-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, BAMleMYQz+T6AuLCPevdG+vphe8wt2nluS3gAwxpoyFVSYGNbFHF0tqgoK+u/PuX T17EPdPaOhbZN1okaWoeKg== 0001193125-09-188585.txt : 20090908 0001193125-09-188585.hdr.sgml : 20090907 20090908164012 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-09-188585 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20090908 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090908 GROUP MEMBERS: COVIDIEN DELAWARE CORP. GROUP MEMBERS: UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORPORATION SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Power Medical Interventions, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001398090 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841] IRS NUMBER: 233011410 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-83241 FILM NUMBER: 091058427 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2021 CABOT BOULEVARD WEST CITY: LANGHORNE STATE: PA ZIP: 19047 BUSINESS PHONE: 267.775.8100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2021 CABOT BOULEVARD WEST CITY: LANGHORNE STATE: PA ZIP: 19047 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Covidien plc CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001385187 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841] IRS NUMBER: 980624794 FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: CHERRYWOOD BUSINESS PARK STREET 2: BLOCK G, FIRST FLOOR CITY: LOUGHLINSTOWN STATE: L2 ZIP: DUBLIN 18 BUSINESS PHONE: 353 1 439-3000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: CHERRYWOOD BUSINESS PARK STREET 2: BLOCK G, FIRST FLOOR CITY: LOUGHLINSTOWN STATE: L2 ZIP: DUBLIN 18 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Covidien Ltd. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20070321 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Tyco Healthcare Ltd. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20070104 SC 13D/A 1 dsc13da.htm SC 13D/A SC 13D/A

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

SCHEDULE 13D

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 1)*

 

 

POWER MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS, INC.

(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

739299105

(CUSIP Number)

John H. Masterson

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Covidien

15 Hampshire Street, Mansfield, Massachusetts 02048

(508) 261-8000

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person

Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

with copies to:

Paul Kinsella

Ropes & Gray LLP

One International Place

Boston, Massachusetts 02110

(617) 951-7000

September 8, 2009

(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box.  ¨

Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See §240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

 

 

 


CUSIP No. 739299105   SCHEDULE 13D  

 

     
      1.  

Names of Reporting Persons.

Covidien plc

 

I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only)

98-0624794

 

   
      2.  

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

(a)  ¨

(b)  x

   
      3.  

SEC Use Only

 

   
      4.  

Source of Funds (See Instructions)

AF

   
      5.  

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)    ¨

 

   
      6.  

Citizenship or Place of Organization

Ireland

 

   

Number of  

Shares  

Beneficially  

Owned by  

Each  

Reporting  

Person With  

 

7.    Sole Voting Power

 

 

8.    Shared Voting Power

        100

 

 

9.    Sole Dispositive Power

 

 

10.    Shared Dispositive Power

        100

 

    11.   

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

100

 

   
    12.   

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)    ¨

 

   
    13.   

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)

100.0%

 

   
    14.   

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)

CO, HC

 

   

 


CUSIP No. 739299105   SCHEDULE 13D  

 

     
      1.  

Names of Reporting Persons.

United States Surgical Corporation

 

I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only)

13-2518270

 

   
      2.  

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

(a)  ¨

(b)  x

   
      3.  

SEC Use Only

 

   
      4.  

Source of Funds (See Instructions)

WC

   
      5.  

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)    ¨

 

   
      6.  

Citizenship or Place of Organization

Delaware

 

   

Number of  

Shares  

Beneficially  

Owned by  

Each  

Reporting  

Person With  

 

7.    Sole Voting Power

 

 

8.    Shared Voting Power

        100

 

 

9.    Sole Dispositive Power

 

 

10.    Shared Dispositive Power

        100

 

    11.   

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

100

 

   
    12.   

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)    ¨

 

   
    13.   

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)

100.0%

 

   
    14.   

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)

CO

 

   


CUSIP No. 928566108   SCHEDULE 13D  

 

     
      1.  

Names of Reporting Persons.

Covidien Delaware Corp.

 

I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only)

N/A

 

   
      2.  

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

(a)  ¨

(b)  x

   
      3.  

SEC Use Only

 

   
      4.  

Source of Funds (See Instructions)

AF

   
      5.  

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)    ¨

 

   
      6.  

Citizenship or Place of Organization

Delaware

 

   

Number of  

Shares  

Beneficially  

Owned by  

Each  

Reporting  

Person With  

 

7.    Sole Voting Power

 

 

8.    Shared Voting Power

        0

 

 

9.    Sole Dispositive Power

 

 

10.    Shared Dispositive Power

        0

 

    11.   

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

0

 

   
    12.   

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)    ¨

 

   
    13.   

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)

0.0%

 

   
    14.   

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)

CO

 

   


This Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) amends and supplements the statement on Schedule 13D originally filed by Covidien plc, United States Surgical Corporation and Covidien Delaware Corp. with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 7, 2009 (as hereby supplemented, the “Schedule 13D”). Unless otherwise indicated, each capitalized term used but not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Schedule 13D.

 

ITEM 1. SECURITY AND ISSUER

Item 1 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

This Statement on Schedule 13D relates to the Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share of Power Medical Interventions, Inc. (“PMI”), a Delaware corporation. The principal executive offices of PMI are located at c/o Covidien, 15 Hampshire Street, Mansfield, MA 02048.

 

ITEM 3. SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION

Item 3 is hereby amended and supplemented with the following:

On September 8, 2009, Covidien DE purchased approximately 15,210,583 Shares validly tendered and not withdrawn from the Offer, for an aggregate consideration of $31,638,013 (prior to any deduction for withholding taxes). Subsequently, pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, Covidien DE exercised its option to purchase directly from PMI an additional number of Shares sufficient to give Covidien DE ownership of at least 90% of PMI’s then outstanding Shares, when combined with the Shares purchased by Covidien DE in the Offer. On September 8, 2009, Covidien DE purchased with a promissory note an additional 12,951,246 Shares from PMI at a purchase price of $2.08 per Share, which together with the Shares purchased in the Offer, represented approximately 90% of outstanding Shares (on a fully diluted basis, as calculated in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement). Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, Covidien DE completed the Merger through a short-form merger under the DGCL, with PMI continuing as the surviving corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of USSC. By virtue of the Merger, each issued and outstanding Share (other than Shares held as treasury stock, Shares held by the Reporting Persons or Shares held by stockholders who properly demand and perfect appraisal rights under the DGCL) was cancelled and converted into the right to receive $2.08 in cash per outstanding Share, without interest, less any applicable withholding taxes. Shares held as treasury stock and held by the Reporting Persons were automatically cancelled.

 

ITEM 4. PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION

The final four paragraphs of Item 4 are hereby amended and replaced in their entirety as follows:

Following completion of the Offer and the Merger, the Reporting Persons intend to operate the PMI business through one or more subsidiaries of Covidien plc under the direction of Covidien plc’s management. The Reporting Persons intend to continue to review the business, operations, capitalization and management of PMI. Accordingly, the Reporting Persons reserve the right to change their plans and intentions at any time, as they deem appropriate. Following the Merger, the directors and officers of Covidien DE became the directors and officers of PMI.

As a result of the Merger, PMI became a privately held company and ceased trading on the OTC Bulletin Board. PMI filed a Form 15 with the SEC, suspending its reporting obligations under Section 15 of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended.

Except as otherwise set forth in this Schedule 13D, the Reporting Persons have no present plans or proposals which relate to or would result in:

 

  a) The acquisition by any person of additional securities of the issuer, or the disposition of securities of the issuer;


  b) An extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a merger, reorganization or liquidation, involving the issuer or any of its subsidiaries;

 

  c) A sale or transfer of a material amount of assets of the issuer or any of its subsidiaries;

 

  d) Any change in the present board of directors or management of the issuer, including any plans or proposals to change the number or term of directors or to fill any existing vacancies on the board;

 

  e) Any material change in the present capitalization or dividend policy of the issuer;

 

  f) Any other material change in the issuer’s business or corporate structure including but not limited to, if the issuer is a registered closed-end investment company, any plans or proposals to make any changes in its investment policy for which a vote is required by section 13 of the Investment Company Act of 1940;

 

  g) Changes in the issuer’s charter, bylaws or instruments corresponding thereto or other actions which may impede the acquisition of control of the issuer by any person;

 

  h) Causing a class of securities of the issuer to be delisted from a national securities exchange or to cease to be authorized to be quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system of a registered national securities association;

 

  i) A class of equity securities of the issuer becoming eligible for termination of registration pursuant to Section 12(g)(4) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; or

 

  j) Any action similar to any of those enumerated above.

 

ITEM 5. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER

Item 5 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

The information set forth and/or incorporated by reference in Items 2, 3 and 4 is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 5.

 

  a) As a result of the Merger, USSC is the sole shareholder of PMI and owns 100 Shares, which represents 100.0% of the outstanding Shares. The separate corporate existence of Covidien DE has ceased, and therefore, Covidien DE owns no Shares.

 

  b) USSC and Covidien plc have shared power to vote or direct the vote and to dispose or direct the disposition of all 100 Shares. Covidien DE has no authority to vote or direct the vote for any Shares.

 

  c) Except for the transactions described herein, to the best of the Reporting Persons’ knowledge as of the date hereof, neither the Reporting Persons nor any of the Reporting Persons’ directors and executive officers named in Schedule I hereto has effected any transaction in Shares during the past 60 days.

 

  d) Other than the persons named in Schedule I hereto, to the best of the Reporting Persons’ knowledge as of the date hereof, neither the Reporting Persons nor the Reporting Persons’ directors and executive officers named in Schedule I hereto has or knows any other person who has the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, any Shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons.

 

  e) As a result of the termination of its corporate existence in connection with the Merger, Covidien DE ceased to be the beneficial owner of any securities of PMI.

 

ITEM 6. CONTRACTS, ARRANGEMENTS, UNDERSTANDINGS OR RELATIONSHIPS WITH RESPECT TO SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER

The third paragraph of Item 6 is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety with the following:

Except for the agreements described above, to the knowledge of the Reporting Persons, there are no contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships (legal or otherwise), including, but not limited to, transfer or voting of any of the securities, finder’s fees, joint ventures, loan or option arrangements, puts or calls, guarantees of profits, division of profits or loss, or the giving or withholding of proxies, between the persons enumerated in Item 2, and any other person, with respect to any securities of PMI, including any securities pledged or otherwise subject to a contingency the occurrence of which would give another person voting power or investment power over


such securities other than standard default and similar provisions contained in loan agreements.

 

ITEM 7. MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit

  

Description

1    Joint Filing Agreement, between Covidien plc, United States Surgical Corporation and Covidien Delaware Corp., dated September 8, 2009.


SIGNATURES

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of its knowledge and belief, the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this Statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated: September 8, 2009

 

COVIDIEN PLC
By:   /s/ John W. Kapples
  Name:   John W. Kapples
  Title:   Vice President & Secretary

 

UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORPORATION
By:   /s/ Matthew J. Nicolella
  Name:   Matthew J. Nicolella
  Title:   Vice President and Assistant Secretary

 

COVIDIEN DELAWARE CORP.
By:  

Power Medical Interventions, Inc.,

as successor-in-interest by merger

By:   /s/ Matthew J. Nicolella
  Name:   Matthew J. Nicolella
  Title:   Vice President and Assistant Secretary
EX-99.1 2 dex991.htm JOINT FILING AGREEMENT Joint Filing Agreement

Exhibit 1

JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the undersigned hereby agree that this Statement on Schedule 13D relating to the beneficial ownership of Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, of Power Medical Interventions, Inc. is being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of each of them. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

Dated: September 8, 2009

 

COVIDIEN PLC
By:   /s/ John W. Kapples
  Name:   John W. Kapples
  Title:   Vice President & Secretary

 

UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORPORATION
By:   /s/ Matthew J. Nicolella
  Name:   Matthew J. Nicolella
  Title:   Vice President and Assistant Secretary

 

COVIDIEN DELAWARE CORP.
By:  

Power Medical Interventions, Inc.,

as successor-in-interest by merger

By:   /s/ Matthew J. Nicolella
  Name:   Matthew J. Nicolella
  Title:   Vice President and Assistant Secretary


SCHEDULE 1

The names of the directors and executive officers (or functional equivalents) of USSC, Covidien DE and Covidien plc and their present principal occupations or employment are set forth below. Unless otherwise indicated, each director and executive officer (or functional equivalent) has been so employed for a period in excess of five years. Unless otherwise indicated, (i) the principal business address for each director of Covidien plc is Cherrywood Business Park, Block G, First Floor, Loughlinstown, Co., Dublin, Ireland, and the business telephone number for each such director or officer is +353 1 439-3000 and (ii) the principal business address for each for each officer of Covidien plc and each director and officer of USSC and Covidien DE is 15 Hampshire Street, Mansfield, Massachusetts 02048 and the business telephone number for each such director and officer is (508) 261-8000. Unless otherwise indicated, each director and executive officer (or functional equivalent) is a citizen of the United States. References below to “Covidien” include Covidien plc, its predecessor, Covidien Ltd., and the healthcare business of Tyco International for all periods prior to the separation of Covidien Ltd. from Tyco International.

COVIDIEN PLC

Directors

Richard J. Meelia —Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer of Covidien. Mr. Meelia is also President of USSC and Covidien DE. Mr. Meelia’s principal business address is 15 Hampshire Street, Mansfield, Massachusetts 02048 and his business telephone number is (508) 261-8000.

Craig Arnold – Chief Executive Officer, Fluid Power Group of Eaton Corporation, a diversified industrial manufacturer.

Robert H. Brust – Chief Financial Officer of Sprint Nextel Corporation, a wireless and wireline communications company.

John M. Connors, Jr. – Chairman Emeritus of Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulos, Inc., a full-service advertising agency that is part of The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.

Christopher J. Coughlin – Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Tyco International, a global provider of security products and services, fire protection and detection products and services, valves and controls, and other industrial products.

Timothy M. Donahue – Member of the Board of Directors of Eastman Kodak Company, NVR, Inc. and Tyco International Ltd.

Kathy J. Herbert – Member of the Board of Directors of Covidien plc.

Randall J. Hogan, III – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pentair, Inc., an industrial manufacturing company.

Dennis H. Reilley – Member of the Board of Directors of H.J. Heinz Company, Marathon Oil Corporation and The Dow Chemical Company.

Tadataka Yamada – President of the Global Health Program of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Joseph A. Zaccagnino – Member of the Board of Directors of NewAlliance Bancshares, Inc. and Chairman of the Board of VHA, Inc., a 2,500 member healthcare organization cooperative.

Officers

Richard J. Meelia — See above under “Covidien plc — Directors.”

Charles J. Dockendorff —Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Covidien and Vice President of USSC and Covidien DE.


Jose E. Almeida —Senior Vice President & President, Medical Devices of Covidien.

Timothy R. Wright —Senior Vice President of Covidien and President, Pharmaceutical Products and Imaging Solutions of Covidien. Mr. Wright’s principal business address is 675 McDonnell Blvd., Hazelwood, Missouri 63042 and his business telephone number is (314) 654-2000.

Eric A. Kraus —Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications of Covidien.

John H. Masterson —Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Covidien and Vice President and Assistant Secretary of Covidien DE.

Amy A. McBride-Wendell —Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Development of Covidien.

Michael P. Dunford —Senior Vice President, Human Resources of Covidien.

Richard G. Brown, Jr. —Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller of Covidien and Vice President of USSC and Covidien DE.

Kevin G. DaSilva —Vice President and Treasurer of Covidien and member of the board of directors and Vice President and Treasurer of USSC and Covidien DE.

Eric C. Green —Vice President and Chief Tax Officer of Covidien and Vice President and Assistant Treasurer of USSC and Covidien DE.

Coleman N. Lannum —Vice President, Investor Relations of Covidien.

UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORPORATION

Directors

Kevin G. DaSilva — See above under “Covidien plc — Officers.”

John W. Kapples —Member of the board of directors and a Vice President and Secretary of both USSC and Covidien DE and Vice President and Secretary of Tyco Healthcare Group LP, d/b/a Covidien.

Matthew J. Nicolella — Member of the board of directors and a Vice President and Assistant Secretary of both USSC and Covidien DE and Vice President and Chief Mergers & Acquisitions/Licensing Counsel of Tyco Healthcare Group LP d/b/a/ Covidien.

Officers

Richard J. Meelia — See above under “Covidien plc — Directors.”

Richard G. Brown — See above under “Covidien plc — Officers.”

Stephen C. Carey —Vice President and Assistant Treasurer of USSC and Covidien DE and Vice President, Tax Reporting of Tyco Healthcare Group LP d/b/a/ Covidien.

Kevin G. DaSilva — See above under “Covidien plc — Officers.”

Charles J. Dockendorff — See above under “Covidien plc — Officers.”

Mark Farber —Vice President and Assistant Secretary of USSC and Vice President and General Counsel, Surgical Devices, of Tyco Healthcare Group LP, d/b/a Covidien. Mr. Farber’s principal business address is 150 Glover Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut 06850 and his business telephone number is (203) 845-1000.

Eric. C. Green — See above under “Covidien plc — Officers.”

John W. Kapples — See above under “United States Surgical Corporation — Directors.”


Michael W. Lyons —Vice President and Assistant Secretary of USSC and Associate General Counsel, Surgical Devices, of Tyco Healthcare Group LP, d/b/a Covidien. Mr. Lyons’ principal business address is 150 Glover Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut 06850 and his business telephone number is (203) 845-1000.

John H. Masterson — See above under “Covidien plc — Officers.”

Matthew J. Nicolella — See above under “United States Surgical Corporation — Directors.”

Lawrence T. Weiss —Vice President and Assistant Secretary of USSC and Covidien DE and Vice President and Chief International Counsel of Tyco Healthcare Group LP d/b/a/ Covidien.

Joseph Wuestner —Vice President and Assistant Secretary of USSC and Vice President, Legal of Mallinckrodt Inc., a subsidiary of Covidien. Mr. Wuestner’s principal business address is 675 McDonnell Blvd., Hazelwood, Missouri 63042 and his business telephone number is (314) 654-2000.

COVIDIEN DELAWARE CORP.

Directors

Kevin G. DaSilva — See above under “Covidien plc — Officers.”

John W. Kapples — See above under “United States Surgical Corporation — Directors.”

Matthew J. Nicolella — See above under “United States Surgical Corporation — Directors.”

Officers

Richard J. Meelia — See above under “Covidien plc — Directors.”

Richard G. Brown — See above under “Covidien plc — Officers.”

Stephen C. Carey — See above under “United States Surgical Corporation — Officers.”

Kevin G. DaSilva — See above under “Covidien plc — Officers.”

Charles J. Dockendorff — See above under “Covidien plc — Officers.”

Eric. C. Green — See above under “Covidien plc — Officers.”

John W. Kapples — See above under “United States Surgical Corporation — Directors.”

John H. Masterson — See above under “Covidien plc — Officers.”

Matthew J. Nicolella — See above under “United States Surgical Corporation — Directors.”

Lawrence T. Weiss — See above under “United States Surgical Corporation — Officers.”

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