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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.
20549
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934
December
21, 2016
Commission
File Number 001-14978
SMITH & NEPHEW
plc
(Registrant's
name)
15 Adam
Street
London, England WC2N 6LA
(Address
of registrant's principal executive offices)
[Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file
annual
reports
under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.]
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20-F
X
Form 40-F
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by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K
in
paper
as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1).]
Yes
No X
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Yes
No X
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by check mark whether by furnishing the information
contained
in this
Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing information to
the
Commission
pursuant to Rule 12g3-2 (b) under the Securities Exchange Act
of
1934.]
Yes
No X
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"Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to
the
registrant
in connection with Rule 12g3-2 (b) : 82- n/a.
21
December 2016
Smith & Nephew plc (the "Company")
Transaction in Own Shares
The
Company has today cancelled 10,173,309 of its Ordinary Shares of US
20¢ each ("Shares") previously held in Treasury. 425,298 of
these shares were issued in connection with employee share schemes
in Quarter 2 2016 and have been purchased as part of a programme to
keep the total issued share capital broadly constant. 9,748,011
were purchased as part of the $300 million buy-back programme, the
purpose of which is to reduce the Company's share capital, as
announced on 8 August 2016.
Following the
cancellation of these Shares the Company holds 27,839,719 of its
shares in Treasury. The Company's issued share capital, with one
voting right per share consists of 875,803,735 Ordinary Shares of
US20¢ each. This is the figure which should be used by
shareholders as the denominator when determining whether they are
required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest
in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency
Rules.
This
announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of LR
12.6.4.
Tony
Llewellyn
Deputy
Company Secretary
Smith
& Nephew plc
Tel:
01923 477320
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.
Smith
& Nephew Plc
(Registrant)
Date: December
21, 2016
By: /s/
Susan Swabey
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Susan
Swabey
Company
Secretary