Holding in Company

Smiths Group PLC
15 March 2001

15 March 2001

Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1 Name of company: Smiths Group plc

2 Name of shareholder having a major interest: Capital Guardian Trust Company

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 Capital
Guardian Trust 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                                           3018989
Bank of New York Nominees Limited                                        436117
Chase Nominees Limited                                                  9290864
BT Globenet Nominees Limited                                              56346
Midland Bank plc                                                        4167988
Bankers Trust                                                           1699102
Barclays Bank                                                            309780
Citibank London                                                          363400
Nortrust Nominees Limited                                               2707748
Royal Bank of Scotland                                                     7612
National Westminster Bank                                                   900
Citibank NA Toronto                                                       37180
ROY Nominees Limited                                                      23500



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: Not disclosed

11 Date company informed: 14 March 2001 (re interests as at 12 March 2001)

12 Total holding following this notification: 22,119,526 shares

13 Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
3.995%

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: 15 March 2001

Additional Information:

Capital Guardian Trust Company ('Capital Guardian') is one of the affiliates
of The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ('Capital Group'). On 31 January 2001,
Capital Group notified the Company that its affiliates were, in aggregate,
interested in 8.01% of the Company's share capital.

This notification relates to the decrease in the percentage interest of
Capital Guardian only, from 4.00% (on 02 March 2001) to 3.995% of the
Company's issued share capital on 12 March 2001.

Capital Group's affiliates, in aggregate, presently have interests over 8.33%
of the Company's issued share capital.