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NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS/PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL REPONSIBILITY AND CONNECTED PERSONS
SMITH & NEPHEW PLC
19 May 2010
Smith & Nephew plc (the "Company") announces that on 18 May 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 | Joseph DeVivo | David Illingworth | John Campo |
| No. of ADSs1 acquired: | 18 | 5 | 26 | 7 |
| Percentage of issued class acquired: |
Less than 0.01% |
Less than 0.01% |
Less than 0.01% |
Less than 0.01% |
| Date of transaction:
| 12 May 2010 | 12 May 2010 | 12 May 2010 | 12 May 2010 |
| Price per ADS: | US$48.9838 | US$48.9838 | US$48.9838 | US$48.9838 |
| No. of ADSs disposed: |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Percentage of issued class disposed: |
Less than 0.01% |
Less than 0.01 % |
Less than 0.01% |
Less than 0.01% |
| Total holding following notification:
|
8,152 ADSs representing 40,760 Ordinary shares
|
6,425 ADSs representing 32,125 Ordinary shares |
326,733 Ordinary Shares (including 42,031 ADSs) |
1,410 ADSs representing 7,050 Ordinary shares |
| Total percentage holding following notification: |
Less than 0.01% |
Less than 0.01% |
Less than 0.01% |
Less than 0.01% |
These were non-discretionary transactions, which took place in New York, USA.
This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of DTR 3.1.2 R.
Gemma Parsons
Assistant Company Secretary
Tel: 020 7960 2228
1 One ADS is the equivalent of five Ordinary shares of US$.20 each.