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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: 020 7960 2322
1 One ADS is the equivalent of five Ordinary shares of US$.20 each.