Holding(s) in Company

Smiths Group PLC
25 October 2004

25 October 2004

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               4,961,301 
Bank of New York Nominees Limited           1,239,647 
Chase Nominees Limited                     16,079,916 
BT Globenet Nominees Limited                  478,914 
Midland Bank plc                            3,929,146 
Bankers Trust                               1,479,552 
Barclays Bank                                 257,166 
Citibank London                                 7,700 
Nortrust Nominees Limited                   3,674,357 
Royal Bank of Scotland                         49,512 
Citibank NA, Toronto                           30,980 
ROY Nominees Limited                           67,100 
Citibank                                        9,500 
Deutsche Bank AG                                1,100 
Deutsche Bank Mannheim                          1,000 
State Street Bank & Trust Co.                  33,000 
MSS Nominees Limited                           36,400 
HSBC Bank plc                                   9,800 
Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited                  992,757 
RBSTB Nominees Limited                          2,100 
Northern Trust                                 30,628 
Cede & Co                                      18,000 
Royal Trust                                     9,900 
HSBC, Kuala Lumpur                             25,300 
JP Morgan Chase Bank                            3,800 


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: 22 October 2004 (re interests as at 20 October 2004)

12. Total holding following this notification: 33,428,576 shares

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 5.95%

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: 25 October 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 are included in the overall interests notified by CGCI from time to
time.

CGCI has disclosed interests in 42,410,246 shares (7.55% of the issued share
capital), as at 20 October 2004, (including the interests of CGTC notified
above).


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