RNS Number : 5810A

Smiths Group PLC

29 September 2015



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):	1) Threadneedle Asset Management Limited 2) Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC
5. Date of transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	25 September 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:	29 September 2015
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		Direct	Indirect		Direct	Indirect
GB00B1WY2338	N/A	N/A	206,848		206,848		19,551,524	0.052%		4.950%
US83238P2039	N/A	N/A	0		0		11,123	0.000%		0.003%

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
19,769,495	5.005%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (0.003%)

Threadneedle Asset Management Limited (5.002%)

Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC is wholly owned by Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

Threadneedle Asset Management Limited is wholly owned by TC Financing Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by TAM UK Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Holdings Limited,  which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings SARL, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise International Holdings GmbH, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

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:	The Shares referred to in section 9 of this form are held in portfolios and funds managed on a discretionary basis by the entities set out in section 4. Please note that the Shares are held through certain nominee companies.
14 Contact name:	Mark Powney, Threadneedle Group
15. Contact telephone name:	+44 (0) 1793 363 135

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