Holding(s) in Company

Smiths Group PLC
17 November 2004

17 November 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                    5,594,322

Bank of New York Nominees Limited                1,849,812

Chase Nominees Limited                           13,585,474

BT Globenet Nominees Limited                     384,514

Midland Bank plc                                 3,538,166

Bankers Trust                                    1,231,072

Barclays Bank                                    301,966

Citibank London                                  33,100

Nortrust Nominees Limited                        3,586,575

Royal Bank of Scotland                           121,712

National Westminster Bank                        6,500

Citibank NA, Toronto                             198,731

ROY Nominees Limited                             61,700

Morgan Guaranty                                  30,800

Citibank                                         21,204

Deutsche Bank AG                                 169,771

Mellon Bank NA                                   10,500

Lloyds Bank                                      8,732

State Street Bank & Trust Co.                    184,733

MSS Nominees Limited                             30,900

HSBC Bank plc                                    292,171

Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited                     805,157

KAS UK                                           6,407

RBSTB Nominees Limited                           18,400

Bank One London                                  21,400

Brown Bros.                                      248,000

Northern Trust                                   277,289

Cede & Co                                        5,400

Royal Trust                                      8,300

HSBC, Kuala Lumpur                               20,600

JP Morgan Chase Bank                             880,828

Sumitomo Trust & Banking                         18,600



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: 16 November 2004 (re interests as at 12 November
2004)

12. Total holding following this notification: 33,552,836 shares

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 5.97%

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: 17 November 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 26,340,025 shares (4.69% of the issued share capital) and are
included in the overall interests notified by CGCI and detailed above.


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