RIS Announcement -Award grant Smith & Nephew Plc ("the Company") Employee Share Plans - Announcement of transaction in ordinary shares of USUSD0.20 each The Company announces that on 27 August 2009 conditional awards were made under the Company's 2004 Performance Share Plan, 2001 UK Approved Share Option Plan and 2001 UK Unapproved Share Option Plan to persons discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMR") as detailed in the tables below. No consideration is payable for the awards. PERFORMANCE SHARE PLAN ("PSP") Total Number of Shares over which awards held under Name PDMR Number of shares the PSP following subject to award Notification Nassem Amin PDMR 17,321 ordinary 17,321 ordinary shares shares 2001 UK APPROVED SHARE OPTION AND 2001 UK UNAPPROVED SHARE PLANS Share Number of Option Total Number of Shares Option Ordinary shares Price over which Options held Plan subject to following Notification Name PDMR award Nassem PDMR UK 5,859 ordinary 512p 23,094 ordinary shares Amin Approved shares Plan UK 17,235 ordinary 512p Unapproved shares Plan Notes: 1 There are performance conditions attached to the release of the award under the Performance Share Plan, and the award will vest, subject to the achievement of the performance conditions which are measured from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2011, on 27 August 2012. 2 The options granted under the UK Approved and Unapproved Share Option Plans will vest three years from the award date, subject to the attainment of the relevant performance conditions and will be exercisable from 27 August 2012 to 26 August 2019. 3 The transaction took place in London, UK 4 This announcement is made following notifications under Disclosure Rule 3.1.2. Contact: Gemma Parsons Assistant Company Secretary Telephone: 020 7401 7646 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange END
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