Holding(s) in Company

Smiths Group PLC
08 December 2004


08 December 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                2,690,719

Bank of New York Nominees Limited              668,347

Chase Nominees Limited                       7,406,361

BT Globenet Nominees Limited                   248,914

Midland Bank plc                             1,946,414

Bankers Trust                                  681,858

Barclays Bank                                   95,866

Citibank London                                  6,900

Nortrust Nominees Limited                    1,911,453

Royal Bank of Scotland                          28,412

Citibank NA, Toronto                            17,680

ROY Nominees Limited                            53,900

State Street Bank & Trust Co.                    2,700

MSS Nominees Limited                            15,400

HSBC Bank plc                                    5,200

Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited                   406,313

RBSTB Nominees Limited                           2,100

Northern Trust                                  16,128

Cede & Co                                        5,400

HSBC, Kuala Lumpur                               6,400

JP Morgan Chase Bank                           450,728

Clydesdale Bank plc                         

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 December 2004 (re interests as at 06 December
    2004)

12. Total holding following this notification: 16,667,193 shares

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 2.966%

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 December 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 21,806,237 shares (3.88% of the issued share
capital), as at 6 December 2004, (including the interests of CGTC notified
above).

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