Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6896K

Smith & Nephew Plc

23 April 2010

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:						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:						Newton Investment Management Ltd
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:						22/04/2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:						23/04/2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:						Increase from 4.99% to 5.06%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
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
				Direct	Direct		Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Sedol 0922320	44,371,396		4.99%	N/A	N/A		44,963,157	N/A	5.06%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Expiration date		Exercise/ Conversion Period		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
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price		Expiration date		Exercise/ Conversion period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
							Nominal		Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights						Percentage of voting rights
44,963,157						5.06%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Newton Investment Management Limited hold these shares as a discretionary Investment Manager.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	N/A
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Asif S Lalani
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7163 5115

Gemma Parsons

Assistant Company Secretary

020 7401 7646

 

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