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Smith & Nephew plc
23 December 2009
Smith & Nephew plc - Transaction in Own Shares
Smith & Nephew plc announces that today it transferred a total of 14,237 ordinary shares of US$0.20 each to participants of the Smith & Nephew ShareSave Plan and the Smith & Nephew International ShareSave Plan, who had exercised options following maturity on 1 November 2009.
The shares, which were all formerly held as Treasury shares, were transferred as follows:
11,069 ordinary shares at an exercise price of 348p per share;
1,676 ordinary shares at an exercise price of 394p per share; and
1,492 ordinary shares at an exercise price of 432p per share.
Following the above transactions, Smith & Nephew plc holds 64,779,855 ordinary shares in treasury, and has 886,143,279 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
Susan Henderson
Company Secretary