Holding(s) in Company

Smiths Group PLC
27 January 2003

27 January 2003

SCHEDULE 10

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company: Smiths Group plc

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest: Legal & General Group plc.

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 Legal & General Investment Management Limited re the material
interests of Legal & General Group plc.

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

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 914945                     71,855
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 775180                     50,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 886603                  1,434,177
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 775245                  2,582,161
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 130007                     93,130
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 770286                    150,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 357206                 13,195,542
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 866197                     79,991
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 904332                     47,500
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 754612                    577,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 282605                    404,504
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 360509                    542,032
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 766793                     41,000


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: 24 January 2003

12. Total holding following this notification: 19,268,892

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 3.450%

14. Any additional information

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries: Neil Burdett, 
020 8457 8229

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification: Neil Burdett

17. Date of notification: 27 January 2003


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