Holding(s) in Company

Smiths Group PLC
30 October 2007


Form TR-1 with annex. FSA Version 2.1 updated April 2007


TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of
existing shares to which voting rights are attached:
                                                                         SMITHS GROUP PLC
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                  Yes

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition
of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):______________

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification    Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)
obligation:

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from    Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management)
3):                                                  Limited (PMC)

5. Date of transaction (and date on which the        17 October 2007
threshold is crossed or reached if different):

6. Date on which issuer notified:                    30 October 2007

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:      from 3% to 4%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares


Class/type of    Situation previous to the Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares           triggering transaction
                 Number of    Number of    Number of    Number of voting       Percentage of voting
If possible use  shares       voting       shares       rights                 rights
ISIN code                     rights

                                                        Direct      Indirect   Direct        Indirect
ORD -
GB00B1WY2338
                 19,713,681   19,713,681   15,685,439   15,685,439             4.05
                 (Previously  (Previously
                 disclosed on disclosed on
                 25p shares)  25p shares)

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial    Expiration date      Exercise/ conversion No. of voting rights that Percentage of
instrument                                period/date          may be acquired (if the   voting rights
                                                               instrument exercised/
                                                               converted)





Total (A+B)


Number of voting rights                              Percentage of voting rights

15,685,439                                           4.05


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively
held, if applicable:

Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group)

Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct
and Indirect)

Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM)

                   Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (15,685,439 - 4.05% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)

Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited       Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct)
(Direct) (LGIMHD) (13,596,144 - 3.51% = PMC)                   (LGIH)

Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited  (PMC) Legal & General Assurance Society Limited  (LGAS & LGPL)
(13,596,144 - 3.51% = PMC)
                                                               Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct)  (LGPL)


Proxy Voting:


10. Name of proxy holder:                            N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:                                             N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:                                       N/A


13. Additional information:                           Notification using the total voting rights figure of
                                                      386,449,102

                                                      Please note this notification has been delayed due to
                                                      the large number of disclosures required following a
                                                      substantial amount of new business which has come to
                                                      LGIM in the form of an in-specie transfer.

14 Contact name:                                      Helen Lewis (LGIM)

15. Contact telephone name:                           020 3124 3851




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