RNS Number:7785H
Smiths Industries PLC
22 March 2000





Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
Smiths Industries plc

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
Not disclosed in notification

3   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial
interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that
person's spouse or children under the age of 18:
Notification indicates it is in respect of the holdings of Norwich Union plc
and the Norwich Union Group of Companies

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
Not disclosed in notification

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
0

6   Percentage of issued class:
n/a

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
200,000 shares

8   Percentage of issued class:
0.063%

9   Class of security:
Ordinary shares of 25p

10  Date of transaction:
21 March 2000

11  Date company informed:
22 March 2000

12  Total holding following this notification:
Not disclosed in notification

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
Not disclosed in notification

14  Contact name for queries:
Neil Burdett

15 Contact telephone number:
020 8457 8229

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
Neil Burdett

17  Date of notification:
22 March 2000



Additional Information:
Norwich Union Investment Management Limited, on behalf of Norwich Union plc,
has notified the Company, pursuant to s198 Companies Act 1985, as amended,
that, following the sale of 200,000 shares, the Norwich Union Group of
Companies no longer has a material interest in the Company's share capital.

END

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