Holding(s) in Company

Smiths Group PLC
11 October 2004


11 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: 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          6,002,301
Bank of New York Nominees Limited      1,471,047
Chase Nominees Limited                18,604,657
BT Globenet Nominees Limited             574,714
Midland Bank plc                       4,693,478
Bankers Trust                          1,736,352
Barclays Bank                            313,766
Citibank London                            7,700
Nortrust Nominees Limited              4,200,265
Royal Bank of Scotland                    56,912
Citibank NA, Toronto                      37,480
ROY Nominees Limited                      75,900
Citibank                                  11,100
Deutsche Bank AG                           1,100
Deutsche Bank Mannheim                     1,000
State Street Bank & Trust Co.             53,800
MSS Nominees Limited                      47,600
HSBC Bank plc                              9,800
Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited           1,165,557
RBSTB Nominees Limited                     2,100
Northern Trust                            33,028
Cede & Co                                 18,000
Royal Trust                               12,300
HSBC, Kuala Lumpur                        30,100
JP Morgan Chase Bank                       3,800


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: 11 October 2004 (re interests as at 07 October 2004)

12. Total holding following this notification: 39,163,857 shares

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 6.97%

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

CGCI has disclosed interests in 49,048,625 shares (8.73% of the issued share
capital), as at 07 October 2004, (including the interests of CGTC notified
above).


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