Holding(s) in Company

Smiths Group PLC
26 February 2002

26 February 2002



Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1 Name of company: Smiths Group plc

2 Name of shareholder having a major interest: Franklin Resources, Inc.

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

Notification by Franklin Resources, Inc. and its affiliates, including Franklin
Mutual Advisors, LLC and Templeton Worldwide, Inc. and its affiliates.

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

Shareholder                                                      Shares
Bankers Trust Company                                            53,630
Bank of New York Europe Limited                                  14,900
Bank of New York London Limited                                  71,800
Chase Nominees Limited                                           12,122,486
Citibank Nominees Limited                                        19,180
Clydesdale Bank PLC                                              636,785
Deutsche Bank AG                                                 13,740
HSBC Bank                                                        56,530
Merrill Lynch                                                    790,570
Morgan Stanley Securities                                        2,060
Northern Trust Company                                           82,800
Royal Trust Corporation of Canada                                2,550,154
State Street Nominees Limited                                    1,847,857



5 Number of shares/amount of stock acquired: Not disclosed

6 Percentage of issued class: N/A

7 Number of shares/amount of stock disposed: Not disclosed

8 Percentage of issued class: N/A

9 Class of security: Ordinary shares of 25p

10 Date of transaction: Not disclosed

11 Date company informed: 26 February 2002 (re interests as at 25 February 2002)

12 Total holding following this notification: 18,262,492 shares

13 Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 3.28%

14 Contact name for queries: Neil Burdett

15 Contact telephone number: 020 8457 8229

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

17 Date of notification: 26 February 2002



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