Holding(s) in Company

Smiths Group PLC
26 November 2004

26 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: 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                           4,753,640
Bank of New York Nominees Limited                       1,644,975
Chase Nominees Limited                                 10,988,292
BT Globenet Nominees Limited                              304,914
Midland Bank plc                                        2,738,226
Bankers Trust                                             955,518
Barclays Bank                                             215,466
Citibank London                                            27,700
Nortrust Nominees Limited                               3,050,451
Royal Bank of Scotland                                    111,212
Citibank NA, Toronto                                      193,231
ROY Nominees Limited                                       57,100
Morgan Guaranty                                            27,600
Citibank                                                   13,804
Deutsche Bank AG                                          139,371
Mellon Bank NA                                             10,500
Lloyds Bank                                                 7,832
State Street Bank & Trust Co.                             168,333
MSS Nominees Limited                                       18,800
HSBC Bank plc                                             260,171
Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited                              541,828
KAS UK                                                      5,707
RBSTB Nominees Limited                                     18,400
Bank One London                                            19,200
Brown Bros.                                               104,000
Northern Trust                                            255,589
Cede & Co                                                   5,400
Royal Trust                                                   500
HSBC, Kuala Lumpur                                         12,500
JP Morgan Chase Bank                                      734,228
Sumitomo Trust & Banking                                   17,600





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

12. Total holding following this notification: 27,402,088 shares

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 4.876%

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: 26 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 amount to 20,503,414 shares (3.65% of the issued share capital) and are
included in the overall interests notified by CGCI and detailed above.


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