Holding in Company

Smiths Group PLC
26 June 2001


26 June 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                                   6355597
Bank of New York Nominees Limited                               1906987
Chase Nominees Limited                                          33980600
BT Globenet Nominees Limited                                    164046
Midland Bank plc                                                6333688
Bankers Trust                                                   6900364
Barclays Bank                                                   696280
Citibank London                                                 1512620
Nortrust Nominees Limited                                       7099747
Royal Bank of Scotland                                          432988
National Westminster Bank                                       28700
Citibank NA Toronto                                             85980
ROY Nominees Limited                                            35800
Morgan Guaranty                                                 20044
Vidacos Nominees Limited                                        67965
Citibank                                                        9504
Deutsche Bank AG                                                472344
Lloyds Bank                                                     77192
Deutsche Bank, Mannheim                                         16600
State Street Bank & Trust Co                                    58000
MSS Nominees Limited                                            98800
HSBC Bank plc                                                   42800
Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited                                    105500
KAS UK                                                          20507
Credit Suisse London Branch                                     22100
RBSTB Nominees Limited                                          12000
Bank One London                                                 60700




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: 25 June 2001 (re interests as at 21 June 2001)

12 Total holding following this notification: 66,617,453 shares

13 Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
12.003%

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: 26 June 2001



Additional Information:

The affiliates of The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ('Capital Group') include
Capital Guardian Trust Company ('Capital Guardian'), which has interests in
7.212% of the Company's issued share capital. The interests of Capital Group,
as disclosed above, include the interests of Capital Guardian.