Director/PDMR Shareholding

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Smith & Nephew plc announced on April 16, 2026, that awards of ordinary shares were granted on April 15, 2026, under the company's RISE Share Plan. These awards, valued at nil cost, were made to persons discharging managerial responsibilities (PDMRs), including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, with each receiving 50 ordinary shares of US$0.20 each. This notification is an initial disclosure under the UK Market Abuse Regulation.

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Smith & Nephew Plc
16 April 2026
 

SMITH & NEPHEW PLC

 

16 April 2026

 

NOTIFICATION AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THEM

 

This announcement is made in accordance with the UK Market Abuse Regulation (Regulation (EU) 596/2014, as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018).

 

AWARD MADE UNDER THE SMITH & NEPHEW PLC RISE SHARE PLAN

 

As a part of RISE strategy, the following awards of US$0.20 ordinary shares (the "Shares") in Smith & Nephew plc (the "Company") were granted on 15 April 2026, under the Company's RISE Share Plan, a sub-plan of the Smith & Nephew plc Restricted Share Plan 2024.

 

Reason for the notification

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial notification

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

Name

Smith & Nephew plc

LEI

213800ZTMDN8S67S1H61

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

 

Smith & Nephew plc Ordinary Shares of USD 0.20 each

 

Identification code

ISIN: GB0009223206

Nature of the transaction

Awards granted on 15 April 2026 under the Smith & Nephew plc RISE Share Plan.

Date of Transaction

2026 - 04 - 15

Place of Transaction

Grant took place outside a trading venue

 

 

Name

(Position)

Status

Price (£)

Volume

Aggregated information

Deepak Nath

(Chief Executive Officer)

PDMR

Nil

50

N/A Single Transaction

John Rogers

(Chief Financial Officer)

PDMR

Nil

50

N/A Single Transaction

Helen Barraclough

(Group General Counsel and Company Secretary)

PDMR

Nil

50

N/A Single Transaction

Paul Connolly

(President, Global Operations)

PDMR

Nil

50

N/A Single Transaction

Ajay Dhankhar

(Chief Strategy & Corporate Development Officer)

PDMR

Nil

50

N/A Single Transaction

Craig Gaffin

(President Global Orthopaedics)

PDMR

Nil

50

N/A Single Transaction

Rohit Kashyap

(President AWM and Global Commercial Operations)

PDMR

Nil

50

N/A Single Transaction

Mizanu Kebede

(Chief Quality & Regulatory Affairs Officer)

PDMR

Nil

50

N/A Single Transaction

Elga Lohler

(Chief HR Officer)

PDMR

Nil

50

N/A Single Transaction

Vasant Padmanabhan

(President Research & Development, ENT & Emerging Markets)

PDMR

Nil

50

N/A Single Transaction

Alison Parkes

(Chief Compliance Officer)

PDMR

Nil

50

N/A Single Transaction

Scott Schaffner

(Global President Sports Medicine)

PDMR

Nil

50

N/A Single Transaction

 

 

 

Philip Horner

Deputy Company Secretary

Smith & Nephew plc

 

Tel:  +44 (0)1923 477100

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