RNS Number:9663J
Smiths Industries PLC
3 May 2000


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
Smiths Industries plc

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
Norwich Union plc (as ultimate holding company of the Norwich Union group of
companies)

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 of material interest in shares issued on behalf of Norwich Union
plc (as ultimate holding company of the Norwich Union group of companies) and
the other companies referred to below

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
Norwich Union Life & Pensions (B A/c)            6,788,400
Norwich Union Insurance Ltd (SF A/c)               200,000
London & Edinburgh Insurance Company Ltd            21,444
Norwich Union Life Insurance Ireland Ltd 
Consensus - Equity Fund                             10,972
Norwich Union Life Insurance Ireland Ltd 
Consensus - Staff Pension Fund                       2,644
Norwich Union Life Australia Ltd Stat Fund 2         7,998
Norwich Union Life Australia Ltd Stat Fund 3         1,559
Norwich Union Pensions Management Ltd (No 1 A/c) 1,600,000
Norwich Union Pensions Management Ltd (No.2 A/c)   900,000

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
300,000 shares

6   Percentage of issued class:
0.095%

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
0

8   Percentage of issued class:
n/a

9   Class of security:
Ordinary shares of 25p

10  Date of transaction:
28 April 2000

11  Date company informed:
2 May 2000

12  Total holding following this notification:
9,533,017 shares

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
3.02%

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:
3 May 2000


Additional Information:


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