Holding(s) in Company

Smiths Group PLC
02 November 2004

02 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                                 6,412,922

Bank of New York Nominees Limited                             2,115,729

Chase Nominees Limited                                       16,353,034

BT Globenet Nominees Limited                                    435,414

Midland Bank plc                                              4,021,480

Bankers Trust                                                 1,409,952

Barclays Bank                                                   468,966

Citibank London                                                  42,300

Nortrust Nominees Limited                                     4,272,097

Royal Bank of Scotland                                          132,412

National Westminster Bank                                         6,500

Citibank NA, Toronto                                            242,131

ROY Nominees Limited                                             64,700

Morgan Guaranty                                                  31,800

Citibank                                                         27,104

Deutsche Bank AG                                                175,271

Mellon Bank NA                                                   10,500

Lloyds Bank                                                       8,832

Deutsche Bank Mannheim                                            1,000

State Street Bank & Trust Co.                                   249,533

MSS Nominees Limited                                            34,800

HSBC Bank plc                                                  306,371

Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited                                   916,757

KAS UK                                                           6,507

RBSTB Nominees Limited                                          19,900

Bank One London                                                 21,400

Brown Bros.                                                    107,800

Northern Trust                                                 254,680                                                  
    
Cede & Co                                                       14,400

Royal Trust                                                      9,100

HSBC, Kuala Lumpur                                              23,700
                                                                
JP Morgan Chase Bank                                           189,400

Clydesdale Bank plc                                             11,600

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: 02 November 2004 (re interests as at 29 October 2004)

12. Total holding following this notification: 38,398,092 shares

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 6.834%

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: 02 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 30,004,272 shares (5.340% of the issued share capital) and are
included in the overall interests notified by CGCI and detailed above.


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