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Smiths Group PLC18 March 2005 18 March 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company: Smiths Group plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest: Franklin Resources, Inc. 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 by Franklin Resources, Inc. and its affiliates which includesFranklin Mutual Advisers, LLC and Templeton Worldwide, Inc. and its affiliates. 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of themBank of New York Europe Limited 13,000Bank of New York, London 1,045,812Chase Nominees Limited 43,898,832Citibank Nominees Limited 703,503Clydesdale Bank PLC 583,210Euroclear 31,240HSBC Bank 768,611Mellon Bank 1,273,149Merrill Lynch 1,243,400Northern Trust Company 1,370,084Royal Trust Corporation of Canada 2,526,634State Street Nominees Limited 6,793,671 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 March 2005 12. Total holding following this notification: 60,251,146 shares 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:10.710% 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: 18 March 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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