Holding(s) in Company

Smiths Group PLC
26 June 2006

26 JUNE 2006

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

LISTING RULE LR 9.6.7 R

1.       Name of listed company: SMITHS GROUP PLC

2.       Name of shareholder with a major interest:

     (A)           FMR CORP. AND ITS DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES AND

     (B)           FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED AND ITS DIRECT AND INDIRECT
                   SUBSIDIARIES

3.       Please state whether notification indicates that it is regarding the
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above; 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 ON BEHALF OF FMR CORP. AND ITS DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES AND
FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED AND ITS DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES AND MR
EDWARD C JOHNSON 3D, A PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDER OF FMR CORP. AND FIDELITY
INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, OF DISCLOSABLE INTERESTS ARISING UNDER S208(4)(b) OF THE
COMPANIES ACT 1985.

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

State Street Hong Kong                                                 18,500
State Street Bank and Tr Co                                           315,800
Bank of New York Europe Ldn                                         3,221,100
Trust & Cust Srvcs Bk Ltd, Toko                                        21,650
Nomura Trust and Banking                                               36,200
Master Trust Bank of Japan                                            188,500
ING Luxemborug                                                         20,300
Northern Trust London                                                  42,900
National Astl Bk Melbourne                                             62,000
State Street Bank Australia (C                                         91,600
JP Morgan, Bournemouth                                                163,900
Northern Trust London                                                 165,700
State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn                                           204,540
Chase Manhattan Bk AG Frnkfrt (S                                      255,500
Bank of New York Brussels                                             383,810
Brown Bros Harriman Ltd Lux                                           581,400
JP Morgan, Bournemouth                                              4,078,916
Bermuda Trust Far East HK                                             259,304
JP Morgan, Bournemouth                                              7,458,039
Mellon Bank NA                                                         17,900
Investors Bank and Trust                                               11,600
Mellon Bank NA                                                         35,700
Northern Trust London                                                 112,900
Brown Bros Harriman and Co                                            515,800
State Street Bank and Tr Co                                         1,886,490
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                                12,195,310
Royal Trust -Toronto                                                   20,719
CIBC Mellon Trust                                                     167,490
Bank of New York                                                      337,700
JPMorgan Chase                                                        596,600
Mellon Bank NA                                                        651,696
Northern Trust Co                                                     892,264
Brown Bros Harriman and Co                                          1,612,100
State Street Bank and Tr Co                                         2,654,657
Chase Manhattan London                                                  8,800
Dexia Privatbank                                                        9,500
Societe Generale                                                       31,500
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                                    44,600
Chase Manhttn Bk AG Frnkfrt (S                                         82,900
Midland Securities Services                                            99,240
Bankers Trust London                                                  225,180
HSBC Bank plc                                                         460,400
Mellon Bank                                                           918,220
Bank of New York Brussels                                           1,341,069
JP Morgan, Bournemouth                                              1,585,780
State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn (S                                      2,384,519
Northern Trust London                                               3,893,980
JP Morgan, Bournemouth                                             11,786,280

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 listed company informed: 26 JUNE 2006

12.     Total holding following this notification: 62,150,553 SHARES

13.     Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification*:
        10.97%

14.     Any additional information

15.     Name of contact and telephone number for queries: 
        NEIL BURDETT, 020 8457 8229

16.     Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed company
        responsible for making this notification: NEIL BURDETT

17.     Date of notification: 26 JUNE 2006

* any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into
account when calculating percentage


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