Notice of Results

Smiths Group PLC
25 August 2004

ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS AND RECOMMENDATION OF DIVIDEND

It is expected that a duly constituted committee of the Board will meet on
Wednesday 22 September 2004 for the purposes of (i) approving a preliminary
announcement of the results of the Company for the 52 weeks ended 31 July 2004
and (ii) recommending a final dividend on the ordinary shares for the same
period.

Subject to approval at the Annual General Meeting, the 2004 final dividend will
be paid on 19 November 2004 to ordinary shareholders registered at the close of
business on 22 October 2004. The 'ex-dividend' date will be 20 October 2004.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting of Smiths Group plc for 2004 will be held at 2:30
p.m. on Tuesday 16 November 2004 at the offices of JP Morgan Chase & Co., 60
Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0JP.


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