Director Shareholding

Smiths Group PLC
8 April 2002

8 April 2002

The Company has today been informed by the trustee of the TI Group Jersey
Employee Share Trust (the 'Trustee') that, between 3 and 5 April 2002, its
interest in Ordinary Shares of 25p in Smiths Group plc had been reduced from
2,484,000 to 1,984,000, by the termination of the Trustee's right to acquire a
total of 500,000 Smiths shares and their sale at an average price of 806.65p per
share.

As a consequence of the sale, the technical interest that two directors of
Smiths Group plc (Messrs J Langston and D P Lillycrop) have in the shares held
by the Trustee has reduced accordingly.



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