Holding(s) in Company

Smiths Group PLC
25 November 2004

25 November 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        3,535,919

Bank of New York Nominees Limited      824,547

Chase Nominees Limited               9,779,741

BT Globenet Nominees Limited           327,914

Midland Bank plc                     2,536,692

Bankers Trust                          982,918

Barclays Bank                          150,766

Citibank London                          6,900

Nortrust Nominees Limited            2,430,653

Royal Bank of Scotland                  38,412

Citibank NA, Toronto                    23,080

ROY Nominees Limited                    58,400

Citibank                                 3,300

State Street Bank & Trust Co.            2,700

MSS Nominees Limited                    20,200

HSBC Bank plc                            7,000

Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited           622,928

RBSTB Nominees Limited                   2,100

Northern Trust                          20,328

Cede & Co                                5,400

Royal Trust                              3,400

HSBC, Kuala Lumpur                      15,000

JP Morgan Chase Bank                   591,728

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: 25 November 2004 (re interests as at 23 November
                                                                      2004)

12. Total holding following this notification: 21,990,026 shares

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 3.91%

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: 25 November 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 28,896,000 shares (5.14% of the issued share
capital), as at 23 November 2004, (including the interests of CGTC notified
above).

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