Smiths Group PLC

Transaction in Own Shares • Dec 21, 2021

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Smiths Group PLC

21 December 2021

21 December 2021

SMITHS GROUP PLC

TRANSACTIONS IN OWN SHARES

Smiths Group plc ("Smiths Group") announces today that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 37.5 pence each on the London Stock Exchange from Goldman Sachs International (GSILGB2XXXX). Such purchase was effected pursuant to instructions issued by Smiths Group on 18 November 2021, as announced on 19 November 2021:

Date of purchase	Number of shares purchased	Highest price paid per share: (GBP)	Lowest price paid per share: (GBP)	Volume weighted average price paid per share (GBP)	Venue
20 December 2021	84,904	15.2800	15.0900	15.1698	XLON

Smiths Group will cancel the purchased shares. Following the cancellation of the repurchased shares, Smiths Group will hold no ordinary shares in treasury and will have 393,347,752 ordinary shares in issue. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in Smiths Group will be 393,347,752. This is the figure which should be used by shareholders as the denominator when determining whether they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in Smiths Group, under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules. Since the commencement of the programme, Smiths Group has purchased 3,159,825 ordinary shares.

ln accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (as incorporated into UK domestic law by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018), a full breakdown of the individual trades by Goldman Sachs on 20 December 2021 is detailed below.

This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or any solicitation of an offer for securities in any jurisdiction.

Enquiries:

Jemma Spalton, Director of 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.22,000 colleagues in over 50 countries. For more information visit www.smiths.com.

Time	Exchange Venue	Quantity purchased	Price per share (GBP)	Transaction reference number
09:37:04	XLON	53	15.21	451582068009707
09:37:05	XLON	464	15.21	451582068009730
09:37:43	XLON	125	15.22	451582068010019
09:37:43	XLON	32	15.22	451582068010020
09:39:33	XLON	591	15.23	451582068010404
09:42:16	XLON	606	15.22	451582068011115
09:43:39	XLON	125	15.22	451582068011416
09:50:58	XLON	18	15.19	451582068012595
09:50:58	XLON	445	15.19	451582068012596
09:50:58	XLON	91	15.19	451582068012597
09:51:02	XLON	30	15.19	451582068012601
09:51:02	XLON	100	15.19	451582068012602
09:51:33	XLON	602	15.19	451582068012725
09:51:34	XLON	125	15.18	451582068012731
09:52:41	XLON	167	15.18	451582068012914
09:52:41	XLON	313	15.18	451582068012915
09:52:42	XLON	164	15.17	451582068012930
09:56:35	XLON	699	15.18	451582068013519
10:00:49	XLON	590	15.18	451582068014179
10:03:37	XLON	301	15.14	451582068014777
10:03:37	XLON	374	15.14	451582068014778
10:04:38	XLON	138	15.14	451582068015011
10:05:04	XLON	477	15.14	451582068015091
10:05:51	XLON	125	15.14	451582068015208
10:06:26	XLON	545	15.13	451582068015332
10:09:56	XLON	658	15.14	451582068015890
10:12:55	XLON	675	15.14	451582068016458
10:14:03	XLON	125	15.14	451582068016595
10:14:03	XLON	20	15.14	451582068016596
10:14:03	XLON	24	15.14	451582068016597
10:15:21	XLON	144	15.13	451582068016870
10:15:21	XLON	389	15.13	451582068016871
10:15:22	XLON	125	15.13	451582068016880
10:15:22	XLON	89	15.13	451582068016881
10:16:42	XLON	435	15.11	451582068017069
10:17:12	XLON	50	15.12	451582068017251
10:17:12	XLON	35	15.12	451582068017252
10:17:12	XLON	102	15.12	451582068017253
10:20:11	XLON	446	15.12	451582068017698
10:20:58	XLON	163	15.10	451582068017827
10:24:59	XLON	602	15.12	451582068018514
10:25:26	XLON	75	15.12	451582068018610
10:29:04	XLON	567	15.14	451582068019213
10:32:40	XLON	125	15.17	451582068019785
10:32:40	XLON	123	15.17	451582068019786
10:32:40	XLON	291	15.17	451582068019787
10:34:55	XLON	125	15.17	451582068020140
10:34:55	XLON	74	15.17	451582068020141
10:34:55	XLON	19	15.17	451582068020142
10:37:20	XLON	531	15.19	451582068020515
10:38:08	XLON	125	15.19	451582068020575
10:38:08	XLON	36	15.19	451582068020576
10:39:26	XLON	555	15.17	451582068020781
10:40:07	XLON	134	15.17	451582068020958
10:40:07	XLON	90	15.17	451582068020959
10:41:23	XLON	355	15.17	451582068021096
10:41:25	XLON	151	15.17	451582068021102
10:47:30	XLON	139	15.17	451582068021841
10:47:31	XLON	125	15.17	451582068021847
10:48:30	XLON	340	15.17	451582068021966
10:49:10	XLON	675	15.16	451582068022040
10:49:21	XLON	125	15.17	451582068022054
10:49:21	XLON	22	15.17	451582068022055
10:50:42	XLON	366	15.17	451582068022195
10:50:42	XLON	136	15.17	451582068022196
10:50:42	XLON	160	15.17	451582068022197
10:50:42	XLON	8	15.17	451582068022198
10:57:00	XLON	207	15.18	451582068022928
10:57:00	XLON	298	15.18	451582068022929
10:59:00	XLON	125	15.19	451582068023179
10:59:13	XLON	125	15.19	451582068023213
10:59:13	XLON	308	15.19	451582068023214
11:00:23	XLON	125	15.20	451582068023384
11:00:23	XLON	106	15.20	451582068023385
11:01:07	XLON	624	15.22	451582068023665
11:01:10	XLON	125	15.22	451582068023670
11:01:10	XLON	190	15.22	451582068023671
11:01:29	XLON	128	15.22	451582068023753
11:01:29	XLON	167	15.22	451582068023754
11:01:29	XLON	35	15.22	451582068023755
11:01:29	XLON	133	15.22	451582068023757
11:01:54	XLON	125	15.22	451582068023833
11:01:54	XLON	124	15.22	451582068023834
11:04:04	XLON	318	15.23	451582068024095
11:04:04	XLON	169	15.23	451582068024103
11:04:04	XLON	102	15.23	451582068024104
11:04:30	XLON	124	15.24	451582068024190
11:04:30	XLON	153	15.24	451582068024191
11:04:30	XLON	110	15.24	451582068024192
11:04:30	XLON	68	15.24	451582068024193
11:09:16	XLON	532	15.24	451582068025008
11:10:31	XLON	278	15.26	451582068025207
11:15:21	XLON	250	15.25	451582068025824
11:15:21	XLON	149	15.25	451582068025825
11:15:23	XLON	139	15.25	451582068025832
11:20:35	XLON	250	15.24	451582068026303
11:20:35	XLON	125	15.24	451582068026304
11:20:35	XLON	164	15.24	451582068026305
11:20:45	XLON	26	15.24	451582068026341
11:20:45	XLON	160	15.24	451582068026342
11:29:50	XLON	125	15.26	451582068027494
11:29:50	XLON	439	15.26	451582068027495
11:30:47	XLON	675	15.26	451582068027711
11:30:47	XLON	220	15.26	451582068027713
11:30:48	XLON	188	15.26	451582068027714
11:31:13	XLON	187	15.25	451582068027801
11:31:13	XLON	137	15.25	451582068027802
11:32:40	XLON	332	15.25	451582068027993
11:33:02	XLON	232	15.25	451582068028062
11:33:37	XLON	125	15.25	451582068028138
11:38:14	XLON	601	15.25	451582068028601
11:38:14	XLON	11	15.25	451582068028616
11:39:46	XLON	116	15.27	451582068028720
11:39:46	XLON	109	15.27	451582068028721
11:40:26	XLON	87	15.27	451582068028782
11:40:26	XLON	430	15.27	451582068028784
11:47:18	XLON	634	15.27	451582068029455
11:49:13	XLON	125	15.27	451582068029719
11:49:13	XLON	94	15.27	451582068029720
11:49:18	XLON	25	15.27	451582068029729
11:49:18	XLON	20	15.27	451582068029730
11:49:18	XLON	20	15.27	451582068029731
11:49:18	XLON	110	15.27	451582068029732
11:50:09	XLON	267	15.28	451582068029871
11:50:46	XLON	660	15.27	451582068030049
11:50:47	XLON	125	15.27	451582068030050
11:50:47	XLON	122	15.27	451582068030051
11:50:47	XLON	88	15.27	451582068030052
11:52:12	XLON	260	15.26	451582068030155
11:52:13	XLON	180	15.26	451582068030157
11:52:13	XLON	82	15.26	451582068030158
11:57:50	XLON	100	15.26	451582068030700
11:57:50	XLON	513	15.26	451582068030701
11:58:09	XLON	130	15.26	451582068030730
11:58:09	XLON	39	15.26	451582068030731
12:02:58	XLON	272	15.23	451582068031173
12:03:34	XLON	120	15.23	451582068031206
12:03:34	XLON	69	15.23	451582068031207
12:10:52	XLON	177	15.18	451582068032112
12:10:52	XLON	332	15.18	451582068032113
12:13:38	XLON	59	15.19	451582068032440
12:13:38	XLON	82	15.19	451582068032441
12:21:20	XLON	589	15.18	451582068033294
12:21:31	XLON	125	15.18	451582068033321
12:21:31	XLON	112	15.18	451582068033322
12:33:28	XLON	58	15.18	451582068034596
12:33:28	XLON	353	15.18	451582068034597
12:37:30	XLON	125	15.18	451582068035048
12:37:30	XLON	26	15.18	451582068035049
12:37:30	XLON	8	15.18	451582068035050
12:46:02	XLON	125	15.18	451582068035917
12:46:02	XLON	424	15.18	451582068035918
12:51:30	XLON	1	15.18	451582068036355
12:55:27	XLON	141	15.18	451582068036660
13:07:25	XLON	515	15.22	451582068037927
13:07:25	XLON	125	15.22	451582068037938
13:07:25	XLON	53	15.22	451582068037939
13:13:01	XLON	125	15.24	451582068038318
13:14:36	XLON	125	15.24	451582068038450
13:14:36	XLON	101	15.24	451582068038451
13:14:36	XLON	21	15.24	451582068038452
13:14:58	XLON	125	15.24	451582068038499
13:14:58	XLON	67	15.24	451582068038500
13:15:04	XLON	125	15.24	451582068038518
13:15:04	XLON	77	15.24	451582068038519
13:16:32	XLON	431	15.22	451582068038797
13:17:21	XLON	507	15.20	451582068038976
13:17:21	XLON	168	15.20	451582068038977
13:17:22	XLON	178	15.20	451582068038978
13:26:30	XLON	236	15.19	451582068040221
13:26:30	XLON	299	15.19	451582068040224
13:40:42	XLON	250	15.20	451582068041592
13:40:42	XLON	165	15.20	451582068041593
13:40:42	XLON	217	15.20	451582068041594
13:46:38	XLON	632	15.20	451582068042103
13:47:04	XLON	208	15.19	451582068042206
13:47:05	XLON	250	15.19	451582068042226
13:47:50	XLON	299	15.19	451582068042348
13:49:52	XLON	49	15.18	451582068042608
13:49:52	XLON	99	15.18	451582068042609
13:49:52	XLON	300	15.18	451582068042610
13:49:52	XLON	161	15.18	451582068042611
13:49:52	XLON	57	15.18	451582068042612
13:49:52	XLON	125	15.18	451582068042616
13:53:22	XLON	476	15.16	451582068043031
13:56:29	XLON	125	15.15	451582068043444
13:57:46	XLON	300	15.14	451582068043572
13:57:46	XLON	300	15.14	451582068043573
13:57:46	XLON	42	15.14	451582068043574
13:59:01	XLON	103	15.15	451582068043736
13:59:01	XLON	74	15.15	451582068043737
13:59:01	XLON	59	15.15	451582068043738
14:05:03	XLON	125	15.15	451582068044645
14:05:03	XLON	123	15.15	451582068044646
14:05:03	XLON	117	15.15	451582068044647
14:05:03	XLON	15	15.15	451582068044648
14:10:13	XLON	348	15.14	451582068045135
14:12:00	XLON	430	15.14	451582068045262
14:15:00	XLON	555	15.16	451582068045553
14:24:07	XLON	250	15.17	451582068046343
14:24:07	XLON	156	15.17	451582068046344
14:24:07	XLON	165	15.17	451582068046345
14:24:07	XLON	93	15.18	451582068046346
14:29:56	XLON	125	15.18	451582068046813
14:29:56	XLON	35	15.18	451582068046814
14:31:24	XLON	67	15.17	451582068046899
14:33:12	XLON	557	15.17	451582068047047
14:33:12	XLON	125	15.17	451582068047057
14:35:19	XLON	511	15.20	451582068047249
14:36:06	XLON	579	15.19	451582068047322
14:36:06	XLON	58	15.19	451582068047323
14:37:03	XLON	159	15.18	451582068047394
14:45:54	XLON	125	15.19	451582068048159
14:48:17	XLON	165	15.20	451582068048435
14:48:17	XLON	510	15.20	451582068048436
14:48:17	XLON	140	15.20	451582068048437
14:48:17	XLON	120	15.20	451582068048438
14:48:32	XLON	158	15.19	451582068048516
14:48:32	XLON	57	15.19	451582068048517
14:55:14	XLON	125	15.19	451582068049311
14:55:14	XLON	138	15.19	451582068049312
14:57:18	XLON	125	15.19	451582068049494
14:57:18	XLON	82	15.19	451582068049495
15:00:56	XLON	146	15.18	451582068049961
15:00:57	XLON	125	15.18	451582068049963
15:08:50	XLON	163	15.16	451582068051097
15:08:50	XLON	125	15.16	451582068051095
15:08:50	XLON	17	15.16	451582068051096
15:10:11	XLON	133	15.16	451582068051234
15:10:11	XLON	63	15.16	451582068051235
15:15:50	XLON	125	15.16	451582068052141
15:15:50	XLON	250	15.16	451582068052142
15:15:50	XLON	123	15.16	451582068052143
15:15:50	XLON	150	15.16	451582068052144
15:15:50	XLON	27	15.16	451582068052145
15:16:10	XLON	145	15.15	451582068052188
15:16:11	XLON	7	15.15	451582068052189
15:16:11	XLON	22	15.15	451582068052191
15:16:11	XLON	120	15.15	451582068052192
15:24:30	XLON	31	15.15	451582068053337
15:25:22	XLON	348	15.16	451582068053479
15:25:22	XLON	125	15.16	451582068053485
15:25:22	XLON	123	15.16	451582068053486
15:30:01	XLON	399	15.14	451582068054365
15:30:05	XLON	125	15.14	451582068054619
15:30:05	XLON	21	15.14	451582068054620
15:33:21	XLON	125	15.09	451582068056422
15:33:21	XLON	108	15.09	451582068056423
15:33:21	XLON	180	15.09	451582068056424
15:33:21	XLON	170	15.09	451582068056425
15:33:21	XLON	116	15.10	451582068056426
15:33:21	XLON	147	15.10	451582068056427
15:33:26	XLON	125	15.11	451582068056469
15:33:26	XLON	180	15.11	451582068056470
15:33:31	XLON	125	15.11	451582068056487
15:33:31	XLON	307	15.11	451582068056488
15:33:31	XLON	109	15.11	451582068056489
15:33:36	XLON	125	15.11	451582068056500
15:33:36	XLON	35	15.11	451582068056501
15:34:01	XLON	675	15.11	451582068056668
15:34:01	XLON	675	15.10	451582068056670
15:35:01	XLON	675	15.12	451582068057100
15:35:01	XLON	125	15.12	451582068057102
15:35:01	XLON	369	15.12	451582068057103
15:35:01	XLON	181	15.12	451582068057104
15:35:01	XLON	35	15.12	451582068057107
15:35:01	XLON	50	15.12	451582068057108
15:35:15	XLON	675	15.12	451582068057172
15:36:39	XLON	662	15.13	451582068057783
15:36:39	XLON	250	15.13	451582068057787
15:36:39	XLON	191	15.13	451582068057788
15:36:39	XLON	103	15.13	451582068057789
15:36:39	XLON	131	15.13	451582068057790
15:40:07	XLON	90	15.13	451582068058548
15:40:07	XLON	125	15.13	451582068058549
15:40:07	XLON	93	15.13	451582068058550
15:40:07	XLON	106	15.13	451582068058551
15:40:07	XLON	92	15.13	451582068058552
15:40:07	XLON	134	15.13	451582068058553
15:40:07	XLON	125	15.13	451582068058557
15:40:07	XLON	89	15.13	451582068058558
15:40:54	XLON	300	15.11	451582068058887
15:40:54	XLON	142	15.11	451582068058888
15:42:09	XLON	41	15.12	451582068059329
15:42:09	XLON	117	15.12	451582068059330
15:47:20	XLON	675	15.12	451582068060623
15:48:49	XLON	125	15.13	451582068060892
15:48:49	XLON	124	15.13	451582068060893
15:49:25	XLON	108	15.13	451582068061001
15:49:25	XLON	102	15.13	451582068061002
15:49:37	XLON	250	15.13	451582068061037
15:49:37	XLON	8	15.13	451582068061038
15:49:38	XLON	250	15.12	451582068061043
15:49:40	XLON	250	15.12	451582068061056
15:49:40	XLON	1	15.12	451582068061057
15:53:03	XLON	177	15.11	451582068061762
15:53:55	XLON	93	15.12	451582068061977
15:53:55	XLON	125	15.12	451582068061978
15:53:55	XLON	154	15.12	451582068061979
15:53:55	XLON	107	15.12	451582068061980
15:53:55	XLON	62	15.12	451582068061981
15:55:48	XLON	675	15.14	451582068062605
15:58:30	XLON	286	15.16	451582068063396
15:58:30	XLON	384	15.16	451582068063397
15:58:31	XLON	234	15.15	451582068063403
16:00:14	XLON	250	15.18	451582068064099
16:00:14	XLON	125	15.18	451582068064100
16:00:14	XLON	11	15.18	451582068064101
16:01:11	XLON	105	15.19	451582068064371
16:01:11	XLON	123	15.19	451582068064372
16:01:11	XLON	66	15.19	451582068064373
16:01:11	XLON	380	15.19	451582068064374
16:03:02	XLON	250	15.20	451582068064874
16:03:02	XLON	71	15.20	451582068064875
16:03:02	XLON	354	15.20	451582068064876
16:05:28	XLON	90	15.20	451582068065460
16:06:16	XLON	586	15.21	451582068065792
16:07:56	XLON	159	15.20	451582068066195
16:07:56	XLON	668	15.20	451582068066194
16:08:57	XLON	89	15.18	451582068066528
16:09:01	XLON	160	15.18	451582068066556
16:09:01	XLON	277	15.18	451582068066557
16:09:01	XLON	125	15.18	451582068066558
16:09:01	XLON	122	15.18	451582068066559
16:12:02	XLON	250	15.18	451582068067074
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