Smith & Nephew PLC - Major Shareholding Notification 2014

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RNS Number : 5790T

Smith & Nephew Plc

06 October 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			X
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii	BlackRock, Inc.
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	3rd October 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:	6th October 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	Holding has gone above 5%


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
GB0009223206	N/A				N/A		N/A		N/A			42,871,909	N/A			4.80%

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
CFD											203,216			Nominal			Delta
0.02%			0.02%
TR SWAP											2,446			0.00%			0.00%
Equity Linked Note				28th Oct 2014				Monthly			539,600			0.06%			0.06%
Equity Linked Note				29th Oct 2014				Monthly			539,600			0.06%			0.06%
Equity Linked Note				30th Oct 2014				Monthly			321,060			0.04%			0.04%
Equity Linked Note				31st Oct 2014				Monthly			218,540			0.02%			0.02%


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 44,696,371 (5.00%)

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:	BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team
14. Contact name:	Tim Dudley
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7743 1540

Vickie Grady

Deputy Company Secretary

Smith & Nephew plc

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7401 7646

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