Holding(s) in Company

Smiths Group PLC
21 June 2005

21 June 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                     8,100
State Street Bank and Tr Co              103,600
Bank of New York Europe Ldn            1,434,300
Bank of New York Brussels                328,100
Brown Bros Harriman Ltd Lux              276,183
JP Morgan, Bournemouth                   348,900
National Astl Bk Melbourne               218,600
Northern Trust London                     91,200
State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn               61,200
JP Morgan, Bournemouth                 5,479,640
Brown Bros Harriman and Co               707,701
JPMorgan Chase Bank                    2,725,400
Northern Trust London                     70,500
State Street Bank and Tr Co              984,500
Bank of New York                         102,000
Brown Bros Harriman and Co               321,000
JPMorgan Chase                           206,000
Mellon Bank NA                            17,600
Northern Trust Co                        158,400
State Street Bank and Tr Co              444,099
Bank of New York Brussels              1,483,271
Bank of New York Europe Ldn               39,000
Bankers Trust London                     217,800
Chase Manhattan London                     6,900
Chase Manhttn Bk AG Frnkfrt               49,700
Citibank London                           37,900
Clydesdale Bank PLC                      142,100
Dexia Privatbank                           5,900
HSBC Bank plc                            177,500
JP Morgan, Bournemouth                 1,857,000
JPMorgan Chase Bank                       27,800
Mellon Bank                              681,200
Midland Securities Services              109,300
Northern Trust London                  2,685,050
State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn            1,275,670

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: 21 June 2005

12. Total holding following this notification: 22,883,114 shares

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 4.06%

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: 21 June 2005


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