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
November 21, 2011
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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reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.]
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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: November 21, 2011
By: /s/ Susan Henderson
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Susan Henderson
Company Secretary
NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS/PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL REPONSIBILITY AND CONNECTED PERSONS
21 November 2011
SMITH & NEPHEW PLC
Smith & Nephew plc announces that it has today been informed of the following transactions by a person discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR") following the vesting of a conditional share award on 19 November 2011 under the Smith & Nephew Global Share Plan 2010 (the "Plan"):
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Name of PDMR
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Number of ordinary shares acquired under vesting (i)
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Number of ordinary shares disposed
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Total holding of ordinary shares following this notification:
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G Kelvin Johnson
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10,626
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4,799
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10,390
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Notes
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(i) The conditional share award was granted under the Plan on 19 November 2010.
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(ii) The market value of ordinary shares acquired and sold on 21 November 2011 was 571.3081p per ordinary share.
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(iii) The ordinary shares were released in London, UK.
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(iv) The percentages of issued share capital acquired, disposed and held following notification are all under 0.01% of the total issued share capital of the Company.
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This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of DTR 3.1.4 R (1)(a)
Gemma Parsons
Deputy Company Secretary
Smith & Nephew plc
Tel: 020 7401 7646