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: +44 (0)20 7401 7646


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