Holding(s) in Company

Smiths Group PLC
26 September 2003

26 September 2003

Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1. Name of company: Smiths Group plc

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest: Capital Guardian Trust Company

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 affiliate,
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                                          9,001,137
Bank of New York Nominees Limited                                      1,393,347
Chase Nominees Limited                                                24,204,704
BT Globenet Nominees Limited                                             630,514
Midland Bank plc                                                       7,541,708
Bankers Trust                                                          2,725,064
Barclays Bank                                                          1,144,780
Citibank London                                                        1,026,700
Nortrust Nominees Limited                                              6,713,080
Royal Bank of Scotland                                                    25,212
ROY Nominees Limited                                                     129,400
Deutsche Bank AG                                                           3,400
Deutsche Bank Mannheim                                                     2,400                                        
State Street Bank & Trust Co.                                             62,600
MSS Nominees Limited                                                     107,400
HSBC Bank plc                                                             16,200
Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited                                             930,657
RBSTB Nominees Limited                                                     5,900
                                                                           

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: 25 September 2003 (re interests as at 23 September
2003)

12. Total holding following this notification: 55,664,203 shares

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 9.948%

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 September 2003



Additional Information

Capital Guardian Trust Company ('CGTC') is an affiliate of Capital Group
Companies, Inc. ('CGCI'). The interests of CGTC in the share capital of the
Company are included in the overall interests notified by CGCI from time to
time.

CGCI has disclosed interests in 68,633,140 shares (12.26% of the issued share
capital), as at 23 September 2003, (including the interests of CGTC notified
above).


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