Holding(s) in Company

Smiths Group PLC
30 July 2002

30 July 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 Research and Management Company, Capital International S.A.,
Capital International Limited, Capital International, Inc. and Capital Guardian
Trust 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                                           13,199,320
Bank of New York Nominees Limited                                        1,528,735
Chase Nominees Limited                                                  25,313,043
BT Globenet Nominees Limited                                               579,614
Midland Bank plc                                                         8,640,092
Bankers Trust                                                            2,455,964
Barclays Bank                                                            1,157,980
Citibank London                                                            950,665
Nortrust Nominees Limited                                                6,658,110
Royal Bank of Scotland                                                      22,012
Citibank NA Toronto                                                         94,679
ROY Nominees Limited                                                        66,800
Morgan Guaranty                                                              6,944
Citibank                                                                     9,504
Deutsche Bank AG                                                            39,500
Lloyds Bank                                                                 10,792
Deutsche Bank Mannheim                                                      31,400
State Street Bank & Trust Co                                               230,400
MSS Nominees Limited                                                        91,000
HSBC Bank plc                                                               36,700
Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited                                               719,157
KAS UK                                                                       6,507
RBSTB Nominees Limited                                                       9,700
Chase Manhattan Nominee Limited Australia                                    4,741
Brown Bros.                                                                 17,900


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 July 2002 (re interests as at 26 July 2002)

12. Total holding following this notification: 61,881,259 shares

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:  11.084%

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 July 2002


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