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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
January 07, 2019
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
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in this
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Commission
pursuant to Rule 12g3-2 (b) under the Securities Exchange Act
of
1934.]
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Smith & Nephew to present today at J.P. Morgan Healthcare
Conference
7 January 2019
Smith & Nephew plc (LSE:SN, NYSE:SNN), the global medical
technology business, will participate in the 37th Annual J.P.
Morgan Healthcare Conference at the Westin St. Francis Hotel, San
Francisco, California, USA.
Namal Nawana, Chief Executive Officer, will present today at 8.30am
Pacific Time (4.30pm GMT) on Monday 7 January 2019, followed by a
Question & Answer session at 9.00am.
Live webcasts of the presentation and Q&A will be accessible
via the events section on the
Smith & Nephew investor relations website. Transcripts of both will be available
shortly thereafter.
There will be no update on trading during the presentation or
Q&A. Smith & Nephew confirms that it expects to meet its
2018 full year guidance, as disclosed in its Third Quarter Trading
Report on 1 November 2018, and will publish its fourth quarter and
full year results for 2018 on 7 February 2019.
Enquiries
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Investors
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Andrew SwiftSmith & Nephew
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+44 (0) 20 7960 2285
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Media
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Charles ReynoldsSmith & Nephew
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+44 (0) 1923 477314
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Ben Atwell / Andrew WardFTI Consulting
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+44 (0) 20 3727 1000
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About Smith & Nephew
Smith & Nephew is a portfolio medical technology business with
leadership positions in Orthopaedics, Wound, Sports Medicine and
ENT. Smith & Nephew has more than 15,000 employees and a
presence in more than 100 countries. Annual sales in 2017 were
almost $4.8 billion. Smith & Nephew is a member of the FTSE100
(LSE:SN, NYSE:SNN). For more information about Smith & Nephew,
please visit our corporate website www.smith-nephew.com and
follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn or Facebook.
Forward-looking Statements
This document may contain forward-looking statements that may or
may not prove accurate. For example, statements regarding expected
revenue growth and trading margins, market trends and our product
pipeline are forward-looking statements. Phrases such as "aim",
"plan", "intend", "anticipate", "well-placed", "believe",
"estimate", "expect", "target", "consider" and similar expressions
are generally intended to identify forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other important factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from what is expressed or implied by
the statements. For Smith & Nephew, these factors include:
economic and financial conditions in the markets we serve,
especially those affecting health care providers, payers and
customers; price levels for established and innovative medical
devices; developments in medical technology; regulatory approvals,
reimbursement decisions or other government actions; product
defects or recalls or other problems with quality management
systems or failure to comply with related regulations; litigation
relating to patent or other claims; legal compliance risks and
related investigative, remedial or enforcement actions; disruption
to our supply chain or operations or those of our suppliers;
competition for qualified personnel; strategic actions, including
acquisitions and dispositions, our success in performing due
diligence, valuing and integrating acquired businesses; disruption
that may result from transactions or other changes we make in our
business plans or organisation to adapt to market developments; and
numerous other matters that affect us or our markets, including
those of a political, economic, business, competitive or
reputational nature. Please refer to the documents that Smith &
Nephew has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
including Smith & Nephew's most recent annual report on Form
20-F, for a discussion of certain of these factors. Any
forward-looking statement is based on information available to
Smith & Nephew as of the date of the statement. All written or
oral forward-looking statements attributable to Smith & Nephew
are qualified by this caution. Smith & Nephew does not
undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking
statement to reflect any change in circumstances or in Smith &
Nephew's expectations.
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: January
07, 2019
By: /s/
Susan Swabey
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Susan
Swabey
Company
Secretary