Director Shareholding

Smiths Group PLC
08 December 2004

08 December 2004

Schedule 11 - Notification of interests of Directors and Connected Persons

1 Name of company: Smiths Group plc

2 Name of director: Keith Oliver Butler-Wheelhouse

3 Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the director named in 2 above or holding of that person's spouse or children
under the age of 18 or in respect of a non- beneficial interest:

Holding of director

4 Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them (if notified):

5 Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the
director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s): No

6 Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please
indicate whether general/single Co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary:

(i) Market purchase of shares, (ii) market sale of shares, (iii) exercise of
option under the Smiths Industries Senior Executive Deferred Share Scheme ('DSS
'), (iv) grant of option under DSS and (v) award under the Smiths Group
Performance Share Plan ('PSP').

7 Number of shares/amount of stock acquired: 97,745 shares

8 Percentage of issued class: <0.02%

9 Number of shares/amount of stock disposed: 15,890 shares

10 Percentage of issued class: <0.01%

11 Class of security: Ordinary shares of 25p

12 Price per share: 58,987 shares @ 784.1712p (market purchase), 15,890 shares @
784.1712p (market sale) and 38,758 shares @ 0.1p (exercise of DSS option).

13 Date of transactions: 07 December 2004

14 Date company informed: 07 December 2004

15 Total holding following this notification: 294,540 shares

16 Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 0.05%

If a director has been granted options by the company, please complete the
following fields:

17 Date of grant: 07 December 2004 (for both option under DSS and award under
PSP).

18 Period during which or date on which exercisable: 07/12/2007 to 07/11/2011
(for DSS) and 07/12/2007 (for PSP).

19 Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option (under DSS) and award
under (PSP) : Nil

20 Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number: ordinary shares,
58,987 (under DSS) and a maximum of 151,119 (under PSP).

21 Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be
fixed at time of exercise: 0.1p (for option under DSS) and Nil (for award under
PSP).

22 Total number of shares or debentures over which options and awards held
following this notification: 1,305,057 shares

23 Contact name for queries: Neil Burdett

24 Contact telephone number: 020 8457 8229

25 Name of company official responsible for making notification: Neil Burdett

Additional information : The number of shares represented by the award under the
PSP is the maximum available in 2007 on satisfaction of the applicable
performance tests in full.



Schedule 11 - Notification of interests of Directors and Connected Persons

1 Name of company: Smiths Group plc

2 Name of director: John Ferrie

3 Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the director named in 2 above or holding of that person's spouse or children
under the age of 18 or in respect of a non- beneficial interest:

Holding of director

4 Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them (if notified):

5 Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the
director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s): No

6 Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please
indicate whether general/single Co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary:

(i) Market purchase of shares, (ii) market sale of shares, (iii) exercise of
option under the Smiths Industries Senior Executive Deferred Share Scheme ('DSS
'), (iv) grant of option under DSS and (v) award under the Smiths Group
Performance Share Plan ('PSP').

7 Number of shares/amount of stock acquired: 49,290 shares

8 Percentage of issued class: <0.01%

9 Number of shares/amount of stock disposed: 9,199 shares

10 Percentage of issued class: <0.01%

11 Class of security: Ordinary shares of 25p

12 Price per share: 26,852 shares @ 784.1712p (market purchase), 9,199 shares @
784.1712p (market sale) and 22,438 shares @ 0.1p (exercise of DSS option).

13 Date of transactions: 07 December 2004

14 Date company informed: 07 December 2004

15 Total holding following this notification: 92,030 shares

16 Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: <0.02%

If a director has been granted options by the company, please complete the
following fields:

17 Date of grant: 07 December 2004 (for both option under DSS and award under
PSP).

18 Period during which or date on which exercisable:07/12/2007 to 07/11/2011
(for DSS) and 07/12/2007 (for PSP).

19 Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option (under DSS) and award
under (PSP) : Nil

20 Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number: ordinary shares,
26,852 (under DSS) and a maximum of 72,989 (under PSP).

21 Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be
fixed at time of exercise: 0.1p (for option under DSS) and Nil (for award under
PSP).

22 Total number of shares or debentures over which options and awards held
following this notification: 559,040 shares

23 Contact name for queries: Neil Burdett

24 Contact telephone number: 020 8457 8229

25 Name of company official responsible for making notification: Neil Burdett

Additional information : The number of shares represented by the award under the
PSP is the maximum available in 2007 on satisfaction of the applicable
performance tests in full.



Schedule 11 - Notification of interests of Directors and Connected Persons

1 Name of company: Smiths Group plc

2 Name of director: Lawrence Henry Neil Kinet

3 Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the director named in 2 above or holding of that person's spouse or children
under the age of 18 or in respect of a non- beneficial interest:

Holding of director

4 Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them (if notified):

5 Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the
director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s): No

6 Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please
indicate whether general/single Co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary:

(i) Market purchase of shares, (ii) Grant of option under the Smiths Industries
Senior Executive Deferred Share Scheme ('DSS') and (iii) award under the Smiths
Group Performance Share Plan ('PSP').

7 Number of shares/amount of stock acquired: 12,657shares

8 Percentage of issued class: <0.01%

9 Number of shares/amount of stock disposed: n/a

10 Percentage of issued class: n/a

11 Class of security: Ordinary shares of 25p

12 Price per share: 784.1712p

13 Date of transaction: 07 December 2004

14 Date company informed: 07 December 2004

15 Total holding following this notification: 24,218 shares

16 Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: <0.01%

If a director has been granted options by the company, please complete the
following fields:

17 Date of grant: 07 December 2004 (for both option under DSS and award under
PSP).

18 Period during which or date on which exercisable:07/12/2007 to 07/11/2011
(for DSS) and 07/12/2007 (for PSP).

19 Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option (under DSS) and award
under (PSP) : Nil

20 Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number: ordinary shares,
12,657 (under DSS) and a maximum of 66,821 (under PSP).

21 Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be
fixed at time of exercise: 0.1p (for option under DSS) and Nil (for award under
PSP).

22 Total number of shares or debentures over which options and awards held
following this notification: 503,405 shares

23 Contact name for queries: Neil Burdett

24 Contact telephone number: 020 8457 8229

25 Name of company official responsible for making notification: Neil Burdett

Additional information : The number of shares represented by the award under the
PSP is the maximum available in 2007 on satisfaction of the applicable
performance tests in full.



Schedule 11 - Notification of interests of Directors and Connected Persons

1 Name of company: Smiths Group plc

2 Name of director: John Langston

3 Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the director named in 2 above or holding of that person's spouse or children
under the age of 18 or in respect of a non- beneficial interest:

Holding of director

4 Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them (if notified):

5 Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the
director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s): No

6 Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please
indicate whether general/single Co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary:

(i) Market purchase of shares, (ii) market sale of shares, (iii) grant of option
under the Smiths Industries Senior Executive Deferred Share Scheme ('DSS') and
(iv) award under the Smiths Group Performance Share Plan ('PSP').

7 Number of shares/amount of stock acquired: 17,922 shares

8 Percentage of issued class: <0.01%

9 Number of shares/amount of stock disposed: 14,922 shares

10 Percentage of issued class: <0.01%

11 Class of security: Ordinary shares of 25p

12 Price per share: 17,922 shares @ 784.1712p (market purchase) and 14,922
shares @ 784.1712p (market sale).

13 Date of transactions: 07 December 2004

14 Date company informed: 07 December 2004

15 Total holding following this notification: 85,954 shares

16 Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: <0.02%

If a director has been granted options by the company, please complete the
following fields:

17 Date of grant: 07 December 2004 (for both option under DSS and award under
PSP).

18 Period during which or date on which exercisable: 07/12/2007 to 07/11/2011
(for DSS) and 07/12/2007 (for PSP).

19 Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option (under DSS) and award
under (PSP) : Nil

20 Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number: ordinary shares,
17,922 (under DSS) and a maximum of 66,821 (under PSP).

21 Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be
fixed at time of exercise: 0.1p (for option under DSS) and Nil (for award under
PSP).

22 Total number of shares or debentures over which options and awards held
following this notification: 795,166 shares

23 Contact name for queries: Neil Burdett

24 Contact telephone number: 020 8457 8229

25 Name of company official responsible for making notification: Neil Burdett

Additional information : The number of shares represented by the award under the
PSP is the maximum available in 2007 on satisfaction of the applicable
performance tests in full.



Schedule 11 - Notification of interests of Directors and Connected Persons

1 Name of company: Smiths Group plc

2 Name of director: David Peter Lillycrop

3 Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the director named in 2 above or holding of that person's spouse or children
under the age of 18 or in respect of a non- beneficial interest:

Holding of director

4 Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them (if notified):

5 Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the
director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s): No

6 Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please
indicate whether general/single Co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary:

(i) Market purchase of shares, (ii) market sale of shares, (iii) exercise of
option under the Smiths Industries Senior Executive Deferred Share Scheme ('DSS
'), (iv) grant of option under DSS and (v) award under the Smiths Group
Performance Share Plan ('PSP').

7 Number of shares/amount of stock acquired: 42,447 shares

8 Percentage of issued class: <0.01%

9 Number of shares/amount of stock disposed: 22,432 shares

10 Percentage of issued class: <0.01%

11 Class of security: Ordinary shares of 25p

12 Price per share: 21,750 shares @ 784.1712p (market purchase), 22,432 shares @
784.1712p (market sale) and 20,697 shares @ 0.1p (exercise of DSS option).

13 Date of transactions: 07 December 2004

14 Date company informed: 07 December 2004

15 Total holding following this notification: 90,058 shares

16 Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: <0.02%

If a director has been granted options by the company, please complete the
following fields:

17 Date of grant: 07 December 2004 (for both option under DSS and award under
PSP).

18 Period during which or date on which exercisable: 07/12/2007 to 07/11/2011
(for DSS) and 07/12/2007 (for PSP).

19 Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option (under DSS) and award
under (PSP) : Nil

20 Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number: ordinary shares,
21,750 (under DSS) and a maximum of 63,737 (under PSP).

21 Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be
fixed at time of exercise: 0.1p (for option under DSS) and Nil (for award under
PSP).

22 Total number of shares or debentures over which options and awards held
following this notification: 819,089 shares

23 Contact name for queries: Neil Burdett

24 Contact telephone number: 020 8457 8229

25 Name of company official responsible for making notification: Neil Burdett

Additional information : The number of shares represented by the award under the
PSP is the maximum available in 2007 on satisfaction of the applicable
performance tests in full.



Schedule 11 - Notification of interests of Directors and Connected Persons

1 Name of company: Smiths Group plc

2 Name of director: Einar Lindh

3 Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the director named in 2 above or holding of that person's spouse or children
under the age of 18 or in respect of a non- beneficial interest:

Holding of director

4 Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them (if notified):

5 Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the
director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s): No

6 Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please
indicate whether general/single Co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary:

(i) Market purchase of shares and (ii) grant of option under the Smiths
Industries Senior Executive Deferred Share Scheme.

7 Number of shares/amount of stock acquired: 6,609 shares

8 Percentage of issued class: <0.01%

9 Number of shares/amount of stock disposed: n/a

10 Percentage of issued class: n/a

11 Class of security: Ordinary shares of 25p

12 Price per share: 784.1712p

13 Date of transactions: 07 December 2004

14 Date company informed: 07 December 2004

15 Total holding following this notification: 108,463 shares

16 Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: <0.02%

If a director has been granted options by the company, please complete the
following fields:

17 Date of grant: 07 December 2004

18 Period during which or date on which exercisable: 07/12/2007 to 07/11/2011.

19 Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option  : Nil

20 Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number: ordinary shares,
6,609.

21 Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be
fixed at time of exercise: 0.1p.

22 Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this
notification: 528,255 shares

23 Contact name for queries: Neil Burdett

24 Contact telephone number: 020 8457 8229

25 Name of company official responsible for making notification: Neil Burdett



Schedule 11 - Notification of interests of Directors and Connected Persons

1 Name of company: Smiths Group plc

2 Name of director: Alan Matthew Thomson

3 Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the director named in 2 above or holding of that person's spouse or children
under the age of 18 or in respect of a non- beneficial interest:

Holding of director

4 Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them (if notified):

5 Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the
director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s): No

6 Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please
indicate whether general/single Co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary:

(i) Market purchase of shares, (ii) market sale of shares, (iii) exercise of
option under the Smiths Industries Senior Executive Deferred Share Scheme ('DSS
'), (iv) grant of option under DSS and (v) award under the Smiths Group
Performance Share Plan ('PSP').

7 Number of shares/amount of stock acquired: 39,355 shares

8 Percentage of issued class: <0.01%

9 Number of shares/amount of stock disposed: 20,000 shares

10 Percentage of issued class: <0.01%

11 Class of security: Ordinary shares of 25p

12 Price per share: 22,771 shares @ 784.1712p (market purchase), 20,000 shares @
784.1712p (market sale) and 16,584 shares @ 0.1p (exercise of DSS option).

13 Date of transactions: 07 December 2004

14 Date company informed: 07 December 2004

15 Total holding following this notification: 104,831 shares

16 Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: <0.02%

If a director has been granted options by the company, please complete the
following fields:

17 Date of grant: 07 December 2004 (for both option under DSS and award under
PSP).

18 Period during which or date on which exercisable: 07/12/2007 to 07/11/2011
(for DSS) and 07/12/2007 (for PSP).

19 Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option (under DSS) and award
under (PSP) : Nil

20 Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number: ordinary shares,
22,771 (under DSS) and a maximum of 81,213 (under PSP).

21 Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be
fixed at time of exercise: 0.1p (for option under DSS) and Nil (for award under
PSP).

22 Total number of shares or debentures over which options and awards held
following this notification: 717,023 shares

23 Contact name for queries: Neil Burdett

24 Contact telephone number: 020 8457 8229

25 Name of company official responsible for making notification: Neil Burdett

Additional information : The number of shares represented by the award under the
PSP is the maximum available in 2007 on satisfaction of the applicable
performance tests in full.


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