Holding(s) in Company

Smiths Group PLC
20 August 2004

20 August 2004

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 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          9,730,802 
Bank of New York Nominees Limited      2,766,279 
Chase Nominees Limited                24,383,233 
BT Globenet Nominees Limited             719,814 
Midland Bank plc                       6,347,932 
Bankers Trust                          2,155,052 
Barclays Bank                            603,766 
Citibank London                           47,820 
Nortrust Nominees Limited              5,664,405 
Royal Bank of Scotland                   180,812 
National Westminster Bank                  6,500 
Citibank NA, Toronto                     376,209 
ROY Nominees Limited                      97,500 
Morgan Guaranty                           53,800 
Citibank                                  39,004 
Deutsche Bank AG                         184,500 
Mellon Bank NA                            10,500 
Lloyds Bank                                8,832 
Deutsche Bank Mannheim                     3,600 
State Street Bank & Trust Co.            300,433 
MSS Nominees Limited                      58,300 
HSBC Bank plc                            355,171 
Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited           1,325,557 
KAS UK                                     6,507 
RBSTB Nominees Limited                    33,300 
Bank One London                           21,400 
Brown Bros.                               88,500 
Northern Trust                           247,652 
Cede & Co                                 19,200 
Royal Trust                               13,900 
HSBC, Kuala Lumpur                        37,200 
JP Morgan Chase Bank                     223,800 

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: 19 August 2004 (re interests as at 17 August 2004)

12. Total holding following this notification: 56,111,280 shares

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 9.99%

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: 20 August 2004



Additional Information

Capital Guardian Trust Company ('CGTC') is an affiliate of Capital Group
Companies, Inc. ('CGCI'). The interests of CGTC in the share capital of the
Company amount to 8.065% of the issued share capital and are included in the
overall interests notified by CGCI.


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