Holding(s) in Company

Smiths Group PLC
17 June 2002


17 June 2002


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1. Name of company: Smiths Group plc

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest: The Capital Group Companies,
                                                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 The Capital Group Companies, Inc. on behalf of its affiliates,
including Capital Research and Management Company, Capital International S.A.,
Capital International Limited, Capital International, Inc. and Capital Guardian
Trust Company in respect of funds managed on behalf of investment clients.

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

Shareholder                                                               Shares

State Street Nominees Limited                                         11,369,280

Bank of New York Nominees Limited                                      1,355,513

Chase Nominees Limited                                                23,587,126

BT Globenet Nominees Limited                                             359,646

Midland Bank plc                                                       8,107,392

Bankers Trust                                                          2,357,764

Barclays Bank                                                          1,066,680

Citibank London                                                          871,065

Nortrust Nominees Limited                                              6,310,408

Royal Bank of Scotland                                                    18,412

Citibank NA Toronto                                                       74,779

ROY Nominees Limited                                                      52,900

Morgan Guaranty                                                            3,344

Citibank                                                                   9,504

Deutsche Bank AG                                                          23,200

Lloyds Bank                                                                8,792

Deutsche Bank Mannheim                                                    30,600

State Street Bank & Trust Co                                             166,157

MSS Nominees Limited                                                      80,600

HSBC Bank plc                                                             26,400

Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited                                             502,700

KAS UK                                                                     4,007

RBSTB Nominees Limited                                                     7,300

Chase Manhattan Nominee Limited Australia                                  4,741

                                                                

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: 17 June 2002 (re interests as at 13 June 2002)

12. Total holding following this notification: 56,398,310 shares

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
10.112%

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: 17 June 2002


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