Holding in Company

Smiths Group PLC
26 October 2001


26 October 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                                         7,322,397
Bank of New York Nominees Limited                                     1,441,967
Chase Nominees Limited                                               30,073,504
BT Globenet Nominees Limited                                            159,746
Midland Bank plc                                                      7,085,388
Bankers Trust                                                         4,003,764
Barclays Bank                                                           986,580
Citibank London                                                       1,512,620
Nortrust Nominees Limited                                             6,370,641
Royal Bank of Scotland                                                  388,425
National Westminster Bank                                                28,200
Citibank NA Toronto                                                     100,280
ROY Nominees Limited                                                     31,000
Morgan Guaranty                                                         145,844
Vidacos Nominees Limited                                                  8,315
Citibank                                                                  9,504
Deutsche Bank AG                                                        166,544
Lloyds Bank                                                              26,892
Deutsche Bank, Mannheim                                                  16,700
State Street Bank & Trust Co                                             21,300
MSS Nominees Limited                                                     55,300
HSBC Bank plc                                                            53,000
Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited                                            188,400
KAS UK                                                                    5,507
Credit Suisse London Branch                                              33,000
RBSTB Nominees Limited                                                    8,500
Bank One London                                                          53,600



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: 26 October 2001 (re interests as at 24 October 2001)

12 Total holding following this notification: 60,296,918 shares

13 Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 10.847%

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 October 2001