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Smith & Nephew Plc14 January 2005 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 holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interestor in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person'sspouse 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 ofshares held by each of them Master Trust Bank of Japan 65,400Bank of New York Brussels 60,800Brown Brothers Harriman Ltd LUX 631,522BNP Paribas, Paris 3,400JP Morgan Bournemouth 17,970State Street Bank & Trust Company London 82,142JP Morgan Bournemouth 1,079,902Brown Brothers Harriman & Co 18,456,067JP Morgan Chase Bank 20,145,105State Street Bank & Trust Company 2,686,160Mellon Bank N.A. 8,460State Street Bank & Trust Company 605,900Bank of New York Brussels 912,248Bankers Trust London 195,427Citibank London 181,254Clydesdale Bank plc 90,900JP Morgan Bournemouth 456,400Mellon Bank 516,675Midland Securities Services 98,127Northern Trust London 1,095,026State Street Bank & Trust Company London 248,700 The following shares are from the assumed conversion of 642,550 ADRs (5 ordinary shares per ADR): HSBC 642,500JP Morgan Chase 50 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired 6. Percentage of issued class 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed 17,204,505 8. Percentage of issued class 1.83% 9. Class of security Ordinary Shares of 12 2/9p 10. Date of transaction 13.01.2005 11. Date company informed 14.01.2005 12. Total holding following this notification 48,280,135 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 5.15% 14. Any additional information 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Kate Cummins - Company Secretarial Assistant0207 960 2251 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for makingthis notification Kate Cummins - Company Secretarial Assistant Date of notification 14.01.2005 The FSA does not give any express or implied warranty as to the accuracy of thisdocument or material and does not accept any liability for error or omission.The FSA is not liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damagesfor loss of business or loss of profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwisefrom the use of or inability to use this document, or any material contained init, or from any action or decision taken as a result of using this document orany such material. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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