Smith & Nephew plc
17 December 2010
Smith & Nephew plc - Transaction in Own Shares
Smith & Nephew plc announces that on 17 December 2010 it transferred a total of 13,047 ordinary shares of US$0.20 each to participants of the Smith & Nephew ShareSave Plan and the Smith & Nephew International ShareSave Plan, who had exercised options on that date.
The shares, which were all formerly held as Treasury shares, were transferred as follows:
· 9,943 ordinary shares at an exercise price of 455.5p per share; and
· 3,104 ordinary shares at an exercise price of 425p per share.
Following the above transactions, Smith & Nephew plc holds 62,720,798 ordinary shares in treasury, and has 889,960,217 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
Gemma Parsons
Deputy Company Secretary