Holding(s) in Company

Smiths Group PLC
05 November 2004

05 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: 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           4,341,501

Bank of New York Nominees Limited       1,033,247 

Chase Nominees Limited                 13,016,136

BT Globenet Nominees Limited              400,614

Midland Bank plc                        3,359,446

Bankers Trust                           1,277,152

Barclays Bank                             215,266

Citibank London                             6,900

Nortrust Nominees Limited               3,259,857

Royal Bank of Scotland                     46,512

Citibank NA, Toronto                       27,780

ROY Nominees Limited                       63,100

Citibank                                    7,900

Deutsche Bank AG                              200

Deutsche Bank Mannheim                      1,000

State Street Bank & Trust Co.              24,900

MSS Nominees Limited                       31,600

HSBC Bank plc                               8,100

Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited              862,857

RBSTB Nominees Limited                      2,100

Northern Trust                             24,428

Cede & Co                                   8,500

Royal Trust                                 8,300

HSBC, Kuala Lumpur                         22,100

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: 05 November 2004(re interests as at 04 November 2004)

12. Total holding following this notification: 28,053,296 shares

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 4.99%

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

CGCI has disclosed interests in 35,666,366 shares (6.35% of the issued share
capital), as at 04 November 2004, (including the interests of CGTC notified
above).


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