Smiths Group PLC
9 May 2002
9 May 2002
Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares
1 Name of company: Smiths Group plc
2 Name of shareholder having a major interest: The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
3 Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18:
Notification by The Capital Group Companies, Inc. on behalf of its affiliates,
including Capital Research and Management Company, Capital International S.A.,
Capital International Limited, Capital International, Inc. and Capital Guardian
Trust Company in respect of funds managed on behalf of investment clients.
4 Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
Shareholder Shares
State Street Nominees Limited 6,168,380
Bank of New York Nominees Limited 1,045,513
Chase Nominees Limited 20,449,354
BT Globenet Nominees Limited 268,846
Midland Bank plc 6,701,392
Bankers Trust 1,949,564
Barclays Bank 838,180
Citibank London 789,865
Nortrust Nominees Limited 5,353,558
Royal Bank of Scotland 14,812
Citibank NA Toronto 69,479
ROY Nominees Limited 32,300
Morgan Guaranty 3,344
Citibank 9,504
Deutsche Bank AG 6,400
Lloyds Bank 4,492
State Street Bank & Trust Co 32,600
MSS Nominees Limited 53,700
HSBC Bank plc 13,000
Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 420,400
KAS UK 4,007
Chase Manhattan Nominee Limited Australia 4,741
5 Number of shares/amount of stock acquired: Not disclosed
6 Percentage of issued class: N/A
7 Number of shares/amount of stock disposed: Not disclosed
8 Percentage of issued class: N/A
9 Class of security: Ordinary shares of 25p
10 Date of transaction: Not disclosed
11 Date company informed: 9 May 2002 (re interests as at 8 May 2002)
12 Total holding following this notification: 44,233,431 shares
13 Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 7.939%
14 Contact name for queries: Neil Burdett
15 Contact telephone number: 020 8457 8229
16 Name of company official responsible for making notification: Neil Burdett
17 Date of notification: 9 May 2002
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