Holding(s) in Company

Smiths Group PLC
30 January 2002


30 January 2002

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                                    7074219
Bank of New York Nominees Limited                                1225865
Chase Nominees Limited                                          27414769
BT Globenet Nominees Limited                                      268546
Midland Bank plc                                                 7134392
Bankers Trust                                                    2636370
Barclays Bank                                                     921780
Citibank London                                                  1495965
Nortrust Nominees Limited                                        5949062
Royal Bank of Scotland                                             18012
Citibank NA Toronto                                                84080
ROY Nominees Limited                                               40000
Morgan Guaranty                                                    28344
Citibank                                                            9504
Deutsche Bank AG                                                  108644
Lloyds Bank                                                         9292
Deutsche Bank, Mannheim                                             2100
State Street Bank & Trust Co                                       31400
MSS Nominees Limited                                               55300
HSBC Bank plc                                                      13000
Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited                                      373400
KAS UK                                                              4007
Bank One London                                                     9500



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: 30 January 2002 (re interests as at 28 January 2002)

12 Total holding following this notification: 54,907,551 shares

13 Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 9.875%

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: 30 January 2002


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