Holding(s) in Company

Smiths Group PLC
27 April 2007


TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares




1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of         Smiths Group plc
existing shares to which voting rights are attached:


2. Reason for notification (yes/no)


An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                             Yes


An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition No
of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached


An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                        No


Other (please specify):______________                                                   No


3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification    Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited
obligation:


4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from    Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited,
3):                                                  Credit Suisse International


5. Date of transaction (and date on which the        25.04.2007
threshold is crossed or reached if different):


6. Date on which issuer notified:                    27.04.2007


7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:      3%


8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares


Class/type of    Situation previous to the Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares           triggering transaction
                 Number of    Number of    Number of    Number of voting       Percentage of voting
If possible use  shares       voting       shares       rights                 rights
ISIN code                     rights

                                                        Direct      Indirect   Direct       Indirect
ORD -
GB0008182700
                     n/a          n/a       17,402,054  17,402,054     n/a        3.03%         n/a



B: Financial Instruments


Resulting situation after the triggering transaction


Type of financial    Expiration date      Exercise/ conversion No. of voting rights that Percentage of
instrument                                period/date          may be acquired (if the   voting rights
                                                               instrument exercised/
                                                               converted)





Total (A+B)


Number of voting rights                              Percentage of voting rights


17,402,054                                           3.03%




9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively
held, if applicable:


Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited and Credit Suisse International are part of the Investment Banking division
of Credit Suisse ('CSIBD'), which is part of the Credit Suisse Group ('CSG'). CSIBD is a segregated business unit
within CSG with an independent management structure and exercises its voting rights independently from other divisions
of CSG.




Proxy Voting:


10. Name of proxy holder:


11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:


12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:




13. Additional information:


14 Contact name:                                       Glenda Burford


15. Contact telephone name:                            [phone]






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