Holding(s) in Company

Smiths Group PLC
08 October 2004

08 October 2004

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 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                    8,338,322

Bank of New York Nominees Limited                2,688,279

Chase Nominees Limited                          22,237,279

BT Globenet Nominees Limited                       590,614

Midland Bank plc                                 5,268,912

Bankers Trust                                    1,823,252

Barclays Bank                                      561,066

Citibank London                                     47,820

Nortrust Nominees Limited                        5,107,705

Royal Bank of Scotland                             163,012

National Westminster Bank                            6,500

Citibank NA, Toronto                               316,709

ROY Nominees Limited                                77,500

Morgan Guaranty                                     31,800

Citibank                                            35,804

Deutsche Bank AG                                   177,671

Mellon Bank NA                                      10,500

Lloyds Bank                                          8,832

Deutsche Bank Mannheim                               1,000

State Street Bank & Trust Co.                      284,533

MSS Nominees Limited                                49,200

HSBC Bank plc                                      336,071

Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited                     1,194,057

KAS UK                                               6,507

RBSTB Nominees Limited                              25,500

Bank One London                                     21,400

Brown Bros.                                        124,900

Northern Trust                                     274,780

Cede & Co                                           18,000

Royal Trust                                         13,100

HSBC, Kuala Lumpur                                  30,900

JP Morgan Chase Bank                               203,400

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: 08 October 2004 (re interests as at 06 October 2004)

12. Total holding following this notification: 50,074,925 shares

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 8.913%

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: 08 October 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 amount to 7.134% of the issued share capital and are included in the
overall interests notified by CGCI.


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