIAA-CREF TIAA-CREF TIAA-CREF Total Total Total Total
International Life Intl Mutual Mutual Holdings %
Equity International Equity Funds Funds
Fund Equity Index Holdings %
Fund Fund
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Holdings
as of March
30, 2012 5,428,693 181,791 115,047 5,725,531 1.458% 11,660,709 2.970%
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Transactions
as of April
2, 2012 200,000 - - 200,000 0.051% 201,646 0.051%
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Holdings
as of
April 2,
2012 5,628,693 181,791 115,047 5,925,531 1.509% 11,862,355 3.021%
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Total Voting
Shares
Outstanding 392,622,866
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Exhibit B.
TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC
College Retirement Equities Fund ("CREF") *
-- CREF Stock Account
-- CREF Global Equities Account
-- CREF Social Choice Account
* Registered Investment Company
Exhibit C.
Teachers Advisors, Inc.
TIAA-CREF Funds *
-- International Equity Fund
-- International Equity Index Fund
TIAA-CREF Life Funds *
-- Life International Equity Fund
* Registered Investment Companies
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