Holding in Company

Smiths Group PLC
10 September 2001



10 September 2001

Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1 Name of company: Smiths Group plc

2 Name of shareholder having a major interest: Barclays PLC

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 Barclays PLC of a notifiable interest through its subsidiary
Barclays Bank PLC

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

Shareholder                                                           Shares

MSTC Nominees Limited                                                 18162
MSTC Nominees Limited                                                 16328
Barclays Capital Nominees Limited                                     459845
Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited    537960                            108340
Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited    73520                             65716
Dematerialised                                                        11500
Chase Nominees Limited             16331                              190423
Chase Nominees Limited             16338                              31535
Chase Nominees Limited             16341                              475329
Chase Nominees Limited             16342                              58490
Chase Nominees Limited             16345                              4201
Chase Nominees Limited             16376                              98909
Chase Nominees Limited             16400                              5186759
Chase Nominees Limited             16530                              1271817
Chase Nominees Limited             18408                              67658
Chase Nominees Limited             20947                              56209
DEM69                                                                 79847
Barclays Bank Trust Co Limited as executor                            2906
Unknown                                                               1805
Barclays Bank Trust Co Limited -IMA                                   2251
Chase Manhattan Bank London                                           2785281
Twenty Nine Gracechurch Street Nominees Limited 5782A a/c             814554
Unknown                                                               220379
Unknown                                                               8688
Unknown                                                               17995
Unknown                                                               1506
Unknown                                                               5446
Unknown                                                               10459
Barclays Bank Trust Co Limited and another                            441
Unknown                                                               5613656



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: 10 September 2001 (re interests as at 05 September
2001)

12 Total holding following this notification: 17,686,435 shares

13 Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
3.182%

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: 10 September 2001