Holding(s) in Company

Smiths Group PLC
7 June 2002

07 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: 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 Research and Management Company, Capital International S.A.,
Capital International Limited, Capital International, Inc. and 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                                          8,415,380
Bank of New York Nominees Limited                                      1,311,213
Chase Nominees Limited                                                22,085,676
BT Globenet Nominees Limited                                             318,746
Midland Bank plc                                                       7,514,292
Bankers Trust                                                          2,220,464
Barclays Bank                                                            981,480
Citibank London                                                          829,465
Nortrust Nominees Limited                                              5,971,058
Royal Bank of Scotland                                                    17,612
Citibank NA Toronto                                                       73,479
ROY Nominees Limited                                                      38,600
Morgan Guaranty                                                           3,,344
Citibank                                                                   9,504
Deutsche Bank AG                                                          22,000
Lloyds Bank                                                                8,392
Deutsche Bank Mannheim                                                    30,200
State Street Bank & Trust Co                                              85,100
MSS Nominees Limited                                                      71,700
HSBC Bank plc                                                             21,900
Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited                                             456,200
KAS UK                                                                     4,007
RBSTB Nominees Limited                                                     6,900
Chase Manhattan Nominee Limited Australia                                  4,741
                                                          

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: 07 June 2002 (re interests as at 05 June 2002)

12. Total holding following this notification: 50,501,453 shares

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 9.055%

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: 07 June 2002


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