Holding(s) in Company

Smiths Group PLC
06 June 2005


06 June 2005


SCHEDULE 10

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company: Smiths Group plc

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest: Legal & General Group 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 Legal & General Investment Management Limited re the notifiable
interests of Legal & General Group plc and/or its subsidiaries.

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

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 914945             206,125
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 923363              41,479
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 775245           2,284,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 886615             583,252
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 770286             123,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 357206          14,519,886
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 866197              99,191
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 904332             102,400
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 969995             391,100
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 754612             162,656
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 361602              16,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 282605             959,700
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 360509             840,992
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 766793             145,100
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 824434               9,064
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 924422             172,600

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: 03 June 2006

12. Total holding following this notification: 20,656,545

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 3.668%

14. Any additional information

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries: Neil Burdett, 020 8457
8229

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification: Neil Burdett

17. Date of notification: 06 June 2005


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