Last checked at 9 Nov 2022 12:38
9 November 2022
SMITHS GROUP PLC
(the "Company")
Directors' Shareholdings
Smiths Group plc announces that Richard Howes, a Non-executive Director, has today purchased 3,102 Ordinary Shares of the Company at £15.994950 per share. His Notification of Transaction Form can be found below.
Richard Howes has also today entered into a binding commitment via a trading plan (the "Share Purchase Agreement"), to purchase Ordinary Shares of the Company on a quarterly basis using 20% of his after-tax fees received from the Company. The first purchase under the Share Purchase Agreement will occur on 1 February 2022 with subsequent purchases to occur on or around the first business day of each quarter of the Company's financial year.
This notification is made in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation.
For further information please contact:
Enquiries
Jemma Spalton, Group Director of Communications and Investor Relations
+44 (0)20 7004 1600
Jemma.spalton@smiths.com
Matthew Whyte, Company Secretary
+44 (0)20 7004 1600
Matthew.whyte@smiths.com
Smiths Group plc's LEI number is: 213800MJL6IPZS3ASA11
About Smiths Group
For over 170 years, Smiths Group has been pioneering progress by improving the world through smarter engineering. We serve millions of people every year, to help create a safer, more efficient and better-connected world, across four major global markets: Energy, General Industry, Security & Defence, and Aerospace. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs c.14,600 colleagues in over 50 countries. For more information visit www.smiths.com.
NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS AND PROPOSED TRANSACTIONS OF PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY
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| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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a) | Name | Richard Howes | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Non-executive Director | ||||
b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification
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| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a) | Name | Smiths Group plc ("the Company")
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b) | LEI | 213800MJL6IPZS3ASA11
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4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
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a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code | Ordinary shares of 37.5p each in Smiths Group plc ("Ordinary Shares")
GB00B1WY2338
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b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Purchase of Ordinary Shares in the Company.
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c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d)
| Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume - Price
| Not applicable
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e) | Date of the transaction | 09-11-2022 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON)
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