Holding in Company

Smiths Group PLC
27 April 2001


27 April 2001

Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1     Name of company: Smiths Group plc

2     Name of shareholder having a major interest: The Capital Group
Companies, Inc.

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 by The Capital Group Companies, Inc. on behalf of its affiliates,
including Capital Guardian Trust Company, Capital International Limited,
Capital International S.A., Capital International, Inc. and Capital Research
and Management Company, in respect of funds managed on behalf of investment
clients.

4     Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:

        Shareholder                                                      Shares



        State Street Nominees Limited                                   4183845


        Bank of New York Nominees Limited                               1286180


        Chase Nominees Limited                                         26543265


        BT Globenet Nominees Limited                                      67046


        Midland Bank plc                                                4517640


        Bankers Trust                                                   6213810


        Barclays Bank                                                    448610


        Citibank London                                                  639520


        Nortrust Nominees Limited                                       4708688


        Royal Bank of Scotland                                           430688


        National Westminster Bank                                         22700


        Citibank NA, Toronto                                              60680


        ROY Nominees Limited                                              23500


        Morgan Guaranty                                                   14444


        Vidacos Nominees Limited                                          67965


        Citibank                                                           9504


        Deutsche Bank AG                                                 422844


        Morgan Stanley                                                    14582


        Lloyds Bank                                                       72392


        Deutsche Bank Mannheim                                            10500


        State Street Bank & Trust Co.                                     58000


        MSS Nominees Limited                                              70800


        HSBC Bank plc                                                     31500


        Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited                                      74000


        KAS UK                                                            13507


        National Westminster Bank                                         22100




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: N/A

11     Date company informed: 27 April 2001

12     Total holding following this notification: 50028310 shares (as at 23
April 2001)

13     Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
9.03%

14     Contact name for queries: Neil Burdett

15     Contact telephone number: 020 8457 8229

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

17     Date of notification: 27 April 2001