Holding(s) in Company

Smiths Group PLC
5 June 2002


05 June 2002

Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1. Name of company: Smiths Group plc

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest: Capital Guardian Trust Company

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 affiliate,
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                                            6,782,611
Bank of New York Nominees Limited                                        1,018,917
Chase Nominees Limited                                                  19,664,788
BT Globenet Nominees Limited                                               312,746
Midland Bank plc                                                         7,286,558
Bankers Trust                                                            2,160,564
Barclays Bank                                                              951,880
Citibank London                                                            743,400
Nortrust Nominees Limited                                                5,676,828
Royal Bank of Scotland                                                      17,212
Citibank NA Toronto                                                         35,680
ROY Nominees Limited                                                        37,800
Deutsche Bank AG                                                             1,400
Deutsche Bank Mannheim                                                       1,200
State Street Bank & Trust Co                                                34,800
MSS Nominees Limited                                                        69,300
HSBC Bank plc                                                               10,000
Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited                                               442,200
RBSTB Nominees Limited                                                       6,500

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: 5 June 2002 (re interests as at 30 May 2002)

12. Total holding following this notification: 45,254,384 shares

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 8.115%

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: 05 June 2002



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