Holding(s) in Company

Smiths Group PLC
14 March 2006

14 MARCH 2006

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

LISTING RULE LR 9.6.7 R

1. Name of listed company: SMITHS GROUP PLC

2. Name of shareholder with a major interest:

(A)          FMR CORP. AND ITS DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES AND

(B)          FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED AND ITS DIRECT AND INDIRECT
SUBSIDIARIES

3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is regarding the holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above; 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 ON BEHALF OF FMR CORP. AND ITS DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES AND
FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED AND ITS DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES AND MR
EDWARD C JOHNSON 3D, A PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDER OF FMR CORP. AND FIDELITY
INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, OF DISCLOSABLE INTERESTS ARISING UNDER S208(4)(b) OF THE
COMPANIES ACT 1985.

4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
STATE STREET HONG KONG                                               13,400
STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO                                         315,800
BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE LDN                                      2,337,300
TRUST & CUST SRVCS BK LTD, TOKO                                      23,800
NOMURA TRUST AND BANKING                                             31,600
MASTER TRUST BANK OF JAPAN                                          191,800
ING LUXEMBORUG                                                       20,300
NORTHERN TRUST LONDON                                                44,900
NATIONAL ASTL BK MELBOURNE                                           62,700
STATE STREET BANK AUSTRALIA (C                                       97,000
JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH                                              163,900
NORTHERN TRUST LONDON                                               178,100
STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN                                         202,660
CHASE MANHATTAN BK AG FRNKFRT (S                                    255,500
BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS                                           384,300
BROWN BROS HARRIMAN LTD LUX                                         441,060
JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH                                            3,298,776
BERMUDA TRUST FAR EAST HK                                           262,804
JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH                                            5,615,239
MELLON BANK NA                                                       17,500
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST                                              9,600
NORTHERN TRUST CO                                                    28,100
CITIBANK NA                                                          58,000
NORTHERN TRUST LONDON                                               112,900
MELLON BANK NA                                                      293,400
BROWN BROS HARRIMAN AND CO                                        1,302,600
STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO                                       2,114,100
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                              13,966,804
ROYAL TRUST -TORONTO                                                 23,900
CIBC MELLON TRUST                                                   186,590
BANK OF NEW YORK                                                    332,000
JPMORGAN CHASE                                                      592,500
MELLON BANK NA                                                      720,896
NORTHERN TRUST CO                                                 1,053,500
BROWN BROS HARRIMAN AND CO                                        1,614,200
STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO                                       3,178,743
CHASE MANHATTAN LONDON                                                8,800
DEXIA PRIVATBANK                                                      9,500
SOCIETE GENERALE                                                     28,000
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                                  44,600
MIDLAND SECURITIES SERVICES                                          71,100
CHASE MANHTTN BK AG FRNKFRT (S                                       82,900
CLYDESDALE BANK PLC                                                 110,200
BANKERS TRUST LONDON                                                158,800
HSBC BANK PLC                                                       344,200
MELLON BANK                                                       1,058,900
BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS                                         1,649,269
JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH                                            1,799,800
STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S                                    2,162,699
NORTHERN TRUST LONDON                                             3,841,430

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 listed company informed: 14 MARCH 2006

12. Total holding following this notification: 50,916,470 SHARES

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification*: 9.00%

14. Any additional information

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries: NEIL BURDETT, 020 8457
8229

16. Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed company
responsible for making this notification: NEIL BURDETT

17. Date of notification: 14 MARCH 2006

* any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into
account when calculating percentage


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