Holding(s) in Company

Smiths Group PLC
22 July 2002


22 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: Franklin Resources, 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 Franklin Resources, Inc. and its affiliates, including Franklin
Mutual Advisors, LLC and Templeton Worldwide, Inc. and its affiliates.

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

Shareholders                                                    Shares

Bankers Trust Company                                          304,320
Bank of New York Europe Limited                                 14,900
Bank of New York, London                                       169,999
Chase Nominees Limited                                      26,023,744
Citibank Nominees Limited                                      105,290
Clydesdale Bank PLC                                            971,025
Deutsche Bank AG                                               112,020
HSBC Bank                                                       70,930
Merrill Lynch                                                  973,380
Morgan Stanley Securities                                          820
Northern Trust Company                                         129,580
Royal Trust Corporation of Canada                            3,136,716
State Street Nominees Limited                                2,075,657

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: 19 July 2002

12 Total holding following this notification: 34,088,381 shares

13 Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 6.106%

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: 22 July 2002




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