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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. A second interim dividend replaces the final dividend. For the second interim dividend payable on 11 May 2007, all shareholders will receive this dividend in sterling.

Dividend timetable

2007 first interim dividend of 4.51 cents per share (22.55 cents per ADS):

Announcement date:	2 August 2007
Ex-dividend date:	17 October 2007
Record date:	19 October 2007
Last date for DRIP elections:	24 October 2007
Payment date:	9 November 2007

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 Bank Plc 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: 0870 241 3018
Equiniti www.shareview.co.uk
Registrars
The Causeway
Worthing
West Sussex
BN99 6DA

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 (TAPS). There is a fee, currently £2.50 for each dividend paid through TAPS. Shareholders should contact the Registrars for further details and an application form (see contact details above).

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 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