Holding(s) in Company

Smiths Group PLC
07 December 2004

07 December 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                                         3,893,140
Bank of New York Nominees Limited                                     1,432,475
Chase Nominees Limited                                                9,068,224
BT Globenet Nominees Limited                                            254,114
Midland Bank plc                                                      2,344,148
Bankers Trust                                                           725,558
Barclays Bank                                                           134,566
Citibank London                                                          27,700
Nortrust Nominees Limited                                             2,537,351
Royal Bank of Scotland                                                   55,812
Citibank NA, Toronto                                                    189,431
ROY Nominees Limited                                                     53,900
Morgan Guaranty                                                          16,400
Citibank                                                                 13,304
Deutsche Bank AG                                                         82,171
Mellon Bank NA                                                           10,500
Lloyds Bank                                                               4,632
State Street Bank & Trust Co.                                           154,533
MSS Nominees Limited                                                     15,400
HSBC Bank plc                                                           138,971
Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited                                            419,428
KAS UK                                                                    3,407
RBSTB Nominees Limited                                                   18,400
Bank One London                                                          11,500
Brown Bros.                                                              52,300
Northern Trust                                                          168,080
Cede & Co                                                                 5,400
HSBC, Kuala Lumpur                                                        7,100
JP Morgan Chase Bank                                                    545,928
Sumitomo Trust & Banking                                                  8,800

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: 07 December 2004 (re interests as at 03 December
2004)

12. Total holding following this notification: 22,392,673 shares

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 3.985%

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: 07 December 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 17,068,608 shares (3.037% of the issued share capital) and are
included in the overall interests notified by CGCI and detailed above.


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