Holding(s) in Company

Smiths Group PLC
03 September 2004

03 September 2004


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                             7,264,781
         Bank of New York Nominees Limited                         1,525,147
         Chase Nominees Limited                                   20,767,557
         BT Globenet Nominees Limited                                675,714
         Midland Bank plc                                          5,356,498
         Bankers Trust                                             2,101,252
         Barclays Bank                                               366,266
         Citibank London                                              12,720
         Nortrust Nominees Limited                                 4,697,365
         Royal Bank of Scotland                                       62,712
         Citibank NA, Toronto                                         43,180
         ROY Nominees Limited                                         97,500
         Citibank                                                     11,100
         Deutsche Bank AG                                              3,400
         Deutsche Bank Mannheim                                        3,600
         State Street Bank & Trust Co.                                70,300
         MSS Nominees Limited                                         58,300
         HSBC Bank plc                                                 9,800
         Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited                              1,325,557
         RBSTB Nominees Limited                                        5,900
         Cede & Co                                                    18,000
         Royal Trust                                                  13,900
         HSBC, Kuala Lumpur                                           37,200
         JP Morgan Chase Bank                                         18,600


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: 03 September 2004 (re interests as at 01 September
2004)

12. Total holding following this notification: 44,546,349 shares

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 7.93%

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: 03 September 2004



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 are included in the overall interests notified by CGCI from time to
time.

CGCI has disclosed interests in 55,236,226 shares (9.83% of the issued share
capital), as at 01 September 2004, (including the interests of CGTC notified
above).




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