Holding(s) in Company

Smiths Group PLC
09 September 2002

09 September 2002

Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1. Name of company: Smiths Group plc

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest: Capital Guardian Trust Company

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 affiliate,
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                                            8,917,389
Bank of New York Nominees Limited                                        1,275,657
Chase Nominees Limited                                                  23,398,538
BT Globenet Nominees Limited                                               616,114
Midland Bank plc                                                         8,929,958
Bankers Trust                                                            2,618,064
Barclays Bank                                                            1,267,780
Citibank London                                                            944,100
Nortrust Nominees Limited                                                6,784,480
Royal Bank of Scotland                                                      25,212
Citibank NA Toronto                                                         43,180
ROY Nominees Limited                                                        68,000
Deutsche Bank AG                                                             3,400
Deutsche Bank Mannheim                                                       2,400
State Street Bank & Trust Co                                                53,700
MSS Nominees Limited                                                        99,400
HSBC Bank plc                                                               20,500
Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited                                               773,557
RBSTB Nominees Limited                                                       9,700
New account/nominee information not available                               30,800

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: 09 September 2002 (re interests as at 05 September
2002)

12. Total holding following this notification: 55,881,929 shares

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
10.007%

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: 09 September 2002



Additional Information

Capital Guardian Trust Company ('CGTC') is an affiliate of Capital Group
Companies, Inc. ('CGCI'). The interests of CGTC in the share capital of the
Company have been included in the overall interests notified by CGCI from time
to time.


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