RNS Number : 9376J

Smiths Group PLC

18 June 2014



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:	12 June 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:	13 June 2014
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   19,975,733    19,975,733      194,601        194,601            18,750,056     0.049%        4.754% US83238P2039     1,379              1,379                0                     0                         1,434               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
18,946,091	4.803%

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

Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA08	18,513
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 41407	1,696,586
State Street Nominees Limited	A/c XC7N	548,410
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 683182	314,207
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 740190	148,301
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 739874	531,605
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 740311	69,181
The Bank Of New York ( Nominees ) Limited	A/c PTG 15303 / 09997799	119,897
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 811056	50,413
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c BBH05	155,412
SJPUT STRAT MGD BNYM AS T'TEE	A/c 2GQ6	1,772,303
William & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd	A/c 301780	41,300
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA01	185,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA03	3,400,965
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 07198	168,770
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 27642	25,831
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10478	6,616
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA09	9,755
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10479	7,852
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA12	186,659
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA14	57,562
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 07207	311,434
Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd	A/c WWSF0004002	238,475
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 18667	237,192
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10469	115,874
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10496	3,860,587
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10492	415,339
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10491	2,004,621
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10488	974,195
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10495	520,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 30337	77,693
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA15	674,109
Ameriprise Financial Inc	A/c	1,434

14 Contact name:

Mark Powney, Threadneedle Group

15. Contact telephone name:

01793 363135

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