Holding(s) in Company

Smiths Group PLC
31 March 2005

31 March 2005

Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1. Name of company: Smiths Group plc

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest: Barclays PLC

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 Barclays PLC of a notifiable interest through the legal
entities:   Barclays Private Bank Ltd; Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd;
Barclays Global Investors, N.A.; Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd; Barclays
Global Investors Japan Ltd; Barclays Global Fund Advisors; Barclays Capital
Securities Ltd; Barclays Global Investors Ltd; Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd;
Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking; Gerrard Ltd; and Barclays Life
Assurance Co Ltd

4. Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
Registered holder                                  Shares

Bank of Ireland                                    79,702
Barclays Capital Nominees Ltd                      82,186
Barclays Trust Co & Others                         905
Barclays Trust Co as Exec/Adm                      3,708
Barclays Trust Co DMC69                            11,500
Barclays Trust Co E99                              2,007
Barclays Trust Co R69                              54,991
BNP Paribas                                        53,708
Chase Nominees Ltd 16376 a/c                       320,317
Chase Nominees Ltd 20947 a/c                       4,569,428
CIBC Mellon Global Securities                      31,844
Investors Bank and Trust Co.                       7,688,055
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16331 a/c                  177,918
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16338 a/c                  36,439
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16341 a/c                  400,298
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16342 a/c                  68,298
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16344 a/c                  25,077
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16345 a/c                  41,221
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16400 a/c                  6,062,361
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 17011 a/c                  9,245
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 18408 a/c                  31,744
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                1,089,516
Master Trust Bank                                  6,386
Mellon Trust - Boston & SF                         162,052
Mellon Trust of New England                        99,913
Mitsubishi Trust International                     7,769
Northern Trust Bank - BGI SEPA                     262,864
R C Greig Nominees Ltd BL1 a/c                     256,662
R C Greig Nominees Ltd CM1 a/c                     99,745
R C Greig Nominees Ltd GP1 a/c                     224,236
R C Greig Nominees Ltd SA1 a/c                     109,759
Reflex Nominees Ltd                                734
State Street                                       10,171
State Street Bank and Trust Co                     19,620
State Street Boston                                498,333
Sumitomo TB                                        3,029
Wells Fargo Seattle - Wire Ban                     9,551
Zeban Nominees Ltd                                 5,083



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: 31 March 2005 (re interests as at 23 March 2005)

12. Total holding following this notification: 22,616,375 shares

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 4.02%

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: 31 March 2005




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