Holding(s) in Company

Smiths Group PLC
07 January 2005

07 January 2005

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                                3,096,936
Bank of New York Nominees Limited                              918,556
Chase Nominees Limited                                       7,195,738
BT Globenet Nominees Limited                                   204,914
Midland Bank plc                                             1,551,118
Bankers Trust                                                  558,258
Barclays Bank                                                  114,266
Citibank London                                                 15,900
Nortrust Nominees Limited                                    1,802,660
Royal Bank of Scotland                                          48,112
Citibank NA, Toronto                                           188,431
ROY Nominees Limited                                            49,700
Morgan Guaranty                                                  3,300
Citibank                                                        13,304
Deutsche Bank AG                                                 9,200
Mellon Bank NA                                                   2,800
Lloyds Bank                                                      1,832
State Street Bank & Trust Co.                                  134,333
MSS Nominees Limited                                            12,800
HSBC Bank plc                                                   50,990
Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited                                   295,400
KAS UK                                                           1,300
RBSTB Nominees Limited                                           7,300
Bank One London                                                  2,600
Brown Bros.                                                     35,200
Northern Trust                                                  53,980
Cede & Co                                                        5,400
HSBC, Kuala Lumpur                                               1,800
JP Morgan Chase Bank                                           455,528
Sumitomo Trust & Banking                                         8,800

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: 07 January 2005 (re interests as at 05 January 2005)

12. Total holding following this notification: 16,840,456 shares

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 2.996%

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: 07 January 2005



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 12.87m shares (2.3% of the issued share capital) and are
included in the overall interests notified by CGCI and detailed above.


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