SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

   Report of Foreign Private Issuer

 

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934

January 21, 2010
 
Commission File Number 001-14978
 

SMITH & NEPHEW plc
 (Registrant's name)

15 Adam Street
London, England WC2N 6LA
(Address of registrant's principal executive offices)


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SIGNATURES

 

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 

                                                         Smith & Nephew Plc
                                                 (Registrant)

Date: January 21, 2010
 

                                                                       By:   /s/ Susan Henderson
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                                                 Susan Henderson
                                                 Company Secretary
 

 

 

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.