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Smiths Group PLC21 June 2005 21 June 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company: Smiths Group plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest: (A) FMR Corp. and its direct andindirect subsidiaries and (B) Fidelity International Limited and its direct andindirect subsidiaries 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interestor in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person'sspouse or children under the age of 18 Notification on behalf of FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries andFidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries and MrEdward C Johnson 3d, the principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and FidelityInternational Limited, of disclosable interests arising under s208(4)(b) of theCompanies Act 1985. 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of themState Street Hong Kong 8,100State Street Bank and Tr Co 103,600Bank of New York Europe Ldn 1,434,300Bank of New York Brussels 328,100Brown Bros Harriman Ltd Lux 276,183JP Morgan, Bournemouth 348,900National Astl Bk Melbourne 218,600Northern Trust London 91,200State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn 61,200JP Morgan, Bournemouth 5,479,640Brown Bros Harriman and Co 707,701JPMorgan Chase Bank 2,725,400Northern Trust London 70,500State Street Bank and Tr Co 984,500Bank of New York 102,000Brown Bros Harriman and Co 321,000JPMorgan Chase 206,000Mellon Bank NA 17,600Northern Trust Co 158,400State Street Bank and Tr Co 444,099Bank of New York Brussels 1,483,271Bank of New York Europe Ldn 39,000Bankers Trust London 217,800Chase Manhattan London 6,900Chase Manhttn Bk AG Frnkfrt 49,700Citibank London 37,900Clydesdale Bank PLC 142,100Dexia Privatbank 5,900HSBC Bank plc 177,500JP Morgan, Bournemouth 1,857,000JPMorgan Chase Bank 27,800Mellon Bank 681,200Midland Securities Services 109,300Northern Trust London 2,685,050State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn 1,275,670 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: 21 June 2005 12. Total holding following this notification: 22,883,114 shares 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 4.06% 14. Any additional information 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries: Neil Burdett, 020 84578229 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for makingthis notification: Neil Burdett 17. Date of notification: 21 June 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Smiths Group