Total Voting Rights

Smiths Group PLC
20 December 2006

20 DECEMBER 2006

SMITHS GROUP PLC - VOTING RIGHTS AND SHARE CAPITAL

TRANSPARENCY DIRECTIVE TRANSITIONAL PROVISION 6

TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS = 569,816,445

On 20 December 2006 the issued share capital of Smiths Group plc comprised
569,816,445 ordinary shares of 25p each nominal value, all of which have been
admitted to the Official List of the FSA and admitted to trading on the London
Stock Exchange.  Each share has one vote on a poll.  Smiths Group plc does not
hold any shares in treasury.

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in Smiths Group plc is 569,816,445,
which number should be used by shareholders and other parties subject to
disclosure obligations as the denominator for the calculations by which they
determine if they are required to notify their interest in or a change to their
interest in the share capital of Smiths Group plc under the FSA's Disclosure and
Transparency Rules.

Note: Future changes to the number of shares and voting rights in issue will be
announced, via a Regulatory Information Service, in accordance with FSA
requirements, and will show the latest denominator to be used for calculations
required by the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.




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