FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934
October 28, 2005
Commission File Number 001-14978
SMITH & NEPHEW plc
(Registrant's name)
15 Adam Street
London, England WC2N 6LA
(Address of registrant's principal executive offices)
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reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.]
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1934.]
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Smith & Nephew plc
(Registrant)
Date: October 28, 2005
By: /s/ Paul Chambers
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Paul Chambers
Company Secretary
28 October 2005
London Stock Exchange
Dear Sirs,
Smith & Nephew plc has been informed today that Mourant & Co. Trustees Limited,
as trustee of The Smith & Nephew Employees' Share Trust has purchased a total of
45,818 ordinary shares in the Company today at a price of 473 pence per share,
representing less than 0.01% of the issued ordinary share capital.
The Trust, which now holds a total of 365,373 shares representing 0.04% of the
issued ordinary share capital of the Company, is a discretionary trust of which
all employees of the Company and its subsidiaries are potential beneficiaries.
Each of the executive directors of the Company is, therefore, interested in the
shares held in the Trust from time to time in the same way as other employees of
the Group.
Yours faithfully,
P. Higgins
Assistant Company Secretary