Smith & Nephew
Corporate

Select your country

Smith & Nephew

Advanced Search
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Innovation & Products
  • Sustainability
  • Investor Centre
  • News & Media
  • Careers
  • Home
  • Investor Centre
  • Dividends
  • Home >
  • Investor Centre >
  • Dividends
  • Q4 Results Centre
  • Corporate Governance
  • Financial Profile
  • Live Financial Data
  • Reports and Results
  • Shareholder Information
  • Dividends
    • Dividend Payment History
    • DRIP Payment History
    • American Depositary Share Payment History
  • Investor Visit
  • Analyst Consensus
  • Analyst Coverage
  • Presentations
  • Investor Relations Contacts
  • Investor FAQ
  • Contact
  • Print
  • Forward

Email this page

close
  1. Mandatory fields are marked with an asterisk [*].

    Tell us who you want to send your mail to Fill in your email details

    Note: Smith & Nephew does not collect or make use of the email addresses or names provided here. They are only used to show the recipient who has sent the message.

    Change your message if you want Change the message if you want to

    1. <recipient name> <address>
    2. <sender name> <address>
    3. <sender name> is sending you a link

    4. <sender name>

    Visitor verfication

Email sent successfully
Error: Check all fields are valid. Exclude special characters from Comments field
Smith
Nephew

Dividends

Annual Report

  • Reports and results

    For detailed financial information you can request a full printed Annual Report or visit our reports and results section using the link below.


Smith & Nephew plc has paid dividends on its Ordinary Shares in each year since 1937. An interim dividend in respect of each fiscal year is normally declared in August and paid in November. Up to 2004 a final dividend for each year was recommended by the Board of Directors in the following February and paid in May after approval by shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting. Following the change in functional currency to US Dollars, dividends are declared in US Dollars with an equivalent amount in Sterling payable to those shareholders whose registered address is in the UK, or who have validly elected to receive Sterling dividends. A second interim dividend replaces the final dividend and is usually payable in May.


Dividend timetable
2009 second interim dividend of 8.93 cents per share will be paid on 12 May 2010. The Sterling equivalent per ordinary share will be set following the record date.
Announcement date:   11 February 2010
Ex-dividend date: 21 April 2010
Record date: 23 April 2010 
Last date for DRIP elections: 23 April 2010
Payment date: 12 May 2010
  • Dividend Payment History

Dividend Re-investment Plan

The Plan allows holders of ordinary shares the opportunity to use their cash dividend to acquire additional shares in Smith & Nephew plc, which are bought in the market at competitive dealing costs. The Plan is administered by Equiniti Limited through its Equiniti Registrars division.

To request a Plan booklet and application form or if you have any questions about how the Plan operates, please contact:

Share Dividend Team                     Tel: 0871 384 2081* 
Equiniti                                              www.shareview.co.uk
Registrars
Aspect House
Spencer Road
Lancing
West Sussex
BN99 6DA

* Calls to this number are charged at 8 per minute from a BT landline. (Other telephone providers costs may vary)

  • DRIP Payment History
  • Click here to view Equiniti Shareview

Payment Direct into your Bank Account

Shareholders can reduce the risk of cheques getting lost in the post and receive cleared funds sooner by having their dividends paid electronically direct into their bank account.  Shareholders should contact the Registrars for a form of mandate (see contact details above).

Receipt of Dividends in Local Currency

Shareholders in certain countries can elect to have their dividends paid direct into their bank account in their local currency. For further information or to download a copy of the relevant form please contact Equiniti (http://www.shareview.co.uk/ShareHolders/Pages/overseaspayments.aspx).

American Depositary Shares

Holders of American Depositary Shares ("ADS") evidenced by American Depositary Receipts ("ADR") are eligible for all dividends or other entitlements attaching to the underlying shares of Smith & Nephew plc and receive all cash dividends in US Dollars. Each ADR represents five Ordinary Shares. The Bank of New York Mellon is the authorised depositary bank for the ADR program.

On 15 December 2003 the ratio of underlying shares represented by ADRs changed from one ADR being equal to ten ordinary shares to one ADR being equal to five ordinary shares.

  • American Depositary Share Payment History
  • ◊ Trademark of Smith & Nephew
  • Accessibility
  • Terms of Use
  • Copyright & Disclaimer