Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 9514F

Smith & Nephew Plc

21 January 2010

 



NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS/PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL REPONSIBILITY AND CONNECTED PERSONS

SMITH & NEPHEW PLC

21 January 2010

Smith & Nephew plc (the "Company") announces that on 20 January 2010 it received notification that the following directors or persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR"), as participants in the Company's Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan"), purchased American Depository Shares ("ADS") as follows:

Name of director/PDMR:	Mark Augusti	Elizabeth Bolgiano	David Illingworth
No. of ADSs1 acquired:	(i) 10 (ii) 142	(i) 16 (ii) 142	18
Percentage of issued class acquired:	Less than 0.01%	Less than 0.01%	Less than 0.01%
Date of transaction:	(i) 3 November 2009 (ii) 31 December 2009	(i) 3 November 2009 (ii) 31 December 2009	3 November 2009
Price per ADS:	(i) US$ 44.64 per ADS (ii) US$ 37.52 per ADS	(i) US$44.64 per ADS (ii) US$37.52 per ADS	US$ 44.64 per ADS
No. of ADSs disposed:	n/a	n/a	n/a
Percentage of issued class disposed:	Less than 0.01%	Less than 0.01 %	Less than 0.01%
Total holding following notification:	5,591 ADSs representing 27,955 Ordinary shares	9,260 ADSs representing 46,300 Ordinary shares	34,401 ADSs representing 172,005 Ordinary shares
Total percentage holding following notification:	Less than 0.01%	Less than 0.01%	Less than 0.01%

These were non-discretionary transactions, which took place in New York, USA.

This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of DTR 3.1.2 R.

Susan Henderson

Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]

¹ One ADS is the equivalent of five Ordinary shares of US$.20 each.

 

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