Holding in Company

Smiths Group PLC
12 June 2001


12 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                                         6,041,797
Bank of New York Nominees Limited                                     1,561,787
Chase Nominees Limited                                               31,318,000
BT Globenet Nominees Limited                                            140,346
Midland Bank plc                                                      6,021,988
Bankers Trust                                                         6,510,864
Barclays Bank                                                           659,180
Citibank London                                                       1,338,720
Nortrust Nominees Limited                                             6,385,137
Royal Bank of Scotland                                                  432,588
National Westminster Bank                                                24,400
Citibank NA Toronto                                                      82,180
ROY Nominees Limited                                                     29,600
Morgan Guaranty                                                          12,344
Vidacos Nominees Limited                                                 67,965
Citibank                                                                  9,504
Deutsche Bank AG                                                        424,844
Lloyds Bank                                                              76,592
Deutsche Bank, Mannheim                                                  13,800
State Street Bank & Trust Co                                             58,000
MSS Nominees Limited                                                     95,000
HSBC Bank plc                                                            32,400
Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited                                            102,400
KAS UK                                                                   13,507
Credit Suisse London Branch                                              22,100
RBSTB Nominees Limited                                                    3,600
New account - Nominee n/a                                                14,000



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: 11 June 2001 (re interests as at 8 June 2001)

12 Total holding following this notification: 61,492,643 shares

13 Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
11.08%

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: 12 June 2001