Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1744U

Smith & Nephew Plc

16 December 2011

 



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
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		Invesco Limited
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		15 December 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:		16 December 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		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

ORD USD0.20

44,321,016

44,321,016

44,901,016

5.02%

GB0009223206

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

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

44,901,016

5.02%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Bank of Ireland Dublin - 280,461 Bank of New York - 24,874,730 Bank of New York Mellon - 814,501 Citibank Hong Kong - 197,688 Chase Frankfurt - 51,233 HSBC Bank plc London - 449,390 Japan Trustee Services Bank -92,035 Master Trust Bank JP - 8,342 Societe Generale FR - 41,060 State Street Trust & Banking London - 5,192,046 Trust & Custody Services JP - 2,294 Northern Trust Company London - 106,091 ADR's Ratio 1:5 - 1,860,215 Invesco Advisers Inc - 10,906,298 Invesco PowerShares Capital Management Ltd - 24,632

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:

14. Contact name:

Samantha Edwards

15. Contact telephone number:

01491 416381

Gemma Parsons

Deputy Company Secretary

Smith & Nephew plc

Tel: [phone]

 

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