Holding(s) in Company

Smiths Group PLC
10 July 2006

10 JULY 2006

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

LISTING RULE LR 9.6.7 R

1.       Name of listed company: SMITHS GROUP PLC

2.       Name of shareholder with 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 regarding the
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above; 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, A 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                                               18,500
State Street Bank and Tr Co                                         315,800
Bank of New York Europe Ldn                                       3,221,100
Trust & Cust Srvcs Bk Ltd, Toko                                      21,650
Nomura Trust and Banking                                             36,200
Master Trust Bank of Japan                                          188,500
ING Luxemborug                                                       20,300
Northern Trust London                                                42,900
National Astl Bk Melbourne                                           62,000
State Street Bank Australia (C                                       91,600
JP Morgan, Bournemouth                                              163,900
Northern Trust London                                               165,700
State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn                                         204,540
Chase Manhattan Bk AG Frnkfrt (S                                    255,500
Bank of New York Brussels                                           383,810
Brown Bros Harriman Ltd Lux                                         665,500
JP Morgan, Bournemouth                                            4,089,316
Bermuda Trust Far East HK                                           259,304
JP Morgan, Bournemouth                                            7,697,739
Mellon Bank NA                                                       17,900
Investors Bank and Trust                                             11,600
Mellon Bank NA                                                       35,700
Northern Trust London                                               112,900
Brown Bros Harriman and Co                                          515,800
State Street Bank and Tr Co                                       1,886,490
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              12,192,310
Royal Trust -Toronto                                                 20,719
CIBC Mellon Trust                                                   184,080
Bank of New York                                                    337,700
JPMorgan Chase                                                      596,600
Mellon Bank NA                                                      651,696
Northern Trust Co                                                   892,264
Brown Bros Harriman and Co                                        1,595,000
State Street Bank and Tr Co                                       2,604,343
Chase Manhattan London                                                8,800
Dexia Privatbank                                                      9,500
Societe Generale                                                     31,500
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                                  44,600
Chase Manhttn Bk AG Frnkfrt (S                                       82,900
Midland Securities Services                                          96,840
Bankers Trust London                                                225,180
HSBC Bank plc                                                       425,100
Mellon Bank                                                         915,100
Bank of New York Brussels                                         1,216,369
State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn (S                                    2,392,819
Northern Trust London                                             3,944,080
JP Morgan, Bournemouth                                            2,066,580
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              11,792,080

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 listed company informed: 7 JULY 2006

12.     Total holding following this notification: 62,810,409 SHARES

13.     Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification*:
11.09%

14.     Any additional information

15.     Name of contact and telephone number for queries: NEIL BURDETT, 020 8457
8229

16.     Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed company
responsible for making this notification: NEIL BURDETT

17.     Date of notification: 10 JULY 2006

* any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into
account when calculating percentage




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