Holding in Company

Smiths Group PLC
11 December 2000





Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
Smiths Group plc

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
Deutsche Bank AG

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 indicates that it is in respect of the interests of Deutsche Bank
AG and its subsidiaries

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
Not disclosed in notification

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
Not disclosed in notification

6   Percentage of issued class:
N/A

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
Not disclosed in notification

8   Percentage of issued class:
N/A

9   Class of security:
Ordinary shares of 25p each

10  Date of transaction:
Not disclosed in notification

11  Date company informed:
11 December 2000

12  Total holding following this notification:
Not disclosed in notification

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
N/A

14  Contact name for queries:
Neil Burdett

15 Contact telephone number:
020 8457 8258

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
Neil Burdett

17  Date of notification:
11 December 2000


Additional Information:
The notification states that, following the merger of the Company with TI
Group plc, Deutsche Bank AG and its subsidiary companies no longer have a
notifiable interest in the issued share capital of Smiths Group plc.