Holding in Company

Smiths Group PLC
15 May 2001


15 May 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                                   5380197
Bank of New York Nominees Limited                               1473780
Chase Nominees Limited                                          29797574
BT Globenet Nominees Limited                                    108746
Midland Bank plc                                                5586688
Bankers Trust                                                   6409464
Barclays Bank                                                   571880
Citibank London                                                 1168720
Nortrust Nominees Limited                                       5841037
Royal Bank of Scotland                                          431688
National Westminster Bank                                       22700
Citibank NA Toronto                                             77680
ROY Nominees Limited                                            26900
Morgan Guaranty                                                 12344
Vidacos Nominees Limited                                        67965
Citibank                                                        9504
Deutsche Bank AG                                                422844
Lloyds Bank                                                     78592
Deutsche Bank, Mannheim                                         10500
State Street Bank & Trust Co                                    58000
MSS Nominees Limited                                            90500
HSBC Bank plc                                                   31500
Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited                                    95200
KAS UK                                                          13507
Credit Suisse London Branch                                     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: Not disclosed

11 Date company informed: 15 May 2001 (re interests as at 11 May 2001)

12 Total holding following this notification: 57,809,610 shares

13 Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
10.42%

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 May 2001