Holding(s) in Company

Smiths Group PLC
18 May 2005

18 May 2005

SCHEDULE 10

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company: Smiths Group plc

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest: (A) FMR Corp. and its direct and
indirect subsidiaries and (B) Fidelity International Limited and its direct and
indirect subsidiaries

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 on behalf of FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries and
Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries and Mr
Edward C Johnson 3d, the principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity
International Limited, of disclosable interests arising under s208(4)(b) of the
Companies Act 1985.

4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them
State Street Hong Kong                     5,900
Bank of New York Europe Ldn            1,070,600
Bank of New York Brussels                255,400
Brown Bros Harriman Ltd Lux              298,692
JP Morgan, Bournemouth                   299,100
National Astl Bk Melbourne               155,800
Northern Trust London                     64,500
State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn               55,800
JP Morgan, Bournemouth                 4,144,455
Brown Bros Harriman and Co               493,501
JPMorgan Chase Bank                    1,725,400
Northern Trust London                     50,200
State Street Bank and Tr Co                9,700
Bank of New York                          76,300
Brown Bros Harriman and Co               229,100
JPMorgan Chase                           145,400
Mellon Bank NA                            11,900
Northern Trust Co                        113,100
State Street Bank and Tr Co              282,499
Bank of New York Brussels                916,271
Bank of New York Europe Ldn               22,600
Bankers Trust London                     217,800
Chase Manhattan London                     5,100
Chase Manhttn Bk AG Frnkfrt               36,200
Citibank London                          224,900
Clydesdale Bank PLC                      110,900
Dexia Privatbank                           4,300
HSBC Bank plc                            174,000
JP Morgan, Bournemouth                 1,701,800
JPMorgan Chase Bank                       20,000
Mellon Bank                              562,800
Midland Securities Services              109,300
Nordea Bank AB                            11,600
Northern Trust London                  2,199,950
State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn            1,202,170

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: 18 May 2005

12. Total holding following this notification: 17,007,038 shares

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 3.02%

14. Any additional information

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries: Neil Burdett, 
020 8457 8229

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification: Neil Burdett

17. Date of notification: 18 May 2005


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