Director/PDMR Shareholding

Smith & Nephew Plc
28 October 2005




28 October 2005





London Stock Exchange



Dear Sirs,



Smith & Nephew plc has been informed today that Mourant & Co. Trustees Limited,
as trustee of The Smith & Nephew Employees' Share Trust has purchased a total of
45,818 ordinary shares in the Company today at a price of 473 pence per share,
representing less than 0.01% of the issued ordinary share capital.



The Trust, which now holds a total of 365,373 shares representing 0.04% of the
issued ordinary share capital of the Company, is a discretionary trust of which
all employees of the Company and its subsidiaries are potential beneficiaries.
Each of the executive directors of the Company is, therefore, interested in the
shares held in the Trust from time to time in the same way as other employees of
the Group.



Yours faithfully,

P. Higgins

Assistant Company Secretary




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