# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000845982
**File Stem:** 0001654954-26-003575
**Filing Date:** 2026-4
**Character Count:** 5670
**Document Hash:** 9be554cdae9e92f92d0dc52dff19b9ae
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001654954-26-003575.hdr.sgml**: 20260416

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001654954-26-003575

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 6-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260416

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260416

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260416

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** SMITH & NEPHEW PLC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000845982
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** ORTHOPEDIC, PROSTHETIC & SURGICAL APPLIANCES & SUPPLIES [3842]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 08 Industrial Applications and Services
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 6-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-14978
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26865674

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **ADDRESS IS A NON US LOCATION:** YES
- **STREET 1:** BUILDING 5, CROXLEY PARK
- **STREET 2:** HATTERS LANE
- **CITY:** WATFORD, HERTFORDSHIRE
- **PROVINCE COUNTRY:** X0
- **ZIP:** WD18 8YE
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 44 (0) 1923 477 100

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **ADDRESS IS A NON US LOCATION:** YES
- **STREET 1:** BUILDING 5, CROXLEY PARK
- **STREET 2:** HATTERS LANE
- **CITY:** WATFORD, HERTFORDSHIRE
- **PROVINCE COUNTRY:** X0
- **ZIP:** WD18 8YE

**UNITED STATES** <br>

 **SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

 **Washington, D.C. 20549**

 **Form 6-K**

 **Report of Foreign Private Issuer**

 **Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 under the**

 **Securities Exchange Act of 1934**

April 16, 2026

Commission File Number 001-14978

 **SMITH & NEPHEW plc**

(Registrant's name)

 **Building 5, Croxley Park, Hatters Lane**

 **Watford, England, WD18 8YE**

(Address of principal executive office)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F <u>✔</u> Form 40-F __

 **SMITH & NEPHEW PLC**

 **16 April 2026**

 **NOTIFICATION AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THEM**

This announcement is made in accordance with the UK Market Abuse Regulation (Regulation (EU) 596/2014, as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018).

 **AWARD MADE UNDER THE SMITH & NEPHEW PLC RISE SHARE PLAN**

As a part of RISE strategy, the following awards of US$0.20 ordinary shares (the "Shares") in Smith & Nephew plc (the "Company") were granted on 15 April 2026, under the Company's RISE Share Plan, a sub-plan of the Smith & Nephew plc Restricted Share Plan 2024.

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| | |
|:---|:---|
| **Reason for the notification** | **Reason for the notification** |
| Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification<br>|
| **Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor** | **Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor** |
| Name | Smith & Nephew plc<br>|
| LEI | 213800ZTMDN8S67S1H61<br>|
| **Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted** | **Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted** |
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument<br>| Smith & Nephew plc Ordinary Shares of USD 0.20 each<br>|
| Identification code | ISIN: GB0009223206<br>|
| Nature of the transaction | Awards granted on 15 April 2026 under the Smith & Nephew plc RISE Share Plan.<br>|
| Date of Transaction | 2026 - 04 - 15<br>|
| Place of Transaction | Grant took place outside a trading venue<br>|

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| | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| **Name (Position)** | **Status** | **Volume** | **Aggregated information** |
| Deepak Nath<br> (Chief Executive Officer) | PDMR<br> Nil | 50 | N/A Single Transaction |
| John Rogers<br> (Chief Financial Officer) | PDMR<br> Nil | 50 | N/A Single Transaction |
| Helen Barraclough<br> (Group General Counsel and Company Secretary) | PDMR<br> Nil | 50 | N/A Single Transaction |
| Paul Connolly<br> (President, Global Operations) | PDMR<br> Nil | 50 | N/A Single Transaction |
| Ajay Dhankhar<br> (Chief Strategy & Corporate Development Officer)  | PDMR<br> Nil | 50 | N/A Single Transaction |
| Craig Gaffin<br> (President Global Orthopaedics)  | PDMR<br> Nil | 50 | N/A Single Transaction |
| Rohit Kashyap<br> (President AWM and Global Commercial Operations) | PDMR<br> Nil | 50 | N/A Single Transaction |
| Mizanu Kebede<br> (Chief Quality & Regulatory Affairs Officer) | PDMR<br> Nil | 50 | N/A Single Transaction |
| Elga Lohler<br> (Chief HR Officer)  | PDMR<br> Nil | 50 | N/A Single Transaction |
| Vasant Padmanabhan<br> (President Research & Development, ENT & Emerging Markets)  | PDMR<br> Nil | 50 | N/A Single Transaction |
| Alison Parkes<br> (Chief Compliance Officer) | PDMR<br> Nil | 50 | N/A Single Transaction |
| Scott Schaffner<br> (Global President Sports Medicine) | PDMR<br> Nil | 50 | N/A Single Transaction |

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Philip Horner

Deputy Company Secretary

Smith & Nephew plc

Tel: +44 (0)1923 477100

 **SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

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| | | |
|:---|:---|:---|
|  |  | **Smith & Nephew plc** |
|  |  | (Registrant) |
| Date: April 16, 2026 | By: | /s/ Helen Barraclough |
|  |  | Helen Barraclough |
|  |  | Company Secretary |

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