National Storage Mechanism | Additional information

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

RNS Number : 3640R

Smiths Group PLC

10 September 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:	08 September 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:	10 September 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Above 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

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB00B1WY2338	N/A	N/A	190,894	190,894	19,718,044	0.048%	4.997%
US83238P2039	N/A	N/A	0	0	1,662	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

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

19,910,600

5.045%

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	539,834
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 683182	342,190
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 740190	140,646
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 739874	675,143
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 740311	68,487
The Bank Of New York ( Nominees ) Limited	A/c PTG 15303 / 09997799	131,018
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 811056	50,614
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c BBH05	174,010
State Street Nominees Limited	A/c 2GQ6	2,096,537
William & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd	A/c 301780	40,710
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA01	185,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA03	3,400,965
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 07198	164,792
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 27642	26,102
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10478	6,616
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA09	9,553
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	334,421
Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd	A/c WWSF0004002	238,475
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 18667	296,165
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10469	111,889
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10496	4,220,093
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10492	415,339
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10491	2,068,102
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10488	940,082
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10495	520,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 30337	102,074
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA15	642,909
Ameriprise Financial Inc	A/c	1,662

14 Contact name:

Mark Powney, Threadneedle Group

15. Contact telephone name:

01793 363135

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