Trading Statement

Smiths Group PLC
31 January 2007

        Trading statement for the period ending 6 months 3 February 2007



Smiths Group will report its results for the 6 months ending 3rd February, 2007
on Wednesday 21st March, 2007. Under IFRS accounting rules, Smiths Aerospace
will be shown as a discontinued business. Therefore the results will focus on
the continuing businesses of Smiths Group, being Smiths Detection, Smiths
Medical and Smiths Specialty Engineering. Furthermore, it is not expected that
further details of the Smiths GE Detection joint venture will be announced on
that date.



On a divisional basis, Detection and Specialty Engineering have performed
slightly ahead and Medical slightly behind management expectations. This
performance has been in an environment of substantial adverse currency
movements, with a 15 cent decline in the US dollar to an expected average of
$1.92 for the period against sterling as compared to the corresponding period in
the Company's last financial year. Overall, Smiths is performing in line with
management's expectations for the period to 3rd February, 2007.



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