Smith & Nephew PLC announces Transaction in Own Shares

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Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:29pm EST 

  LONDON, UK, Jan 15 (MARKET WIRE) -- 
15 January 2008

    Transaction in own shares.

    Smith & Nephew plc announces that on 15 January 2008 it purchased 165,000
ordinary shares of US$0.20 each at a price of 626.7007 pence per share. 
The purchased shares will be held as treasury shares.

    Following the above purchase, Smith & Nephew plc holds 53,197,000 ordinary
shares
in treasury, and has 894,543,620 ordinary shares in issue  (excluding
treasury shares).


Paul Chambers
Company Secretary

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