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Subsequent Event

On April 24, 2014, we entered into a definitive agreement to merge with LVB Acquisition, Inc. (LVB), the parent company of Biomet, Inc. (Biomet), in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $13.35 billion. We will pay $10.35 billion in cash and issue 32.7 million shares of our common stock which had a value of approximately $3.0 billion, based on a stock price of $91.73 per share using the five day volume weighted average price immediately preceding the signing of the agreement. In connection with the merger, we will pay off all of LVB’s outstanding funded debt, and the aggregate cash merger consideration will be reduced by such amount. The transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals, is expected to close in the first quarter of 2015. The transaction will position the combined company as a leader in the $45 billion musculoskeletal industry.

Biomet’s product portfolio includes knee and hip reconstructive products; sports medicine, extremities and trauma products; spine, bone healing and microfixation products; dental reconstructive products; and cement, biologics and other products. The combination will enhance enterprise diversification with broader franchises in the Knee, Hip, Surgical, Spine and Dental categories, as well as in the faster-growing Sports Medicine, Extremities and Trauma categories.

We expect to fund the cash portion of the purchase price with existing cash on hand, as well as proceeds obtained from a newly committed $3.0 billion senior unsecured term loan and senior notes we intend to issue. In connection with our execution of the definitive agreement, in April 2014 we entered into a $7.66 billion 364-day bridge facility, which we intend to reduce when the new senior notes are issued.