Holding(s) in Company

Smiths Group PLC
11 March 2002

11 March 2002

           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 Guardian Trust Company, Capital International Limited, Capital
International S.A., Capital International, Inc. and Capital Research and
Management 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                                       6612285
Bank of New York Nominees Limited                                   1160943
Chase Nominees Limited                                             23194218
BT Globenet Nominees Limited                                         281146
Midland Bank plc                                                    6934392
Bankers Trust                                                       2341852
Barclays Bank                                                        871380
Citibank London                                                      877065
Nortrust Nominees Limited                                           5683494
Royal Bank of Scotland                                                16112
Citibank NA Toronto                                                   82480
ROY Nominees Limited                                                  35400
Morgan Guaranty                                                       30044
Citibank                                                               9504
Deutsche Bank AG                                                     109544
Lloyds Bank                                                            6392
Deutsche Bank, Mannheim                                                2100
State Street Bank & Trust Co                                          43400
MSS Nominees Limited                                                  54300
HSBC Bank plc                                                         23000
Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited                                         435400
KAS UK                                                                 4007
Bank One London                                                       10200



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: 11 March 2002 (re interests as at 7 March 2002)

12 Total holding following this notification: 48,818,658 shares

13 Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 8.779%

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: 11 March 2002



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