Holding(s) in Company

Smith & Nephew Plc 17 December 2004 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company SMITH & NEPHEW PLC 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest FMR Corp and Fidelity International Limited 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 Non-beneficial interest 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them Master Trust Bank of Japan 65,400 Bank of New York Brussels 60,800 Brown Brothers Harriman Ltd LUX 584,622 JP Morgan Bournemouth 12,470 State Street Bank & Trust Company London 82,142 JP Morgan Bournemouth 993,102 Brown Brothers Harriman & Co 23,432,767 JP Morgan Chase Bank 22,278,705 State Street Bank & Trust Company 2,723,460 Mellon Bank N.A. 8,460 State Street Bank & Trust Company 620,800 Fidelity Investments International 853,900 Bank of New York Brussels 1,298,366 Bankers Trust London 218,427 Citibank 203,754 Clydesdale Bank plc 96,500 JP Morgan Bournemouth 507,400 Mellon Bank 561,575 Midland Securities Services 109,727 Northern Trust London 1,193,126 State Street Bank & Trust Company London 281,300 The following shares are from the assumed conversion of 642,550 ADRs (5 ordinary shares per ADR): HSBC 642,500 JP Morgan Chase 50 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired 6. Percentage of issued class 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed 8,655,287 8. Percentage of issued class 0.92% 9. Class of security Ordinary Shares of 12 2/9p 10. Date of transaction 15.12.2004 11. Date company informed 17.12.2004 12. Total holding following this notification 56,829,353 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 6.06% 14. Any additional information 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Kate Cummins - Company Secretarial Assistant 0207 960 2251 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Phil Higgins - Assistant Company Secretary Date of notification 17.12.2004 The FSA does not give any express or implied warranty as to the accuracy of this document or material and does not accept any liability for error or omission. The FSA is not liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of business or loss of profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwise from the use of or inability to use this document, or any material contained in it, or from any action or decision taken as a result of using this document or any such material. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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