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Smiths Group PLC18 May 2005 18 May 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 5,900Bank of New York Europe Ldn 1,070,600Bank of New York Brussels 255,400Brown Bros Harriman Ltd Lux 298,692JP Morgan, Bournemouth 299,100National Astl Bk Melbourne 155,800Northern Trust London 64,500State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn 55,800JP Morgan, Bournemouth 4,144,455Brown Bros Harriman and Co 493,501JPMorgan Chase Bank 1,725,400Northern Trust London 50,200State Street Bank and Tr Co 9,700Bank of New York 76,300Brown Bros Harriman and Co 229,100JPMorgan Chase 145,400Mellon Bank NA 11,900Northern Trust Co 113,100State Street Bank and Tr Co 282,499Bank of New York Brussels 916,271Bank of New York Europe Ldn 22,600Bankers Trust London 217,800Chase Manhattan London 5,100Chase Manhttn Bk AG Frnkfrt 36,200Citibank London 224,900Clydesdale Bank PLC 110,900Dexia Privatbank 4,300HSBC Bank plc 174,000JP Morgan, Bournemouth 1,701,800JPMorgan Chase Bank 20,000Mellon Bank 562,800Midland Securities Services 109,300Nordea Bank AB 11,600Northern Trust London 2,199,950State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn 1,202,170 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: 18 May 2005 12. Total holding following this notification: 17,007,038 shares 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 3.02% 14. Any additional information 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries: Neil Burdett, 020 8457 8229 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for makingthis notification: Neil Burdett 17. Date of notification: 18 May 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Smiths Group