Smith & Nephew PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2014

Jan 13, 2014

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RNS Number : 5477X

Smith & Nephew Plc

13 January 2014

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii				Smith & Nephew plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights					X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		Invesco Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		10 January 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:		13 January 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		From 11% in to 10%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction						Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of Shares			Number of Voting Rights			Number of shares		Number of voting rights			% of  voting rights x
Direct		Direct xi		Indirect xii	Direct			Indirect
ORD USD0.20	107,823,255			107,823,255							97,047,147				10.87%
GB0009223206
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument			Expiration date xiii		Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv					Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.				% of voting rights
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Exercise price		Expiration date xvii		Exercise/ Conversion period xviii			Number of voting rights instrument refers to				% of voting rights xix, xx
													Nominal			Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights								Percentage of voting rights
97,047,147								10.87%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Invesco Advisers Inc - 14908,272 Invesco Canada Ltd & Invesco Advisers Inc - 877,876 Invesco Asset Management Limited - 19,351,752 Invesco Asset Management Japan Ltd - 58,234 Invesco Fund Managers Ltd - 58,027,403 Invesco Asset Management GmbH (Germany) - 51,233 Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC - 117,850 Invesco GT Management S.A - 77,127 ADR's Ratio 1:5: Invesco Advisers Inc - 3,577,400
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Tony Perry
15. Contact telephone number:	01491 41

Gemma Parsons

Deputy Company Secretary

Smith & Nephew plc

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7401 7646

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