Holding(s) in Company

Smiths Group PLC
29 June 2004


29 June 2004


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 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                                       10,154,802
Bank of New York Nominees Limited                                    2,907,098
Chase Nominees Limited                                              26,570,904
BT Globenet Nominees Limited                                           719,814
Midland Bank plc                                                     6,806,632
Bankers Trust                                                        2,229,652
Barclays Bank                                                          603,766
Citibank London                                                         59,120
Nortrust Nominees Limited                                            5,898,545
Royal Bank of Scotland                                                 217,112
National Westminster Bank                                                6,500
Citibank NA, Toronto                                                   376,209
ROY Nominees Limited                                                   121,800
Morgan Guaranty                                                         62,544
Citibank                                                                43,104
Deutsche Bank AG                                                       184,500
Mellon Bank NA                                                          10,500
Lloyds Bank                                                              8,832
Deutsche Bank Mannheim                                                  18,100
State Street Bank & Trust Co.                                          393,433
MSS Nominees Limited                                                    58,300
HSBC Bank plc                                                          376,171
Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited                                         1,387,657
KAS UK                                                                   6,507
RBSTB Nominees Limited                                                  33,300
Bank One London                                                         21,400
Brown Bros.                                                             52,200
Northern Trust                                                         220,252
Cede & Co                                                               26,300
Royal Trust                                                             13,900
HSBC, Kuala Lumpur                                                      37,200
JP Morgan Chase Bank                                                   182,600

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: 29 June 2004 (re interests as at 25 June 2004)


12. Total holding following this notification: 59,808,754 shares


13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
10.657%

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: 29 June 2004



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 amount to 8.651% of the issued share capital and are included in the
overall interests notified by CGCI.


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