RNS No 1649x
SMITHS INDUSTRIES PLC


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

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 and other Norwich Union group companies

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)           8,013,400
Norwich Union Insurance Ltd (SF A/c)              200,000
London & Edinburgh Insurance Company Ltd            5,434
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             600,000
Norwich Union Pensions Management Ltd (No.2 A/c)  600,000

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
228,378 shares

6   Percentage of issued class:
0.073%

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:
6 September 1999

11  Date company informed:
Notification dated 7 September 1999 and received 8 September 1999

12  Total holding following this notification:
9,442,007 shares

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
3.01%

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:
8 September 1999


Additional Information:


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