Holding(s) in Company

Smiths Group PLC
18 October 2004

18 October 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                        7,469,822
Bank of New York Nominees Limited                    2,460,679
Chase Nominees Limited                              19,933,160
BT Globenet Nominees Limited                           511,914
Midland Bank plc                                     4,595,128
Bankers Trust                                        1,612,952
Barclays Bank                                          513,966
Citibank London                                         47,020
Nortrust Nominees Limited                            4,638,705
Royal Bank of Scotland                                 145,812
National Westminster Bank                                6,500
Citibank NA, Toronto                                   273,489
ROY Nominees Limited                                   70,300
Morgan Guaranty                                        31,800
Citibank                                               32,604
Deutsche Bank AG                                      177,671
Mellon Bank NA                                         10,500
Lloyds Bank                                             8,832
Deutsche Bank Mannheim                                  1,000
State Street Bank & Trust Co.                         263,433
MSS Nominees Limited                                   39,600
HSBC Bank plc                                         322,971
Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited                        1,050,757
KAS UK                                                  6,507
RBSTB Nominees Limited                                 22,300
Bank One London                                        21,400
Brown Bros.                                           116,500
Northern Trust                                        264,880
Cede & Co                                              18,000
Royal Trust                                            11,500
HSBC, Kuala Lumpur                                     26,100
JP Morgan Chase Bank                                  196,800
Clydesdale Bank plc                                    11,600


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: 15 October 2004 (re interests as at 14 October 2004)

12. Total holding following this notification: 44,914,202 shares

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 7.994%

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: 18 October 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 6.314% of the issued share capital and are included in the
overall interests notified by CGCI.





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