Director's Interests

Smiths Group PLC
7 December 2000

Smiths Group plc (the 'Company') has been notified of the following interests
held by directors of the Company on their appointment, being executive
directors appointed consequent on the merger of the Company with TI Group plc
('TI') :

                    Options over ordinary shares of 25p in TI
Mr J Langston       850,500
Mr D P Lillycrop    842,546

These share options were granted under the TI share option schemes and would,
if exercised, be converted into ordinary shares of 25p in the Company (at the
ratio of 0.46 of a share in the Company for each TI share) plus  letters of
contingent entitlement upon the terms of the merger.

In addition, Mr J Langston and Mr D P Lillycrop have a technical interest in
7,636,379 ordinary shares in the Company as discretionary beneficiaries under
the TI Group Jersey Employee Share Trust and the TI Group Employee Share Trust
(the 'Trusts').  The Trusts are used to satisfy certain entitlements for TI
Group employees arising under TI's employee share programme.

Further disclosures of directors' interests in shares will be made when
confirmations of the conversion of various share interests have been obtained.