UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 22, 2012

 

 

COVIDIEN PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Ireland   001-33259   98-0624794

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

20 on Hatch, Lower Hatch Street

Dublin 2, Ireland

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

+353 (1) 438-1700

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

The disclosure under Item 8.01 below regarding the Seventh Supplemental Indenture is incorporated under this Item 1.01 by reference.

 

Item 8.01 Other Events

Pricing of Note Offering

On May 22, 2012, Covidien International Finance S.A. (“CIFSA”), Covidien Ltd. and Covidien public limited company (“Covidien plc” and together with Covidien Ltd., the “Guarantors”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule II to the Underwriting Agreement (collectively, the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which CIFSA agreed to sell, and the Underwriters agreed to purchase, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, $600 million aggregate principal amount of 1.350% senior notes due 2015 (the “2015 Notes”) and $650 million aggregate principal amount of 3.200% senior notes due 2022 (the “2022 Notes” and, together with the 2015 Notes, the “Notes”). The Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by each of the Guarantors (the “Guarantees”). A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

On May 22, 2012, Covidien plc issued a press release regarding the pricing of the Note offering. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

The Notes and Guarantees were registered on a Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed by CIFSA, Covidien Ltd. and Covidien plc under the Securities Act of 1933 (Registration Statement Nos. 333-167638, 333-167638-01 and 333-167638-02, respectively), including a base prospectus (the “Registration Statement”), as supplemented by a preliminary prospectus supplement, filed with the SEC on May 22, 2012, and a final prospectus supplement, filed with the SEC on May 23, 2012. This Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement.

Closing of Note Offering

On May 30, 2012, CIFSA completed the issuance and sale of the Notes. The net proceeds to CIFSA from the issuance and sale of the Notes are $1.240 billion after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses. The Notes and the Guarantees were issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of October 22, 2007 (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by a seventh supplemental indenture dated May 30, 2012 (the “Seventh Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”) among CIFSA, Covidien Ltd., Covidien plc, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee.

At its option, CIFSA may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time prior to their maturity at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed or (ii) as determined by the Quotation Agent (as defined in the Seventh Supplemental Indenture) and delivered to the trustee, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon due on any date after the redemption date (excluding the portion of interest that will be accrued and unpaid to and including the redemption date) discounted from their scheduled date of payment to the redemption date (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Redemption Treasury Rate (as defined in the Seventh Supplemental Indenture) plus (i) 15 basis points in the case of the 2015 Notes and (ii) 25 basis points in the case of the 2022 Notes, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date.

Notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, CIFSA may, at its option, redeem the 2022 Notes, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time on or after March 15, 2022 (three months prior to their maturity), at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2022 Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding the redemption date.


If CIFSA experiences certain kinds of change of control specified in the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, it may be required to offer to repurchase the Notes from the holders thereof at a purchase price equal to 101% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest. The terms of the Notes are set out in detail in the Indenture. A copy of the Seventh Supplemental Indenture is filed as Exhibit 4.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit

No.

  

Description

  1.1    Underwriting Agreement dated as of May 22, 2012 by and among CIFSA, as issuer, Covidien Ltd., as guarantor, and Covidien plc, as guarantor, and BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. as representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule II thereto.
  4.1    Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 30, 2012, by and among CIFSA, Covidien Ltd., Covidien plc and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee.
  5.1    Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP as to the validity of the Notes issued by CIFSA and the Guarantees issued by Covidien Ltd and Covidien plc.
  5.2    Opinion of Allen & Overy, Luxembourg as to the validity of the Notes issued by CIFSA.
  5.3    Opinion of Appleby, Bermuda as to the validity of the Guarantees issued by Covidien Ltd.
  5.4    Opinion of Arthur Cox, Ireland as to the validity of the Guarantees issued by Covidien plc.
23.1    Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2    Consent of Allen & Overy, Luxembourg (included in Exhibit 5.2).
23.3    Consent of Appleby, Bermuda (included in Exhibit 5.3).
23.4    Consent of Arthur Cox, Ireland (included in Exhibit 5.4).
99.1    Press Release of Covidien plc dated May 22, 2012.


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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

    COVIDIEN PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
    (Registrant)
    By:  

/s/ John W. Kapples

     

John W. Kapples

Vice President and Secretary

Date: May 30, 2012      


Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit

No.

  

Description

  1.1    Underwriting Agreement dated as of May 22, 2012 by and among CIFSA, as issuer, Covidien Ltd., as guarantor, and Covidien plc, as guarantor, and BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. as representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule II thereto.
  4.1    Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 30, 2012, by and among CIFSA, Covidien Ltd., Covidien plc and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee.
  5.1    Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP as to the validity of the Notes issued by CIFSA and the Guarantees issued by Covidien Ltd and Covidien plc.
  5.2    Opinion of Allen & Overy, Luxembourg as to the validity of the Notes issued by CIFSA.
  5.3    Opinion of Appleby, Bermuda as to the validity of the Guarantees issued by Covidien Ltd.
  5.4    Opinion of Arthur Cox, Ireland as to the validity of the Guarantees issued by Covidien plc.
23.1    Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2    Consent of Allen & Overy, Luxembourg (included in Exhibit 5.2).
23.3    Consent of Appleby, Bermuda (included in Exhibit 5.3).
23.4    Consent of Arthur Cox, Ireland (included in Exhibit 5.4).
99.1    Press Release of Covidien plc dated May 22, 2012.

Exhibit 1.1

EXECUTION VERSION

Covidien International Finance S.A.

U.S. $600,000,000 1.350% Senior Notes due 2015

U.S. $650,000,000 3.200% Senior Notes due 2022

Fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to payment of principal, premium,

if any, and interest by

Covidien public limited company

and

Covidien Ltd.

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

May 22, 2012


May 22, 2012

To the Managers named in Schedule I hereto

for the Underwriters named in Schedule II hereto

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Covidien International Finance S.A., a Luxembourg public limited liability company (the “ Company ”), proposes to issue and sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule II hereto (the “ Underwriters ”), for whom you are acting as managers (the “ Managers ”), the principal amount of its debt securities identified in Schedule I hereto (the “ Securities ”). The Securities will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest (the “ Guarantees ”) by Covidien Ltd., a Bermuda company, and Covidien public limited company (“ Covidien plc ”), an Irish public limited company (collectively, the “ Guarantors ”). The Securities and the Guarantees are to be issued under the indenture, dated as of October 22, 2007 (the “ Base Indenture ”), as subsequently supplemented (the Base Indenture as so supplemented, the “ Indenture ”) among the Company, the Guarantors, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”). If the firm or firms listed in Schedule II hereto include only the Managers listed in Schedule I hereto, then the terms “Underwriters” and “Managers” as used herein shall each be deemed to refer to such firm or firms.

The Company and the Guarantors have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) a registration statement, including a prospectus, (the file number of which is set forth in Schedule I hereto) on Form S-3, relating to securities (the “ Shelf Securities ”) to be issued from time to time by the Company and the Guarantors. The registration statement as amended to the date of this Agreement, including the information (if any) deemed to be part of the registration statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A or Rule 430B under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), is hereinafter referred to as the “ Registration Statement ,” and the related prospectus covering the Shelf Securities dated June 21, 2010 in the form first used to confirm sales of the Securities (or in the form first made available to the Underwriters by the Company and the Guarantors to meet requests of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) is hereinafter referred to as the “ Basic Prospectus .” The Basic Prospectus, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement specifically relating to the Securities in the form first used to confirm sales of the Securities (or in the form first made available to the Underwriters by the Company or the Guarantors to meet requests of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) is hereinafter referred to as the “ Prospectus ,” and the term “ preliminary prospectus ” means any preliminary form of the Prospectus. For purposes of this Agreement, “ free writing prospectus ” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, “ Time of Sale

 

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Prospectus ” means the Prospectus most recently available prior to when sales of the Securities were first made, together with the free writing prospectuses, if any, each identified in Schedule I hereto, and “ broadly available road show ” means a “bona fide electronic road show” as defined in Rule 433(h)(5) under the Securities Act that has been made available without restriction to any person. As used herein, the terms “Registration Statement,” “Basic Prospectus,” “preliminary prospectus,” “Time of Sale Prospectus” and “Prospectus” shall include the documents, if any, incorporated by reference therein. The terms “ supplement ,” “ amendment ,” and “ amend ” as used herein with respect to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus or free writing prospectus shall include all documents subsequently filed by the Company and the Guarantors with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein.

1. Representations and Warranties . The Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to and agree with each of the Underwriters that:

(a) The Registration Statement has become effective; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect, and no proceedings for such purpose are pending before or, to Covidien plc’s knowledge, threatened by the Commission. If the Registration Statement is an automatic shelf registration statement as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, the Company is a well-known seasoned issuer (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) eligible to use the Registration Statement as an automatic shelf registration statement and the Company and the Guarantors have not received notice that the Commission objects to the use of the Registration Statement as an automatic shelf registration statement.

(b) (i) Each document, if any, filed or to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus complied or will comply when so filed in all material respects with the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (ii) each part of the Registration Statement, when such part became effective, did not contain, and each such part, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (iii) the Registration Statement as of the date any preliminary prospectus was first used did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (iv) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply, and as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission

 

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thereunder, (v) the Time of Sale Prospectus does not, and at the time of each sale of the Securities in connection with the offering when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and at the Closing Date (as defined in Section 4), the Time of Sale Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented by the Company and the Guarantors, if applicable, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (vi) each broadly available road show, if any, when considered together with the Time of Sale Prospectus, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (vii) on the date hereof and on the Closing Date, the Indenture did or will comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “ Trust Indenture Act ”) and the rules thereunder, and (viii) the Prospectus does not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph do not apply to (x) statements or omissions in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any broadly available road show or the Prospectus based upon information furnished to the Company in writing by any Underwriter through the Managers expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8(b) hereof or (y) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility (Form T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act, of the Trustee.

(c) None of the Company and the Guarantors is an “ineligible issuer” in connection with the offering of the Securities pursuant to Rules 164, 405 and 433 under the Securities Act. Any free writing prospectus that the Company or the Guarantors is required to file pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act has been, or will be, filed with the Commission in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Each free writing prospectus that the Company or the Guarantors has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act or that was prepared by or behalf of or used or referred to by the Company or the Guarantors (i) complies or will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and (ii) does not include any information that conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement, including any document incorporated therein by reference and any prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof that has not been

 

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superseded or modified; provided that no representation or warranty is made as to information contained in or omitted from such free writing prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company in writing by any Underwriter through the Managers expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8(b) hereof. Except for the free writing prospectuses, if any, identified in Schedule I hereto, and broadly available road shows, if any, each furnished to you before first use, none of the Company and the Guarantors has prepared, used or referred to, and none of them will, without your prior consent, prepare, use or refer to, any free writing prospectus.

(d) Each of the Company and the Guarantors has been duly formed, is validly existing as a company in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation, has the power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing has not had and is not reasonably likely to result in a material adverse effect on the general affairs, management, consolidated financial condition, consolidated shareholders’ equity or consolidated results of operations of Covidien plc and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (a “ Material Adverse Effect ”).

(e) Each subsidiary of Covidien plc listed on Schedule III (each a “ Significant Subsidiary ,” and together the “ Significant Subsidiaries ”) has been duly incorporated or formed, is validly existing as a corporation or a company, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation (to the extent good standing is applicable in such jurisdiction), has the power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing has not had and is not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(f) Covidien plc has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus and all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of Covidien plc have been duly authorized and validly issued, and are fully paid and non-assessable. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the Company, Covidien Ltd. and each Significant Subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and (except for director’s qualifying shares) are owned

 

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directly or indirectly by Covidien plc, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims that have had or are reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(g) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantors.

(h) The interactive data in eXtensbile Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

(i) The Base Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and constitutes a valid and legally binding instrument, enforceable against the Company and the Guarantors in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equitable principles.

(j) (i) The Securities have been duly authorized by the Company and, when issued and delivered and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to the effects of applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equitable principles, entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture under which they are to be issued, which will be substantially in the form previously delivered to you; and (ii) the Guarantees have been duly authorized by the Guarantors and, when the Securities have been executed, authenticated and issued in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Guarantees will be the valid and legally binding obligations of the Guarantors, enforceable against the Guarantors in accordance with their terms, subject to the effects of applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equitable principles.

(k) Prior to the date hereof, neither the Company, the Guarantors nor any of their affiliates have taken any action which is designed to or which has constituted or which might cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company or the Guarantors in connection with the offering of the Securities.

 

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(l) The execution and delivery by the Company and the Guarantors of, and the performance by the Company and the Guarantors of their respective obligations under, this Agreement, the Indenture, the Securities and the Guarantees will not contravene (i) any provision of applicable law or the certificate of incorporation or other governing documents or the by-laws of the Company or the Guarantors, (ii) any agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company or the Guarantors, or (iii) any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or the Guarantors, except in the case of clause (iii), for any contravention that would not affect the validity of the Securities or the Guarantees, or otherwise have a Material Adverse Effect; and no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any governmental agency or body is required to be obtained by the Company or the Guarantors for the performance by the Company or the Guarantors of their respective obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture, the Securities or the Guarantees, except for (i) such consents, approvals, authorizations, order, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws, (ii) the approval of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“ FINRA ”) of the underwriting terms and arrangements in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities and Guarantees by the Underwriters, and (iii) such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications that, if not obtained, would not, individually or in the aggregate, affect the validity of the Securities or the Guarantees, the ability of the Company and the Guarantors to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(m) None of the Guarantors, the Company or any Significant Subsidiary has sustained, since the date of the latest audited consolidated financial statements included in the Time of Sale Prospectus, any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus, which loss or interference has had a Material Adverse Effect or is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Time of Sale Prospectus, there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Guarantors or the Company, or any change that has had or is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus.

(n) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which any of the Company, the Guarantors or any Significant Subsidiary is a party (i) that, except as set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus and

 

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the Prospectus, individually or in the aggregate have had or are reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and to Covidien plc’s knowledge, neither the Company nor any Guarantor has received any written indication that any such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others, or (ii) that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and are not so described; and there are no statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described or filed as required.

(o) Each preliminary prospectus filed as part of the Registration Statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, complied when so filed in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

(p) The Company and the Guarantors are not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof will not be, required to register as an “investment company,” as such term is defined in the United States Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “ Investment Company Act ”).

(q) Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, Covidien plc and its subsidiaries are (i) in compliance with applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“ Environmental Laws ”), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses, (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permits, licenses or approvals, and (iv) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability under any Environmental Law, except in any such case where the failure to comply with Environmental Laws or failure to receive or to comply with such permits, licenses or approvals has not had and is not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect. In the ordinary course of its business, Covidien plc periodically reviews the effect of Environmental Laws on the business, operations and properties of Covidien plc and its subsidiaries, in the course of which it identifies and evaluates associated costs and liabilities (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws, or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties); and on the basis of such review, Covidien plc has reasonably concluded that such associated costs and liabilities, singly or in the aggregate, have not had and are not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus and Prospectus.

 

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(r) Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, to Covidien plc’s knowledge, Covidien plc or one or more of its subsidiaries owns, possesses or has the right to employ such patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, software, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks and trade names, computer programs, technical data and information (collectively, the “ Intellectual Property Rights ”) that Covidien plc reasonably believes are necessary to conduct its business, in all material respects, as now conducted. Except as set forth or contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, neither Covidien plc nor, to its knowledge, any subsidiary of Covidien plc has received any written notice of infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any of the Intellectual Property Rights, except as individually or in the aggregate have not had and are not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(s) Since the date of the latest audited consolidated financial statements included in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, there has been no change in internal control over the consolidated financial reporting of Covidien plc that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the internal control over the consolidated financial reporting of Covidien plc.

(t) Covidien plc maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act; such disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that material information relating to Covidien plc is made known to Covidien plc’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within Covidien plc; and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

(u) To Covidien plc’s knowledge, Deloitte & Touche LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of Covidien plc, is an independent registered public accounting firm as required by the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

(v) Covidien plc maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that complies in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and has been designed by Covidien plc’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or under their supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial

 

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reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“ GAAP ”) and to ensure the accuracy of the interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus, (i) the internal control over consolidated financial reporting of Covidien plc is effective, and (ii) Covidien plc is not aware of any material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting.

(w) Covidien plc is subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

(x) Neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors is in violation of its charter or other governing documents or its by-laws.

(y) Neither the Company nor any Guarantor is in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound, which default has had or is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(z) The statements set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus under the captions “Description of Debt Securities,” “Description of Notes,” insofar as they purport to describe the material terms of the Securities and the Guarantees, and the statements set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus under the captions “Plan of Distribution” and “Underwriting,” insofar as they purport to describe the material provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, fairly describe, in all material respects, those terms and provisions.

(aa) To the extent that the statements set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus under the captions “Certain Luxembourg, Bermuda and Ireland Tax Considerations” and “Certain United States Federal Income Tax Consequences” purport to describe certain provisions of the tax laws referred to therein, such summaries fairly describe, in all material respects, such provisions.

(bb) Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, neither Covidien plc nor any of its subsidiaries, nor, to Covidien plc’s knowedge, any director, officer, employee, agent or representative of Covidien plc or of any of its subsidiaries, has taken or will take any action in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization or approval of the payment or giving of money, property, gifts or anything else of value, directly or indirectly, to any “government official” (including any officer or employee of a government or government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international

 

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organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office) to influence official action or secure an improper advantage; and Covidien plc and its subsidiaries have conducted their businesses in compliance in all material respects with applicable anti-corruption laws and have instituted and maintain and will continue to maintain policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws and with the representation and warranty contained herein.

(cc) The operations of Covidien plc and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in material compliance with all applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including, if applicable to Covidien plc or any of its subsidiaries, those of the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by Title III of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (the “ USA Patriot Act ”), and the applicable anti-money laundering statutes of jurisdictions where Covidien plc and its subsidiaries conduct business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “ Anti-Money Laundering Laws ”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving Covidien plc or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of Covidien plc, threatened.

(dd) (i) Covidien plc represents that neither Covidien plc nor any of its subsidiaries (each, an “ Entity ”) or, to the knowledge of Covidien plc, any director, officer, employee, agent, affiliate or representative of any Entity, is an individual or entity (“ Person ”) that is, or is owned or controlled by a Person that is:

(A) the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“ OFAC ”), the United Nations Security Council (“ UNSC ”), the European Union (“ EU ”), Her Majesty’s Treasury (“ HMT ”), or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “ Sanctions ”); nor

(B) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions (including, without limitation, Burma/Myanmar, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria).

 

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(ii) Covidien plc represents that no Entity will, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering of the Securities, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person:

(A) to fund or facilitate any activities or business of or with any Person or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject of Sanctions; or

(B) in any other manner that will result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise).

(iii) Covidien plc represents and covenants that, to Covidien plc’s knowledge, no Entity has engaged in or is knowingly engaging in any dealings or transactions with any Person, or in any country or territory, that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject of Sanctions.

(ee) The Company represents that the choice of law provisions set forth in this Agreement are legal, valid and binding under the laws of Luxembourg and will be recognized and given effect to by the courts of Luxembourg (unless a court determined that doing so would be contrary to public policy in Luxembourg); the Company has, under the laws of Luxembourg, the power to submit to the jurisdiction of New York courts; the irrevocable submission of the Company to the jurisdiction of the New York courts and the waiver by the Company of any immunity and any objection to the venue of the proceeding in a New York court included in this Agreement are legal, valid and binding under the laws of Luxembourg; neither the Company nor any of its assets is entitled to immunity (or any similar defense) from suit, execution, attachment or other legal process in Luxembourg; this Agreement is in proper legal form under the laws of Luxembourg for the enforcement thereof against the Company, and nothing in Luxembourg prevents suit upon this Agreement in the courts of Luxembourg; and it is not necessary (i) in order to enable the Underwriters to exercise or enforce their rights under this Agreement in Luxembourg or (ii) by reason of the entry into and performance of this Agreement, that any of the Underwriters should be licensed, qualified, authorized or entitled to do business in Luxembourg.

(ff) Covidien Ltd. represents that the choice of law provisions set forth in this Agreement are legal, valid and binding under the laws of Bermuda, and will be recognized and given effect to by the courts of Bermuda (unless a Bermuda court determined that doing so would be contrary to public policy in Bermuda, and provided that the point is specifically pleaded and such choice of law is legal and binding under the laws of New York); Covidien Ltd. has, under the laws of Bermuda, the

 

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power to submit to the jurisdiction of New York courts; the irrevocable submission of Covidien Ltd. to the jurisdiction of the New York courts and the waiver by Covidien Ltd. of any immunity and any objection to the venue of the proceeding in a New York court included in this Agreement are legal, valid and binding under the laws of Bermuda, provided that such submission is accepted by the New York courts and such choice of law is legal and binding under the laws of New York; neither Covidien Ltd. nor any of its assets is entitled to immunity (or any similar defense) from suit, execution, attachment or other legal process in Bermuda; this Agreement is in proper legal form under the laws of Bermuda for the enforcement thereof against Covidien Ltd. and nothing in Bermuda law prevents suit upon this Agreement in the courts of Bermuda; and it is not necessary (i) in order to enable the Underwriters to exercise or enforce their rights under this Agreement in Bermuda or (ii) by reason of the entry into and performance of this Agreement, that any of the Underwriters should be licensed, qualified, authorized or entitled to do business in Bermuda.

(gg) Covidien plc represents that the choice of law provisions set forth in this Agreement are legal, valid and binding under the laws of Ireland, and will be recognized and given effect to by the courts of Ireland (unless a court determined that doing so would be contrary to public policy in Ireland); Covidien plc has, under the laws of Ireland, the power to submit to the jurisdiction of New York courts; the irrevocable submission of Covidien plc to the jurisdiction of the New York courts and the waiver by Covidien plc of any immunity and any objection to the venue of the proceeding in a New York court included in this Agreement are legal, valid and binding under the laws of Ireland; neither Covidien plc nor any of its assets is entitled to immunity (or any similar defense) from suit, execution, attachment or other legal process in Ireland; this Agreement is in proper legal form under the laws of Ireland for the enforcement thereof against Covidien plc and nothing in Irish law prevents suit upon this Agreement in the courts of Ireland; and it is not necessary (i) in order to enable the Underwriters to exercise or enforce their rights under this Agreement in Ireland or (ii) by reason of the entry into and performance of this Agreement, that any of the Underwriters should be licensed, qualified, authorized or entitled to do business in Ireland.

2. Agreements to Sell and Purchase . The Company hereby agrees to issue and sell to the several Underwriters, and each Underwriter, upon the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to the conditions hereinafter stated, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the respective principal amounts of Securities (and related Guarantees) set forth in Schedule II hereto opposite its name at the purchase price set forth in Schedule I hereto.

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Securities (and related Guarantees) as soon after the Registration Statement and this Agreement have become effective as in your judgment is advisable. The Company is further advised by you that the Securities (and the related Guarantees) are to be offered to the public upon the terms set forth in the Prospectus.

4. Payment and Delivery . Payment for the Securities shall be made by you to an account specified by the Company in Federal or other funds immediately available in New York City on the closing date and time set forth in Schedule I hereto, or at such other time on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as may be designated in writing by you. The time and date of such payment are hereinafter referred to as the “ Closing Date .”

Payment for the Securities shall be made against delivery to you on the Closing Date for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters of the Securities registered in such names and in such denominations as you shall request in writing not later than one full business day prior to the Closing Date, with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the transfer of the Securities to the Underwriters duly paid. Delivery of the Securities shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company unless you instruct otherwise.

5. Conditions to the Underwriters’ Obligations . The several obligations of the Underwriters are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company contained herein as of the date hereof and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Guarantors made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Guarantors of their respective obligations hereunder and to following additional conditions:

(a) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date:

(i) (A) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded to any debt securities of the Company or the Guarantors by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as that term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act, and (B) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of any of the Company’s or any of the Guarantors’ debt securities;

(ii) (A) none of the Company, the Guarantors or any subsidiary thereof shall have sustained since the date of the latest audited consolidated financial statements included in the Time of Sale Prospectus any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by

 

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insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus, and (B) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Time of Sale Prospectus there shall not have been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company, the Guarantors or any subsidiary thereof or any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, consolidated financial position, consolidated shareholders’ equity or consolidated results of operations of Covidien plc, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (A) or (B), is in your judgment so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or the delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in this Agreement and in the Prospectus; and

(iii) there shall not have occurred any of the following: (A) a suspension of trading in the Company’s Common Stock by the Commission or the New York Stock Exchange; (B) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange; (C) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities declared by either Federal or New York State authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States; (D) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States or the declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war; or (E) the occurrence of any other calamity or crisis or any change in financial, political or economic conditions in the United States or elsewhere, if the effect of any such event in your judgment makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or the delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner expressly contemplated in this Agreement and in any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).

(b) The Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, have been filed in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); the final term sheet contemplated by Section 6(l) hereto, and any other material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened.

 

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(c) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date certificates, dated the Closing Date and signed by an executive officer of Covidien plc, reasonably satisfactory to you, as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Guarantors and the Company herein at and as of the Closing Date, as to the performance by the Guarantors and the Company of all of their respective obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date, as to the matters set forth in subsections (a)(i) and a(ii) of this Section 5 and as to such other matters as you may reasonably request.

(d) Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, counsel to the Company and the Guarantors, shall have furnished to you such written opinions, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to you.

(e) Allen & Overy Luxembourg, Luxembourg counsel to the Company, shall have furnished to you such written opinion, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to you.

(f) Appleby, Bermuda, Bermuda counsel to Covidien Ltd., shall have furnished to you such written opinion, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to you.

(g) Arthur Cox, Irish counsel to Covidien plc, shall have furnished to you such written opinion, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to you.

(h) John H. Masterson, General Counsel to Covidien plc, shall have furnished to you such written opinion, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to you.

(i) Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, counsel to the Underwriters, shall have furnished to you such written opinions, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to you, with respect to such matters as you may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.

(j) The Underwriters shall have received, on each of the date hereof and the Closing Date, a letter dated the date hereof or the Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters, from Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent public accountants, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a “cut-off date” not earlier than the date hereof.

 

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(k) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company and the Guarantors shall have furnished to you such further information, certificates and documents as you may reasonably request.

If any of the conditions specified in this Section 5 shall not have been fulfilled when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Managers and counsel for the Managers, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Managers. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing.

6. Covenants of the Company and the Guarantors . The Company and the Guarantors covenant, jointly and severally, with each Underwriter as follows:

(a) To furnish to you, without charge, a signed copy of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein) and to deliver to each of the Underwriters during the period mentioned in Section 6(e) or 6(f) below, as many copies of the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, any documents incorporated by reference therein and any supplements and amendments thereto or to the Registration Statement as you may reasonably request.

(b) Before amending or supplementing the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, to furnish to you a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement and not to file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object.

(c) To furnish to you a copy of each proposed free writing prospectus to be prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company or any of the Guarantors and not to use or refer to any proposed free writing prospectus to which you reasonably object.

(d) Not to take any action that would result in an Underwriter or the Company or any of the Guarantors being required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the Underwriter that the Underwriter otherwise would not have been required to file thereunder, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 6(l) hereto.

 

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(e) If the Time of Sale Prospectus is being used to solicit offers to buy the Securities at a time when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances, not misleading, or if any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which the Time of Sale Prospectus conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement then on file, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at their own expense, to the Underwriters and to any dealer upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Prospectus so that the statements in the Time of Sale Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when the Time of Sale Prospectus is delivered to a prospective purchaser, be misleading or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will no longer conflict with the Registration Statement, or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.

(f) If, during such period after the first date of the public offering of the Securities as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Securities Act) is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales by an Underwriter or dealer, any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Securities Act) is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to the dealers (whose names and addresses you will furnish to the Company and the Guarantors) to which Securities may have been sold by you on behalf of the Underwriters and to any other dealers upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Prospectus so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Securities Act) is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.

(g) To endeavor to qualify the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as you shall reasonably request; provided that in connection therewith neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors shall be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction.

 

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(h) To make generally available to the Company’s and Covidien plc’s security holders and to you as soon as practicable an earning statement covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the date of this Agreement which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

(i) Whether or not the transactions contemplated in this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, to pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s and the Guarantors’ counsel and the Company’s and the Guarantors’ accountants in connection with the registration and delivery of the Securities and Guarantees under the Securities Act and all other fees or expenses in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, any free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company or the Guarantors and amendments and supplements to any of the foregoing, including the filing fees payable to the Commission relating to the Securities (within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1), if applicable), all printing costs associated therewith, and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers, in the quantities hereinabove specified, (ii) all costs and expenses related to the transfer and delivery of the Securities and the Guarantees to the Underwriters, including any transfer or other taxes payable thereon, (iii) the cost of printing or producing any Blue Sky or legal investment memorandum in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities and related Guarantees under state securities laws and all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 6(g) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky or legal investment memorandum, (iv) all filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters incurred in connection with the review and qualification of the offering of the Securities by FINRA, (v) any fees charged by the rating agencies for the rating of the Securities, (vi) the cost of the preparation, issuance and delivery of the Securities and the Guarantees, (vii) the costs and charges of any trustee, transfer agent, registrar or depositary, (viii) the costs and expenses of the Company and the Guarantors relating to investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Securities, including, without limitation, expenses associated with the preparation or dissemination of any electronic road show, expenses associated with the production of road

 

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show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations with the prior approval of the Company and the Guarantors, and travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the Company and the Guarantors and any such consultants, (ix) the document production charges and expenses associated with printing or reproducing this Agreement, the Indenture, closing documents and any other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities and Guarantees, (x) all expenses in connection with any offer and sale of the Securities (and the related Guarantees) outside of the United States, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with offers and sales outside of the United States and (xi) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company and the Guarantors hereunder for which provision is not otherwise made in this Section. It is understood, however, that except as provided in this Section, Section 8 entitled “Indemnity and Contribution,” and the last paragraph of Section 9 below, the Underwriters will pay all of their costs and expenses, including fees and disbursements of their counsel, transfer taxes payable on resale of any of the Securities and the Guarantees by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.

(j) If the third anniversary of the initial effective date of the Registration Statement occurs before all the Securities have been sold by the Underwriters, prior to the third anniversary to file a new shelf registration statement and to take any other action necessary to permit the public offering of the Securities to continue without interruption; references herein to the Registration Statement shall include the new registration statement declared effective by the Commission.

(k) During the period beginning on the date hereof and continuing to and including the Closing Date, not to offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities of the Company or the Guarantors or warrants to purchase or otherwise acquire debt securities of the Company or the Guarantors substantially similar to the Securities and the Guarantees (other than (i) the Securities and the Guarantees, (ii) commercial paper issued in the ordinary course of business or (iii) securities or warrants permitted with the prior written consent of the Manager identified in Schedule I with the authorization to release this lock-up on behalf of the Underwriters).

(l) To prepare a final term sheet relating to the offering of the Securities (and the related Guarantees), substantially in the form set forth in Schedule IV hereto, containing only information that describes the final terms of the Securities (and the related Guarantees) or the offering in a form consented to by the Managers, and to file such final term sheet within the period required by Rule 433(d)(5)(ii) under the Securities Act following the date the final terms have been established for the offering of the Securities (and the related Guarantees).

 

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(m) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

7. Covenants of the Underwriters . Each Underwriter severally covenants with the Company and the Guarantors not to take any action that would result in the Company or the Guarantors being required to file with the Commission under Rule 433(d) a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of any Underwriter that otherwise would not be required to be filed by the Company or the Guarantors thereunder, but for the action of the Underwriter.

8. Indemnity and Contribution . (a) The Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act and each affiliate of any Underwriter within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim) caused by or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, any issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act, the final term sheet required to be prepared and filed pursuant to Section 6(l) hereto or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Company or Guarantors’ information that the Company or Guarantors have filed, or are required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state in (A) the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto, any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or (B) any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, any issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act, the final term sheet required to be prepared and filed pursuant to Section 6(l) hereto or any amendment or supplement thereto, any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, in each case, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission based upon information furnished to the Company and the Guarantors in writing by any Underwriter through you expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.

 

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(b) Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the Guarantors, their directors, their officers who sign the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company or the Guarantors within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company and the Guarantors to any Underwriter, but only with reference to information furnished to the Company or the Guarantors in writing by any Underwriter through you expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any issuer free writing prospectus or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto. The Company acknowledges that the statements set forth in (i) the last paragraph of the cover page regarding delivery of the Securities, (ii) the table of Underwriters and their respective participation in the sale of the Securities under the caption “Underwriting,” (iii) the two sentences relating to concessions and reallowances in the third paragraph under the caption “Underwriting” and (iv) the two paragraphs under the caption “Underwriting—Price Stabilization and Short Positions” in any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the several Underwriters for inclusion in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any issuer free writing prospectus or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto.

(c) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 8(a) or 8(b), such person (the “ indemnified party ”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the “ indemnifying party ”) in writing and the indemnifying party, upon request of the indemnified party, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party and any others the indemnifying party may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the reasonably incurred fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in respect of the legal expenses of any indemnified party in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to

 

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any local counsel) for all such indemnified parties and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Such firm shall be designated in writing by the Manager authorized to appoint counsel under this Section set forth in Schedule I hereto, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(a), and by the Company and the Guarantors, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(b). The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by the second and third sentences of this paragraph, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability, guilt or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

(d) To the extent the indemnification provided for in Section 8(a) or 8(b) is unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each indemnifying party under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause 8(d)(i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause 8(d)(i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the

 

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Guarantors on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the offering of the Securities (and the related Guarantees) shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds from the offering of the Securities (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Guarantors and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters bear to the aggregate initial public offering price of the Securities as set forth in the Prospectus. The relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company and the Guarantors or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Underwriters’ respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 8 are several in proportion to the respective principal amounts of Securities they have purchased hereunder, and not joint.

(e) The Company, the Guarantors and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just or equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in Section 8(d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in Section 8(d) shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages that any Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The remedies provided for in this Section 8 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any indemnified party at law or in equity.

9. Effectiveness; Defaulting Underwriters . This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.

 

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If, on the Closing Date, any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities that it has or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, and the aggregate principal amount of Securities which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase is not more than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be purchased on such date, the other Underwriters shall be obligated severally in the proportions that the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule II bears to the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting Underwriters, or in such other proportions as you may specify, to purchase the Securities which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase on such date; provided that in no event shall the principal amount of Securities that such Underwriter has agreed to purchase pursuant to this Agreement be increased pursuant to this Section 9 by an amount in excess of one-ninth of such principal amount of Securities without the written consent of such Underwriter. If, on the Closing Date, any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities and the aggregate principal amount of Securities with respect to which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be purchased on such date, and arrangements satisfactory to you, the Company and the Guarantors for the purchase of such Securities are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company or the Guarantors. In any such case either you or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date, but in no event for longer than seven days, in order that the required changes, if any, in the Registration Statement, in the Time of Sale Prospectus, in the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Any action taken under this paragraph shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this Agreement.

10. Reimbursement of Underwriters’ Expenses . If (a) this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters, or any of them, because of any failure or refusal on the part of the Company or the Guarantors to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, (b) the sale of the Securities provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Underwriters set forth in Section 5 hereof is not satisfied, or (c) for any reason the Company or the Guarantors shall be unable to perform their respective obligations under this Agreement, then in each such case, the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, shall reimburse the Underwriters or such Underwriters as have so terminated this Agreement with respect to themselves, as the case may be, severally, for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and disbursements of their counsel) reasonably incurred by such Underwriters in connection with this Agreement or the offering contemplated hereunder.

11. Entire Agreement . (a) This Agreement, together with any contemporaneous written agreements and any prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded by this Agreement) that relate to the offering of the

 

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Securities (and the related Guarantees), represents the entire agreement between the Company, the Guarantors and the Underwriters with respect to the preparation of any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, the conduct of the offering, and the purchase and sale of the Securities.

(b) The Company and the Guarantors acknowledge that in connection with the offering of the Securities (and the related Guarantees): (i) the Underwriters have acted at arms length, are not agents of, and owe no fiduciary duties to, the Company, the Guarantors or any other person, (ii) the Underwriters owe the Company and the Guarantors only those duties and obligations set forth in this Agreement and prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded by this Agreement), if any, and (iii) the Underwriters may have interests that differ from those of the Company or the Guarantors. The Company and the Guarantors waive to the full extent permitted by applicable law any claims it may have against the Underwriters arising from an alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the offering of the Securities.

12. Counterparts . This Agreement may be signed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.

13. Applicable Law . This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

14. Headings . The headings of the sections of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed a part of this Agreement.

15. Notices . All communications hereunder shall be in writing and effective only upon receipt and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered, mailed or sent to you at the address set forth in Schedule I hereto; and if to the Company or the Guarantors shall be delivered, mailed or sent to the address set forth in Schedule I hereto.

16. USA Patriot Act . In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act, the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company and the Guarantors, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.

17. Jurisdiction . Each of the Company and the Guarantors irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State or United States Federal court sitting in The City of New York over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement. Each of the Company and the

 

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Guarantors irrevocably waives, to the full extent permitted by law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such a court and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. To the extent that the Company or the Guarantors has or hereafter may acquire any immunity (on the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise) from the jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process with respect to itself or its property, each of the Company and the Guarantors irrevocably waives, to the full extent permitted by law, such immunity in respect of any such suit, action or proceeding. Each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably appoints CT Corporation System, with offices at 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10011, as its agent for service of process in any suit, action or proceeding described in the preceding paragraph and agrees that service of process in any such suit, action or proceeding may be made upon it at the office of such agent. Each of the Company and the Guarantors waives, to the full extent permitted by law, any other requirements of or objections to personal jurisdiction with respect thereto. Each of the Company and the Guarantors represents and warrants that such agent has agreed to act as its agent for service of process, and each of the Company and the Guarantors agrees to take any and all action, including the filing of any and all documents and instruments, that may be necessary to continue such appointment in full force and effect.

18. Waiver of Jury Trial . THE COMPANY AND EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

19. Currency Indemnity . If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder into any currency other than United States dollars, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent permitted by law, that the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Underwriters could purchase United States dollars with such other currency in The City of New York on the business day preceding that on which final judgment is given. The obligation of the Company and the Guarantors with respect to any sum due from either of them to such Underwriter or any person controlling such Underwriter shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than United States dollars, not be discharged until the first business day following receipt by such Underwriter or controlling person of such Underwriter of any sum in such other currency, and only to the extent that such Underwriter or controlling person of such Underwriter may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase United States dollars with such other currency. If the United States dollars so purchased are less than the sum originally due to such Underwriter or controlling person of such Underwriter hereunder, the Company and the Guarantors jointly and severally agree, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such

 

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Underwriter or controlling person of such Underwriter against such loss. If the United States dollars so purchased are greater than the sum originally due to such Underwriter or controlling person of such Underwriter hereunder, such Underwriter or controlling person of such Underwriter agrees to pay to the Company or the relevant Guarantor, as the case may be, an amount equal to the excess of the dollars so purchased over the sum originally due to such Underwriter or controlling person of such Underwriter hereunder.

20. Representations and Indemnities to Survive . The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in Section 8 and the agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company and the Guarantors or their respective officers contained in or made pursuant to this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, any person controlling such Underwriter or any affiliate of such Underwriter or by or on behalf of the Company or the Guarantors, their respective officers, directors, employees, agents or any person controlling the Company or the Guarantors and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the Securities.

21. Successors . This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers, directors, employees, agents and controlling persons referred to in Section 8 hereof, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.

 

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Very truly yours
COVIDIEN INTERNATIONAL FINANCE S.A.
By:  

/s/ Michelangelo Stefani

Name:   Michelangelo Stefani
Title:   Managing Director
Very truly yours
COVIDIEN PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
By:  

/s/ Charles J. Dockendorff

Name:   Charles J. Dockendorff
Title:  

Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

Very truly yours
COVIDIEN LTD.
By:  

/s/ Charles J. Dockendorff

Name:   Charles J. Dockendorff
Title:  

Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

 

[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]


Accepted as of the date hereof

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

Acting severally on behalf of themselves and the several

Underwriters named in Schedule II hereto

 

By:   BNP Paribas Securities Corp.
By:  

/s/ Jim Turner

Name:   Jim Turner
Title:  

Managing Director

Head of Debt Capital Markets

By:   Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
By:  

/s/ Brian D. Bednarski

Name:   Brian D. Bednarski
Title:   Managing Director
By:   Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
By:  

/s/ John C. McCabe

Name:   John C. McCabe
Title:   Director
By:  

/s/ Lawrence K. Williamson

Name:   Lawrence K. Williamson
Title:   Managing Director

 

[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]


SCHEDULE I

TERM SHEET

 

Managers:   

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

Manager authorized to release lock-up under Section 6(k):    BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., acting jointly.
Manager authorized to appoint counsel under Section 8(c):    BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., acting jointly.
Base Indenture:    Indenture dated as of October 22, 2007 as supplemented by the first through sixth supplemental indentures between the Company, Covidien Ltd., Covidien public limited company and the Trustee.
Supplemental Indenture:    Seventh Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 30, 2012 among the Company, Covidien Ltd., Covidien plc and the Trustee.
Trustee:    Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
Registration Statement File No.:    333-167638, 333-167638-01 and 333-167638-02
Time of Sale Prospectus   

1.      Prospectus dated June 21, 2010 relating to the Shelf Securities

2.      Preliminary prospectus supplement dated May 22, 2012 relating to the Securities

3.      Free writing prospectus dated May 22, 2012 relating to the Securities

Securities to be purchased:   

1.350% Senior Notes due 2015 (the “ 2015 Notes ”)

3.200% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “ 2022 Notes ”)

 

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Aggregate Principal Amount:   

$600,000,000 in 2015 Notes

$650,000,000 in 2022 Notes

Purchase Price:   

2015 Notes: 99.968% of the principal amount,

plus accrued interest, if any, from May 30, 2012

 

2022 Notes: 99.692% of the principal amount,

plus accrued interest, if any, from May 30, 2012

Maturity:   

May 29, 2015 for the 2015 Notes

June 15, 2022 for the 2022 Notes

Interest Rate:   

2015 Notes: 1.350% per annum, accruing from May 30, 2012

 

2022 Notes: 3.200% per annum, accruing from May 30, 2012

Interest Payment Dates:   

For the 2015 Notes, semi-annually on each May 29 and November 29, commencing on November 29, 2012

 

For the 2022 Notes, semi-annually on each June 15 and December 15, commencing on December 15, 2012

Closing Date and Time:    9:00 a.m. on May 30, 2012
Closing Location:   

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

450 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10017

Address for Notices to

Underwriters:

  

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

787 Seventh Avenue

New York, NY 10019

Attention: Syndicate Desk

Facsimile: 917-472-4745

 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

388 Greenwich Street

New York, New York, 10013

Attention: General Counsel

Facsimile: 212-816-7912

 

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

60 Wall Street

New York, New York 10005

 

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Attention: Debt Capital Markets Syndicate

Facsimile: 212-469-7875

Copy to:

Attention: General Counsel

Facsimile: 212-797-4561

Address for Notices to the Company and the Guarantors:   

Covidien International Finance S.A.

Fourth Floor

3b Boulevard

Prince Henri

L-1724 Luxembourg

Attention: Managing Director

 

Covidien Ltd.

20 Lower Hatch Street

Dublin 2

Ireland

Attention: Chief Executive Officer

 

Covidien public limited company

20 Lower Hatch Street

Dublin 2

Ireland

Attention: Chief Executive Officer

 

In each case with a copy to:

 

Covidien

15 Hampshire Street

Mansfield, Massachusetts 02048

Attention: General Counsel

 

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SCHEDULE II

 

Underwriter

   Principal Amount
of  Securities To Be
Purchased
(2015 Notes)
     Principal Amount  of
Securities To Be
Purchased
(2022 Notes)
 

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

   $ 165,000,000       $ 178,750,000   

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

     165,000,000         178,750,000   

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

     165,000,000         178,750,000   

CastleOak Securities, L.P.

     26,250,000         28,437,500   

Mizuho Securities USA Inc.

     26,250,000         28,437,500   

Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.

     26,250,000         28,437,500   

The Williams Capital Group, L.P.

     26,250,000         28,437,500   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 600,000,000       $ 650,000,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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SCHEDULE III

SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARIES

Tyco Healthcare Group LP, a Delaware limited partnership

Covidien Group S.a.r.l., a Luxembourg company

Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

 

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SCHEDULE IV

Form of Final Term Sheet

 

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Exhibit 4.1

EXECUTION COPY

COVIDIEN INTERNATIONAL FINANCE S.A.,

as Issuer

AND

COVIDIEN PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY AND COVIDIEN LTD.,

as Guarantors

AND

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST

COMPANY AMERICAS,

as Trustee

SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of May 30, 2012

$600,000,000 of 1.350% Senior Notes due 2015

$650,000,000 of 3.200% Senior Notes due 2022


THIS SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE is dated as of May 30, 2012 among COVIDIEN INTERNATIONAL FINANCE S.A., a Luxembourg company (the “ Company ”), COVIDIEN PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY , an Irish company (“ Covidien plc ”), and COVIDIEN LTD., a Bermuda company (“ Covidien Ltd. ”, and together with Covidien plc, the “ Guarantors ”), and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, a New York banking corporation (the “ Trustee ”).

RECITALS

A. WHEREAS, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of October 22, 2007 (as supplemented prior to the date hereof, the “ Base Indenture ,” and as further supplemented by this Seventh Supplemental Indenture, the “ Indenture ”), to provide for the issuance by the Company from time to time of unsubordinated debt securities evidencing its unsecured indebtedness.

B. WHEREAS, pursuant to the Base Indenture, the Company desires to establish two new series of its debt securities, to be known as its “1.350% Senior Notes due 2015” (the “ 2015 Notes ”) and “3.200% Senior Notes due 2022” (the “ 2022 Notes ” and, together with the 2015 Notes, the “ Offered Securities ”), the form and substance and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof to be set forth as provided in the Base Indenture and this Seventh Supplemental Indenture;

C. WHEREAS, pursuant to a resolution of its board of directors, the Company has authorized the issuance of the Offered Securities.

D. WHEREAS, the entry into this Seventh Supplemental Indenture by the parties hereto is in all respects authorized by the provisions of the Base Indenture.

E. WHEREAS, the Company and the Guarantors desire to enter into this Seventh Supplemental Indenture pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Base Indenture to establish the terms of the Offered Securities in accordance with Section 2.01 of the Base Indenture and to establish the form of the Offered Securities in accordance with Section 2.02 of the Base Indenture.

F. WHEREAS all things necessary to make this Seventh Supplemental Indenture a valid indenture and agreement according to its terms have been done.

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the foregoing premises, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective holders from time to time of the Offered Securities as follows:

ARTICLE I

Section 1.1. Terms of Offered Securities .

The following terms relate to the Offered Securities:

(1) The Offered Securities constitute two new series of securities having the titles “1.350% Senior Notes due 2015” and “3.200% Senior Notes due 2022.”

(2) The initial aggregate principal amount of the 2015 Notes that may be authenticated and

 

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delivered under the Base Indenture (except for Offered Securities authenticated and delivered upon transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other 2015 Notes pursuant to Section 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.11, or 3.03 of the Base Indenture) is $600,000,000. The initial aggregate principal amount of the 2022 Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under the Base Indenture (except for Offered Securities authenticated and delivered upon transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other 2022 Notes pursuant to Section 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.11, or 3.03 of the Base Indenture) is $650,000,000.

(3) The entire Outstanding principal amount of the 2015 Notes shall be payable on May 29, 2015 and the entire Outstanding principal amount of the 2022 Notes shall be payable on June 15, 2022.

(4) The rate at which the 2015 Notes shall bear interest shall be 1.350% per year. The date from which interest shall accrue on the 2015 Notes shall be May 30, 2012, or the most recent Interest Payment Date for the 2015 Notes to which interest has been paid or provided for. The Interest Payment Dates for the 2015 Notes shall be May 29 and November 29 of each year, beginning November 29, 2012. Interest shall be payable on each Interest Payment Date for the 2015 Notes to the holders of record at the close of business on the May 15 and November 15 prior to each Interest Payment Date for the 2015 Notes.

The rate at which the 2022 Notes shall bear interest shall be 3.200% per year. The date from which interest shall accrue on the 2022 Notes shall be May 30, 2012, or the most recent Interest Payment Date for the 2022 Notes to which interest has been paid or provided for. The Interest Payment Dates for the 2022 Notes shall be June 15 and December 15 of each year, beginning December 15, 2012. Interest shall be payable on each Interest Payment Date for the 2022 Notes to the holders of record at the close of business on the June 1 and December 1 prior to each Interest Payment Date for the 2022 Notes.

The basis upon which interest shall be calculated shall be that of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

(5) The Offered Securities shall be issuable in whole in the form of one or more registered Global Securities, and the Depository for such Global Securities shall be The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York. The Offered Securities shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibits A and B, the terms of which are herein incorporated by reference. The Offered Securities shall be issuable in denominations of $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

(6) The Offered Securities may not be redeemed at the option of the Company prior to the maturity date, except as provided in Article XIV of the Base Indenture and this Seventh Supplemental Indenture.

(7) The Offered Securities will not have the benefit of any sinking fund.

(8) Except as provided herein, the holders of the Offered Securities shall have no special rights in addition to those provided in the Base Indenture upon the occurrence of any particular events.

(9) The Offered Securities will be general unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company and will be ranked equally among themselves.

 

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(10) The Offered Securities are not convertible into shares of common stock or other securities of the Company.

(11) The additional redemption provisions, restrictive covenants, Event of Default and defeasance and discharge provisions set forth in Sections 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 and 1.6 shall be applicable to the Offered Securities.

Section 1.2. Additional Defined Terms .

As used herein, the following defined terms shall have the following meanings with respect to the Offered Securities only:

Adjusted Redemption Treasury Rate ” with respect to any Redemption Date means the rate equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity or interpolated (on a 30/360 day count basis) yield to maturity of the Comparable Redemption Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Redemption Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Redemption Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.

Attributable Debt ”, in connection with a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, as of any particular time, means the aggregate of present values (discounted at a rate that, at the inception of the lease, represents the effective interest rate that the lessee would have incurred to borrow over a similar term the funds necessary to purchase the leased assets) of the obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary for net rental payments during the remaining term of the applicable lease, including any period for which such lease has been extended or, at the option of the lessor, may be extended. The term “net rental payments” under any lease of any period shall mean the sum of the rental and other payments required to be paid in such period by the lessee thereunder, not including any amounts required to be paid by such lessee, whether or not designated as rental payments or additional rental payments, on account of maintenance and repairs, reconstruction, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates or similar charges required to be paid by such lessee thereunder or any amounts required to be paid by such lessee thereunder contingent upon the amount of sales, maintenance and repairs, reconstruction, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates or similar charges.

Below Investment Grade Rating Event ” means the applicable Offered Securities are rated below an Investment Grade Rating by each of the Rating Agencies on any date from the date of the public notice of an arrangement that could result in a Change of Control until the end of the 60-day period following public notice of the occurrence of the Change of Control (which 60-day period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Offered Securities is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies); provided that a Below Investment Grade Rating Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating shall be deemed not to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus shall be deemed not to be a Below Investment Grade Rating Event for purposes of the definition of Change of Control Triggering Event) if the Rating Agencies making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply do not publicly announce or publicly confirm or inform the Trustee in writing at its request that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control shall have occurred at the time of the Below Investment Grade Rating Event).

 

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Change of Control ” means the occurrence of any of (1) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of Covidien plc and its subsidiaries taken as a whole to any person or group of persons for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act other than Covidien plc or one of its subsidiaries or a person controlled by Covidien plc or one of its subsidiaries; (2) consummation of any transaction (including any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) other than Covidien plc’s or its subsidiaries’ employee benefit plans, becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13(d)(3) and 13(d)(5) under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock of Covidien plc, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; or (3) the replacement of a majority of the board of directors of Covidien plc over a two-year period from the directors who constituted the board of directors of Covidien plc at the beginning of such period, and such replacement shall not have been approved by at least a majority of the board of directors of Covidien plc then still in office (either by a specific vote or by approval of a proxy statement in which such member was named as a nominee for election as a director, without objection to such nomination) who either were members of such board of directors at the beginning of such period or whose election as a member of such board of directors was previously so approved; provided, that, a transaction effected to create a holding company for Covidien plc will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control if: (1) pursuant to such transaction Covidien plc becomes a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of such holding company; (2) the direct or indirect holders of the voting stock of such holding company immediately following that transaction are substantially the same as the holders of Covidien plc’s voting stock, if any, immediately prior to that transaction; and (3) immediately following the transaction no person is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the voting power represented by the outstanding voting stock of such holding company. Following any such transaction, references in this definition to Covidien plc shall be deemed to refer to such holding company. For purposes of this definition, “voting stock” of any specified “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) as of any date means the capital stock of such person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such person.

Change of Control Triggering Event ” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade Rating Event.

Comparable Redemption Treasury Issue ” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the applicable Offered Securities to be redeemed that will be utilized at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Offered Securities.

Comparable Redemption Treasury Price ” with respect to any Redemption Date means (x) the average of the Redemption Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Redemption Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations (unless there is more than one highest or lowest quotation, in which case only one such highest and/or lowest quotation shall be excluded), or (y) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than four such Redemption Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Redemption Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations.

 

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Consolidated Net Worth ” at any date means total assets less total liabilities, in each case appearing on the most recently prepared consolidated balance sheet of Covidien plc and its subsidiaries as of the end of a fiscal quarter of Covidien plc, prepared in accordance with GAAP as in effect on the date of the consolidated balance sheet.

Consolidated Tangible Assets ” at any date means total assets less all intangible assets appearing on the most recently prepared consolidated balance sheet of Covidien plc and its subsidiaries as of the end of a fiscal quarter of Covidien plc, prepared in accordance with GAAP as in effect on the date of the consolidated balance sheet. “Intangible assets” means the amount (if any) stated under the heading

Fitch ” means Fitch Ratings Ltd.

Funded Indebtedness ” means any Indebtedness maturing by its terms more than one year from the date of the determination thereof, including any Indebtedness renewable or extendible at the option of the obligor to a date later than one year from the date of the determination thereof.

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the FASB Accounting Standards Codification or in such other statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession of the United States, as in effect from time to time. At any time after the initial date of issuance of the Offered Securities, the Company may elect (by providing written notice to the Trustee) to apply International Financial Reporting Standards (“ IFRS ”) in lieu of GAAP and, upon any such election, references herein to GAAP shall thereafter be construed to mean IFRS (except as otherwise provided herein); provided that any such election, once made, shall be irrevocable.

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, Net ” or under any other heading of intangible assets separately listed, in each case on the face of such consolidated balance sheet.

Indebtedness ” means, without duplication, the principal amount (such amount being the face amount or, with respect to original issue discount bonds or zero coupon notes, bonds or debentures or similar securities, determined based on the accreted amount as of the date of the most recently prepared consolidated balance sheet of Covidien plc and its Subsidiaries as of the end of a fiscal quarter of Covidien plc prepared in accordance with GAAP as in effect on the date of such consolidated balance sheet) of (i) all obligations for borrowed money, (ii) all obligations evidenced by debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (iii) all obligations in respect of letters of credit or bankers acceptances or similar instruments or reimbursement obligations with respect thereto (such instruments to constitute Indebtedness only to the extent that the outstanding reimbursement obligations in respect thereof are collateralized by cash or cash equivalents reflected as assets on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP), (iv) all obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, except (A) trade and similar accounts payable and accrued expenses, (B) employee compensation, deferred compensation and pension obligations, and other obligations arising from employee benefit programs and agreements or other similar employment arrangements, (C) obligations in respect of customer advances received and (D) obligations in connection with earnout and holdback

 

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agreements, in each case in the ordinary course of business, (v) all obligations as lessee to the extent capitalized in accordance with GAAP and (vi) all Indebtedness of others consolidated in such balance sheet that is guaranteed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or for which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is legally responsible or liable (whether by agreement to purchase indebtedness of, or to supply funds or to invest in, others).

Investment Grade Rating ” means a rating equal to or higher than BBB– (or the equivalent) by Fitch, Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB– (or the equivalent) by S&P.

Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

Non-Recourse Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness upon the enforcement of which recourse may be had by the holder(s) thereof only to identified assets of Covidien plc, Covidien Ltd. or the Company or any Subsidiary of Covidien plc, Covidien Ltd. or the Company and not to Covidien plc, Covidien Ltd. or the Company or any Subsidiary of Covidien plc, Covidien Ltd. or the Company personally (subject to, for the avoidance of doubt, customary exceptions contained in non-recourse financings to the non-recourse nature of the obligations thereunder).

Principal Property ” means any U.S. manufacturing, processing or assembly plant or any U.S. warehouse or distribution facility of Covidien plc or any of its Subsidiaries that is used by any U.S. Subsidiary of the Company and (A) is owned by Covidien plc or any Subsidiary of Covidien plc on the date hereof, (B) the initial construction of which has been completed after the date hereof, or (C) is acquired after the date hereof, in each case, other than any such plants, facilities, warehouses or portions thereof, that in the opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company, are not collectively of material importance to the total business conducted by Covidien plc and its subsidiaries as an entirety, or that has a net book value (excluding any capitalized interest expense), on the date hereof in the case of clause (A) of this definition, on the date of completion of the initial construction in the case of clause (B) of this definition or on the date of acquisition in the case of clause (C) of this definition, of less than 2.0% of Consolidated Tangible Assets on the consolidated balance sheet of Covidien plc and its subsidiaries as of the applicable date.

Prospectus ” means the base prospectus dated June 21, 2010, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement dated May 22, 2012.

Quotation Agent ” means a Redemption Reference Treasury Dealer appointed as such agent by the Company.

Rating Agencies ” means (1) each of Fitch, Moody’s and S&P; and (2) if any of Fitch, Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the applicable Offered Securities or fails to make a rating of such Offered Securities publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Rule 15c3–1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act, selected by the Company (as certified by a resolution of the Company’s Board of Directors) as a replacement agency for Fitch, Moody’s or S&P, or all of them, as the case may be.

Redemption Date ” shall mean, with respect to any redemption of any Offered Securities, the date fixed for such redemption pursuant to the terms of the Indenture and such Offered Securities.

 

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Redemption Price ” shall mean, with respect to any redemption of any Offered Securities, the price at which such Offered Securities are to be redeemed as determined pursuant to the terms of the Indenture and Section 1.3 hereof.

Redemption Reference Treasury Dealer ” means (a) each of BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. or their affiliates which are primary U.S. government securities dealers, and their respective successors; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. government securities dealer (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), the Company will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Company and (b) any other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Company.

Redemption Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations ” with respect to each Redemption Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date means the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and offer prices at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, for the Comparable Redemption Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) for settlement on the Redemption Date quoted in writing to the Quotation Agent by such Redemption Reference Treasury Dealer on the third business day preceding such Redemption Date.

Restricted Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Company that owns or leases a Principal Property.

Sale and Lease-Back Transaction ” means an arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of any Principal Property whereby such Principal Property has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to such Person other than Covidien plc, Covidien Ltd., the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to any such arrangement involving a lease for a term, including renewal rights, for not more than three years.

S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Section 1.3. Optional Redemption .

Each series of Offered Securities will be subject to redemption at the option of the Company on any Redemption Date prior to the maturity date, in whole or from time to time in part, in $1,000 increments ( provided that any remaining principal amount thereof shall be at least the minimum authorized denomination thereof), on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed to the holders of Offered Securities to be redeemed.

The Offered Securities will be redeemable at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Offered Securities to be redeemed, and (ii) an amount, as determined by the Quotation Agent and delivered to the Trustee, equal to the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon due on any date after the Redemption Date (excluding the portion of interest that will be accrued and unpaid to and including the Redemption Date) discounted from their scheduled date of payment to the

 

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Redemption Date (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Redemption Treasury Rate plus (A) 15 basis points in the case of the 2015 Notes and (B) 25 basis points in the case of the 2022 Notes plus, in the case of either clause (i) or clause (ii), accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

Notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, the 2022 Notes will be redeemable on or after March 15, 2022 at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2022 Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

Section 1.4. Additional Covenants .

The following additional covenants shall apply with respect to the Offered Securities so long as any of the Offered Securities remain Outstanding (but subject to defeasance, as provided in the Indenture):

(1) Limitation on Liens.

The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, issue, assume or guarantee any Indebtedness that is secured by a mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien or encumbrance (each a “ lien ”) upon any property that at the time of such issuance, assumption or guarantee constitutes a Principal Property, or any shares of stock of or Indebtedness issued by any Restricted Subsidiary, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, without effectively providing that, for so long as such lien shall continue in existence with respect to such secured Indebtedness, the Offered Securities (together with, if the Company shall so determine, any other Indebtedness of the Company ranking equally with the Offered Securities, it being understood that for purposes hereof, Indebtedness which is secured by a lien and Indebtedness which is not so secured shall not, solely by reason of such lien, be deemed to be of different ranking) shall be equally and ratably secured by a lien ranking ratably with or equal to (or at the Company’s option prior to) such secured Indebtedness; provided, however, that the foregoing covenant shall not apply to:

(a) liens existing on the date the Offered Securities are first issued;

(b) liens on the stock, assets or Indebtedness of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, unless created in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary;

(c) liens on any assets or Indebtedness of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged with or into or consolidated with or acquired by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or at the time of a purchase, lease or other acquisition of the assets of a corporation or firm as an entirety or substantially as an entirety by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(d) liens on any Principal Property existing at the time of acquisition thereof by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, or liens to secure the payment of the purchase price of such Principal Property by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, or to secure any Indebtedness incurred, assumed or guaranteed by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price of such Principal Property or

 

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improvements or construction thereon, which Indebtedness is incurred, assumed or guaranteed prior to, at the time of or within one year after such acquisition (or in the case of real property, completion of such improvement or construction or commencement of full operation of such property, whichever is later); provided, however, that in the case of any such acquisition, construction or improvement, the lien shall not apply to any Principal Property theretofore owned by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, other than the Principal Property so acquired, constructed or improved (and any accessions thereto and improvements and replacements thereof and the proceeds of the foregoing);

(e) liens securing Indebtedness owing by any Restricted Subsidiary to the Company, the Guarantors or a subsidiary thereof or by the Company to the Guarantors;

(f) liens in favor of the United States or any State thereof, or any department, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision of the United States of America or any State thereof, or in favor of any other country or any political subdivision thereof, to secure partial, progress, advance or other payments pursuant to any contract, statute, rule or regulation or to secure any Indebtedness incurred or guaranteed for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price (or, in the case of real property, the cost of construction or improvement) of the Principal Property subject to such liens (including liens incurred in connection with pollution control, industrial revenue or similar financings);

(g) pledges, liens or deposits under workers’ compensation or similar legislation, and liens thereunder that are not currently dischargeable, or in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of money) or leases to which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary is a party, or to secure the public or statutory obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, or in connection with obtaining or maintaining self-insurance, or to obtain the benefits of any law, regulation or arrangement pertaining to unemployment insurance, old age pensions, social security or similar matters, or to secure surety, performance, appeal or customs bonds to which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary is a party, or in litigation or other proceedings in connection with the matters heretofore referred to in this clause, such as interpleader proceedings, and other similar pledges, liens or deposits made or incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(h) liens created by or resulting from any litigation or other proceeding that is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, including liens arising out of judgments or awards against the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to which the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in good faith is prosecuting an appeal or proceedings for review or for which the time to make an appeal has not yet expired; or final unappealable judgment liens which are satisfied within 15 days of the date of judgment; or liens incurred by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of obtaining a stay or discharge in the course of any litigation or other proceeding to which the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is a party;

(i) liens for taxes or assessments or governmental charges or levies not yet due or delinquent; or that can thereafter be paid without penalty, or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; landlord’s liens on property held under lease; and any other liens or charges incidental to the conduct of the business of the Company or any Restricted

 

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Subsidiary, or the ownership of their respective assets, that were not incurred in connection with the borrowing of money or the obtaining of advances or credit and that, in the opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company, do not materially impair the use of such assets in the operation of the business of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary or the value of such Principal Property for the purposes of such business;

(j) liens to secure the Company’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s obligations under agreements with respect to spot, forward, future and option transactions, entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(k) liens not permitted by the foregoing clauses (a) to (j), inclusive, if at the time of, and after giving effect to, the creation or assumption of any such lien, the aggregate amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (without duplication) secured by all such liens not so permitted by the foregoing clauses (a) through (j), inclusive, together with the Attributable Debt in respect of Sale and Lease-Back Transactions permitted by paragraph (a) under subsection (2) below does not exceed the greater of $675,000,000 and 10% of Consolidated Net Worth; and

(l) any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements), in whole or in part, of any lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (a) to (k), inclusive; provided, however, that the principal amount of Indebtedness secured thereby unless otherwise excepted under clauses (a) through (k) shall not exceed the principal amount of Indebtedness so secured at the time of such extension, renewal or replacement, and that such extension, renewal or replacement shall be limited to all or a part of the assets (or any replacement assets therefor) that secured the lien so extended, renewed or replaced (plus improvements and construction on real property).

(2) Limitation on Sale/Leaseback Transactions.

The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction unless:

(a) the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, at the time of entering into a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, would be entitled to incur Indebtedness secured by a lien on the Principal Property to be leased in an amount at least equal to the Attributable Debt in respect of such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, without equally and ratably securing the Offered Securities pursuant to subsection (1) above; or

(b) the direct or indirect proceeds of the sale of the Principal Property to be leased are at least equal to the fair value of such Principal Property (as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors) and an amount equal to the net proceeds from the sale of the property or assets so leased is applied, within 180 days of the effective date of any such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, to the purchase or acquisition (or, in the case of real property, commencement of the construction) of property or assets or to the retirement (other than at maturity or pursuant to a mandatory sinking fund or mandatory redemption provision) of Securities, or of Funded Indebtedness of the Company or a consolidated Subsidiary ranking on a parity with or senior to the Securities; provided that there shall be credited to the amount of net proceeds required to be applied pursuant to this clause (b) an amount equal to the sum of (i) the principal amount of

 

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Securities delivered within 180 days of the effective date of such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction to the Trustee for retirement and cancellation and (ii) the principal amount of other Funded Indebtedness voluntarily retired by the Company within such 180-day period, excluding retirements of Securities and other Funded Indebtedness as a result of conversions or pursuant to mandatory sinking fund or mandatory prepayment provisions.

(3) Change of Control Triggering Event.

(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem the Offered Securities pursuant to Section 1.3 hereof or Section 14.01 of the Base Indenture, each holder will have the right to require that the Company purchase all or a portion, in $1,000 increments ( provided, that any remaining principal amount thereof shall be at least the minimum authorized denomination thereof), of such holder’s Offered Securities pursuant to Section 1.4(3)(b) hereof (the “ Change of Control Offer ”), at a repurchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the repurchase date.

(b) Within 30 days following the date upon which the Change of Control Triggering Event occurred, or at the Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control, but after the public announcement of the Change of Control, the Company shall send, by first class mail, a notice to each holder, with a copy to the Trustee, which notice shall govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer. Such notice shall describe the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control and shall state:

(A) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 1.4(3) of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture;

(B) that the Company is required to offer to purchase all of the outstanding principal amount of Offered Securities, the repurchase price and, that on the date specified in such notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, other than as may be required by law (the “ Change of Control Payment Date ”), and the Company shall repurchase the Offered Securities validly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to this Section 1.4(3);

(C) if mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, shall state that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control Triggering Event occurring on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date;

(D) that any Offered Security not tendered or accepted for payment shall continue to accrue interest;

(E) that, unless the Company defaults in making such payment, Offered Securities accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Change of Control Payment Date;

(F) that holders electing to have an Offered Security purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer may elect to have all or any portion of such Offered Security purchased;

 

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(G) that holders of Offered Securities electing to have Offered Securities purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer shall be required to surrender their Offered Securities, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Offered Security, or such other customary documents of surrender and transfer as the Company may reasonably request, duly completed, or transfer the Offered Security by book-entry transfer, to the paying agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day prior to the Change of Control Payment Date;

(H) that holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Company, the Depositary or the paying agent, as the case may be, receives, not later than the expiration of the Change of Control Offer, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the holder, the principal amount of the Offered Security the holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such holder is withdrawing its election to have such Offered Security purchased;

(I) that holders whose Offered Securities are purchased only in part shall be issued new Securities equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Securities surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer); and

(J) the CUSIP number, if any, printed on the Offered Securities being repurchased and that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Offered Securities.

(c) The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for such an offer made by the Company and such third party purchases all Offered Securities properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer.

(d) The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Offered Securities pursuant to a Change of Control Offer. To the extent that any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 1.4(3), the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall be deemed not to have breached its obligations under this Section 1.4(3) by virtue thereof.

Section 1.5. Additional Event of Default .

The following additional event shall be established and shall constitute an “Event of Default” under Section 6.01(a) of the Base Indenture with respect to the Offered Securities so long as any of the Offered Securities remain Outstanding:

(9) an event of default shall occur and be continuing with respect to the Company’s or any Guarantor’s Indebtedness for borrowed money (other than Non-Recourse Indebtedness) under any indenture or other instrument evidencing or under which the Company or any Guarantor

 

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shall have a principal amount outstanding (such amount with respect to original issue discount bonds or zero coupon notes, bonds or debentures or similar securities based on the accreted amount determined in accordance with GAAP and as of the date of the most recently prepared consolidated balance sheet of the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be) in excess of $100,000,000, and such event of default shall involve the failure to pay the principal of such Indebtedness on the final maturity date thereof after the expiration of any applicable grace period with respect thereto, or such Indebtedness shall have been accelerated so that the same shall have become due and payable prior to the date on which the same would otherwise have become due and payable, and such acceleration shall not be rescinded or annulled within ten Business Days after notice thereof shall have been given to the Company and the Guarantors by the Trustee, or to the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee by the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series affected thereby; provided that, if such event of default under such indenture or instrument shall be remedied or cured by the Company or such Guarantor or waived by the requisite holders of such Indebtedness, then the Event of Default hereunder by reason thereof shall be deemed likewise to have been thereupon remedied, cured or waived without further action upon the part of either the Trustee or any of the holders, and provided further, however, that subject to the provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.02, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any such event of default unless written notice thereof shall have been given to the Trustee by the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, by the holder or an agent of the holder of any such Indebtedness, by the trustee then acting under any indenture or other instrument under which such event of default shall have occurred, or by the holders of not less than 25% in the aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Securities of all series affected thereby.

Section 1.6. Defeasance and Discharge of Obligations

With respect to a redemption of all of the Offered Securities pursuant to Section 1.3 hereof, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 11.03(c) of the Base Indenture, for purposes of determining whether the Company has satisfied the condition set forth in clause (i) of such Section 11.03(c), the amount of funds or Governmental Obligations that the Company must irrevocably deposit or cause to be deposited in trust with the Trustee shall be determined using an assumed Redemption Price calculated as of the date of deposit of such funds or Governmental Obligations in trust (and not, for the avoidance of doubt, the Redemption Date); provided that:

(a) at the time of deposit of such funds or Governmental Obligations in trust, the funds or Governmental Obligations in trust must be sufficient, as evidenced by a certificate of a reputable firm of certified independent accountants, investment bank or appraisal firm, to pay and discharge the principal, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on the Offered Securities on the Redemption Date with an assumed Redemption Price calculated as of the date of deposit of such funds or Governmental Obligations in trust; and

(b) the Company must irrevocably deposit or cause to be deposited additional funds or Governmental Obligations in trust, as necessary, on the Redemption Date, as required by Section 1.3 hereof, necessary to pay the Redemption Price as determined on such date.

 

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ARTICLE II

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 2.1. Definitions .

Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Seventh Supplemental Indenture shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Base Indenture.

Section 2.2. Confirmation of Indenture .

The Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Seventh Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Base Indenture, this Seventh Supplemental Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.

Section 2.3. Concerning the Trustee .

In carrying out the Trustee’s responsibilities hereunder, the Trustee shall have all of the rights, protections and immunities which it possesses under the Indenture. The recitals contained herein and in the Offered Securities, except the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture or of the Offered Securities. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of the Offered Securities or the proceeds thereof.

Section 2.4. Governing Law .

This Seventh Supplemental Indenture and the Offered Securities shall be deemed to be a contract made under the internal laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said State without regard to conflicts of laws principles that would require the application of any other law.

Section 2.5. Separability .

In case any provision in this Seventh Supplemental Indenture shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 2.6. Counterparts .

This Seventh Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

Section 2.7 No Benefit .

Nothing in this Seventh Supplemental Indenture, express or implied, shall give to any Person other than the parties hereto and their successors or assigns, and the holders of the Offered Securities, any benefit or legal or equitable rights, remedy or claim under this Seventh Supplemental Indenture or the Base Indenture.

 

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Section 2.8 Additional Debt Securities .

In accordance with Section 2.01 of the Base Indenture, the Company may from time to time, without giving notice to or seeking the consent of the holders of any series of notes, issue debt securities having the same ranking and the same interest rate, maturity and other terms (except for the issue date, the public offering price and the first interest payment date) as, and ranking equally and ratably with, any applicable series of Offered Securities. Any additional Securities having such similar terms, together with the Offered Securities of the applicable series, will constitute a single series of Securities under the Indenture, including for purposes of voting and redemptions; provided that if the additional Securities are not fungible with the Offered Securities of the applicable series for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the additional Securities will have a separate CUSIP number. No such additional Securities may be issued if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the applicable series of Offered Securities.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Seventh Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed all as of the day and year first above written.

 

COVIDIEN INTERNATIONAL FINANCE S.A.

By:

 

/s/ Michelangelo Stefani

Name:   Michelangelo Stefani
Title:   Managing Director

 

COVIDIEN PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
By:  

/s/ Charles J. Dockendorff

Name:   Charles J. Dockendorff
Title:  

Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

 

COVIDIEN LTD.
By:  

/s/ Charles J. Dockendorff

Name:   Charles J. Dockendorff
Title:  

Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Trustee
BY DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY
By:  

/s/ Irina Golovashchuk

  Name:   Irina Golovashchuk
  Title:   Vice President
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Trustee
BY DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY
By:  

Kenneth R. Ring

  Name:   Kenneth R. Ring
  Title:   Vice President

[Signature Page to Seventh Supplemental Indenture]


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF 2015 NOTES

THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS SECURITY) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE ANY SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.05(C) OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.

UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR TO ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF ANY ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO SUCH ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

1.350% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2015

 

No. [    ]   $[            ]

CUSIP No. 22303Q AM2

COVIDIEN INTERNATIONAL FINANCE S.A.

promises to pay to Cede & Co. or registered assigns, the principal sum as set forth in the Schedule of Exchanges of Notes attached hereto on May 29, 2015.

 

Interest Payment Dates:    May 29 and November 29
Record Dates:    May 15 and November 15

Each holder of this Security (as defined below), by accepting the same, agrees to and shall be bound by the provisions hereof and of the Indenture described herein, and authorizes and directs the Trustee described herein on such holder’s behalf to be bound by such provisions. Each holder of this Security hereby waives all notice of the acceptance of the provisions contained herein and in the Indenture and waives reliance by such holder upon said provisions.

This Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or become obligatory for any purpose, until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been signed by or on behalf of the Trustee. The provisions of this Security are continued on the reverse side hereof, and such continued provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be signed in accordance with Section 2.04 of the Indenture.

 

COVIDIEN INTERNATIONAL FINANCE S.A.

 

Name:

  Michelangelo Stefani

Title:

  Managing Director

Dated: [            ], 2012

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Trustee
BY DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
Dated: [            ], 2012


GUARANTEE

For value received, Covidien public limited company and Covidien Ltd., jointly and severally, hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantee to the holder of the Security upon which this Guarantee is set forth, the payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, such Security in the amounts and at the time when due and payable whether by declaration thereof or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal and interest, if any, of such Security, if lawful, to the holder of such Security and the Trustee on behalf of the holders, all in accordance with and subject to the terms and limitations of such Security and Article XV of the Indenture. This Guarantee will not become effective until the Trustee or Authenticating Agent duly executes the certificate of authentication on the Security upon which this Guarantee is set forth. This Guarantee shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflict of law principles thereof.

Dated: [            ], 2012

GIVEN under the Company Seal

of COVIDIEN PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

in the presence of:

 

By:  

 

Name:   Charles J. Dockendorff
Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

COVIDIEN LTD.
By:  

 

Name:   Charles J. Dockendorff
Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


[REVERSE OF NOTE]

Covidien International Finance S.A.

1.350% Senior Notes due 2015

This security is one of a duly authorized series of debt securities of Covidien International Finance S.A., a Luxembourg company (the “ Company ”), issued or to be issued in one or more series under and pursuant to an Indenture for the Company’s unsubordinated debt securities, dated as of October 22, 2007 (as supplemented prior to the date of the Seventh Supplemental Indenture (as defined below), the “ Base Indenture ”), duly executed and delivered by and among the Company, Covidien public limited company (“ Covidien plc ”), Covidien Ltd. (“ Covidien Ltd. ,” and together with Covidien plc, the “ Guarantors ”) and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (the “ Trustee ”), as supplemented by the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 30, 2012 (the “ Seventh Supplemental Indenture ”), by and among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee. The Base Indenture as supplemented by the Seventh Supplemental Indenture is referred to herein as the “ Indenture .” By the terms of the Base Indenture, the debt securities issuable thereunder are issuable in series that may vary as to amount, date of maturity, rate of interest and in other respects as provided in the Base Indenture. This security is one of the series designated on the face hereof (individually, a “ Security ,” and collectively, the “ Securities ”), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities of the Trustee, the Company, the Guarantors and the holders of the Securities (the “ Securityholders ”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given them in the Base Indenture or the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, as applicable.

1. Interest . The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security at an annual rate of 1.350%. The Company will pay interest semi-annually on May 29 and November 29 of each year (each such day, an “ Interest Payment Date ”). If any Interest Payment Date, redemption date or maturity date of this Security is not a Business Day, then payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date such payment was due, and no interest shall accrue for the period after such date to the date of such payment on the next succeeding Business Day. Interest on the Securities will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance; provided that, if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Security is authenticated between a regular record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; and provided , further , that the first Interest Payment Date shall be November 29, 2012. Interest will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. In certain circumstances, liquidated damages may be payable as provided in Section 6.01 of the Indenture. Any such liquidated damages shall be payable in the same manner and on the same dates as the stated interest payable on this Security.

2.  Method of Payment . The Company will pay interest on the Securities (except defaulted interest), if any, to the persons in whose name such Securities are registered at the close of business on the regular record date referred to on the facing page of this Security for such interest installment. In the event that the Securities or a portion thereof are called for redemption


and the Redemption Date is subsequent to a regular record date with respect to any Interest Payment Date and prior to such Interest Payment Date, interest on such Securities will be paid upon presentation and surrender of such Securities as provided in the Indenture. The principal of and the interest on the Securities shall be payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America that at the time is legal tender for public and private debt, at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in accordance with the Indenture.

3.  Paying Agent and Registrar . Initially, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, the Trustee, will act as paying agent and Security Registrar. The Company may change or appoint any paying agent or Security Registrar without notice to any Securityholder. The Company, the Guarantors or any of their Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.

4.  Indenture . The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (“ TIA ”) as in effect on the date the Indenture is qualified. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Securityholders are referred to the Indenture and TIA for a statement of such terms. The Securities are unsecured general obligations of the Company and constitute the series designated on the face hereof as the “1.350% Senior Notes due 2015”, initially limited to $600,000,000 in aggregate principal amount. The Company will furnish to any Securityholder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Base Indenture and the Seventh Supplemental Indenture. Requests may be made to: Covidien International Finance S.A., 4th Floor, 3b bd Prince Henri, L-1724 Luxembourg, Attention: The Managing Directors.

5.  Optional Redemption . The Securities will be subject to redemption at the option of the Company on any date prior to the maturity date, in whole or from time to time in part, in $1,000 increments ( provided that any remaining principal amount thereof shall be at least the minimum authorized denomination thereof), on written notice, sent by first class mail, to the Securityholders thereof not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption in such notice (the “ Redemption Date ”).

The Securities will be redeemable at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed, and (ii) an amount, as determined by the Quotation Agent and delivered to the Trustee, equal to the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon due on any date after the Redemption Date (excluding the portion of interest that will be accrued and unpaid to and including the Redemption Date) discounted from their scheduled date of payment to the Redemption Date (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Redemption Treasury Rate, plus 15 basis points, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

The Securities are also subject to redemption to the extent provided in Article XIV of the Indenture.

If the giving of the notice of redemption is completed as provided in the Indenture, interest on such Securities or portions of Securities shall cease to accrue on and after the Redemption Date, unless the Company shall default in the payment of such Redemption Price and accrued interest with respect to any such Security or portion thereof.


The Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Securities.

6.  Change of Control Triggering Event . Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem this Security, the Securityholder of this Security will have the right to require that the Company purchase all or a portion, in $1,000 increments ( provided that any remaining principal amount thereof shall be at least the minimum authorized denomination thereof), of this Security at a repurchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount hereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the repurchase date. Within 30 days following the date upon which the Change of Control Triggering Event occurred, or at the Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control, but after the public announcement of the Change of Control, the Company shall send, by first class mail, a notice to each Securityholder, with a copy to the Trustee, which notice shall govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer.

7.  Denominations, Transfer, Exchange . The Securities are in registered form without coupons in the denominations of $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. The transfer of Securities may be registered and Securities may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Securities may be presented for exchange or for registration of transfer (duly endorsed or with the form of transfer endorsed thereon duly executed if so required by the Company or the Security Registrar) at the office of the Security Registrar or at the office of any transfer agent designated by the Company for such purpose. No service charge will be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, but a Securityholder may be required to pay any applicable taxes or other governmental charges. If the Securities are to be redeemed, the Company will not be required to: (i) issue, register the transfer of, or exchange any Securities during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of mailing of a notice of redemption of less than all of the Outstanding Securities and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing; (ii) register the transfer of or exchange any Securities or portions thereof selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any such Security being redeemed in part; nor (iii) register the transfer of or exchange a Security between the applicable record date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.

8.  Persons Deemed Owners . The registered Securityholder shall be treated as its owner for all purposes.

9. Repayment to the Guarantors or the Company . Any funds or Governmental Obligations deposited with any paying agent or the Trustee, or then held by the Guarantors or the Company, in trust for payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities that are not applied but remain unclaimed by the Securityholders for at least one year after the date upon which the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities shall have respectively become due and payable, shall be repaid to the Guarantors or the Company, as applicable, or (if then held by the Guarantors or the Company) shall be discharged from such trust. After return to the Company or the Guarantors, Securityholders entitled to the money or securities must look to the Company or the Guarantors, as applicable, for payment as unsecured general creditors.

10.  Amendments, Supplements and Waivers . The Base Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, with the consent of the Securityholders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities to enter


into supplemental indentures for the purpose of adding, changing or eliminating any provisions to the Base Indenture or supplemental indenture or indentures or of modifying in any manner not covered elsewhere in the Base Indenture the rights of the Securityholders; provided , however , that no such supplemental indenture, without the consent of the Securityholders of each Note then Outstanding and affected thereby, shall: (i) extend a fixed maturity of or any installment of principal of the Securities or reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the amount of principal of any original issue discount security that would be due and payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof; (ii) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest of the Securities; (iii) reduce the premium payable upon the redemption of the Securities; (iv) make any Security payable in Currency other than that stated in the Securities; (v) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the fixed maturity thereof (or in the case or redemption, on or after the redemption date); or (vi) reduce the percentage of the Securities, the Securityholders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture or indentures. The Base Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Securityholders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, on behalf of all of the Securityholders, to waive any past Default under the Base Indenture, and its consequences, except a Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Security or a Default in respect of a covenant or provision of the Base Indenture that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holder of each Outstanding Security. Any such consent or waiver by the registered Securityholder shall be conclusive and binding upon such Securityholder and upon all future Securityholders and owners of this Security and of any Securities issued in exchange for this Security or in place hereof (whether by registration of transfer or otherwise), irrespective of whether or not any notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

11.  Defaults and Remedies . If an Event of Default with respect to the Securities occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Securityholders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding, by notice in writing to the Company and the Guarantors (and to the Trustee if notice is given by such Securityholders), may declare the unpaid principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest, if any, due and payable immediately. Subject to the terms of the Indenture, if an Event of Default under the Indenture shall occur and be continuing, the Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Securityholders, unless such Securityholders have offered the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it. Upon satisfaction of certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Securityholders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities.

12. Trustee, Paying Agent and Security Registrar May Hold Securities . The Trustee, subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, or any paying agent or Security Registrar, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, paying agent or Security Registrar.

13.  No Recourse Against Others . No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Indenture, or of any Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect hereof or thereof, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director,


past, present or future as such, of the Guarantors or the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, either directly or through the Guarantors or the Company or any such predecessor or successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that the Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder and thereunder are solely corporate obligations, and that no such personal liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, the incorporators, shareholders, officers or directors as such, of the Guarantors or the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, or any of them, because of the creation of the indebtedness authorized by the Indenture, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Indenture or in the Securities or implied therefrom; and that any and all such personal liability of every name and nature, either at common law or in equity or by constitution or statute, of, and any and all such rights and claims against, every such incorporator, shareholder, officer or director as such, because of the creation of the indebtedness authorized by the Indenture, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Indenture or in the Securities or implied therefrom, are hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the acceptance of the Securities.

14.  Discharge of Indenture . The Indenture contains certain provisions pertaining to defeasance, which provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth herein.

15.  Authentication . This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication attached to the other side of this Security.

16. Guarantees . All payments by the Company under the Indenture and this Note are fully and unconditionally guaranteed to the Securityholder of this Security, jointly and severally, by the Guarantors, as provided in the related Guarantee and the Indenture.

17. Additional Amounts . The Company and the Guarantors are obligated to pay Additional Amounts on this Note to the extent provided in Article XIV of the Indenture.

18.  Abbreviations . Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Securityholder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

19.  Governing Law . The Base Indenture, the Seventh Supplemental Indenture and this Security (and the Guarantee hereon) shall be deemed to be a contract made under the internal laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said State.


ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Security, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer this Security to

 

   

   

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)

 

   

   

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

 

and irrevocably appoint  

 

agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

Date:                     

 

Your Signature:  

 

 
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Security)  
Signature Guarantee:  

 

 


OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 1.4(3) of the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, check the box:

 

¨     1.4(3) Change of Control Triggering Event

If you want to elect to have only part of this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 1.4(3) of the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, state the amount: $        .

 

Date:  

 

     Your Signature:  

 

       (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of the Security)

Tax I.D. number

 

Signature Guarantee:  

 

  (Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guarantee medallion program)


SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF NOTES

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for Definitive Notes or a part of another Global Note have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

   Amount of decrease
in principal amount
of this Global Note
   Amount of increase
in  principal amount
of this Global Note
   Principal amount of
this Global Note
following such
decrease (or
increase)
   Signature of
authorized  signatory of
Trustee or Securities
Custodian
           
           
           


EXHIBIT B

FORM OF 2022 NOTES

THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS SECURITY) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE ANY SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.05(C) OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.

UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR TO ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF ANY ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO SUCH ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

3.200% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2022

 

No. [    ]    $[                    ]

CUSIP No. 22303Q AN0

COVIDIEN INTERNATIONAL FINANCE S.A.

promises to pay to Cede & Co. or registered assigns, the principal sum as set forth in the Schedule of Exchanges of Notes attached hereto on June 15, 2022.

 

Interest Payment Dates:      June 15 and December 15
Record Dates:      June 1 and December 1

Each holder of this Security (as defined below), by accepting the same, agrees to and shall be bound by the provisions hereof and of the Indenture described herein, and authorizes and directs the Trustee described herein on such holder’s behalf to be bound by such provisions. Each holder of this Security hereby waives all notice of the acceptance of the provisions contained herein and in the Indenture and waives reliance by such holder upon said provisions.

This Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or become obligatory for any purpose, until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been signed by or on behalf of the Trustee. The provisions of this Security are continued on the reverse side hereof, and such continued provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be signed in accordance with Section 2.04 of the Indenture.

 

COVIDIEN INTERNATIONAL FINANCE S.A.

 

Name:   Michelangelo Stefani
Title:   Managing Director

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Trustee
BY    DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY
 

 

By:   Authorized Signatory
Dated: [            ], 20[    ]


GUARANTEE

For value received, Covidien public limited company and Covidien Ltd., jointly and severally, hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantee to the holder of the Security upon which this Guarantee is set forth, the payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, such Security in the amounts and at the time when due and payable whether by declaration thereof or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal and interest, if any, of such Security, if lawful, to the holder of such Security and the Trustee on behalf of the holders, all in accordance with and subject to the terms and limitations of such Security and Article XV of the Indenture. This Guarantee will not become effective until the Trustee or Authenticating Agent duly executes the certificate of authentication on the Security upon which this Guarantee is set forth. This Guarantee shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflict of law principles thereof.

Dated: [            ], 20[    ]

GIVEN under the Company Seal

of COVIDIEN PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

in the presence of:

 

By:  

 

Name:   Charles J. Dockendorff
Title:  

Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

 

COVIDIEN LTD.
By:  

 

Name:   Charles J. Dockendorff
Title:  

Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer


[REVERSE OF NOTE]

Covidien International Finance S.A.

3.200% Senior Notes due 2022

This security is one of a duly authorized series of debt securities of Covidien International Finance S.A., a Luxembourg company (the “ Company ”), issued or to be issued in one or more series under and pursuant to an Indenture for the Company’s unsubordinated debt securities, dated as of October 22, 2007 (as supplemented prior to the date of the Seventh Supplemental Indenture (as defined below), the “ Base Indenture ”), duly executed and delivered by and among the Company, Covidien public limited company (“ Covidien plc ”), Covidien Ltd. (“ Covidien Ltd. ,” and together with Covidien plc, the “ Guarantors ”) and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (the “ Trustee ”), as supplemented by the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 30, 2012 (the “ Seventh Supplemental Indenture ”), by and among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee. The Base Indenture as supplemented by the Seventh Supplemental Indenture is referred to herein as the “ Indenture .” By the terms of the Base Indenture, the debt securities issuable thereunder are issuable in series that may vary as to amount, date of maturity, rate of interest and in other respects as provided in the Base Indenture. This security is one of the series designated on the face hereof (individually, a “ Security ,” and collectively, the “ Securities ”), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities of the Trustee, the Company, the Guarantors and the holders of the Securities (the “ Securityholders ”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given them in the Base Indenture or the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, as applicable.

1. Interest . The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security at an annual rate of 3.200%. The Company will pay interest semi-annually on June 15 and December 15 of each year (each such day, an “ Interest Payment Date ”). If any Interest Payment Date, redemption date or maturity date of this Security is not a Business Day, then payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date such payment was due, and no interest shall accrue for the period after such date to the date of such payment on the next succeeding Business Day. Interest on the Securities will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance; provided that, if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Security is authenticated between a regular record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; and provided , further , that the first Interest Payment Date shall be December 15, 2012. Interest will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. In certain circumstances, liquidated damages may be payable as provided in Section 6.01 of the Indenture. Any such liquidated damages shall be payable in the same manner and on the same dates as the stated interest payable on this Security.

2.  Method of Payment . The Company will pay interest on the Securities (except defaulted interest), if any, to the persons in whose name such Securities are registered at the close of business on the regular record date referred to on the facing page of this Security for such interest installment. In the event that the Securities or a portion thereof are called for redemption


and the Redemption Date is subsequent to a regular record date with respect to any Interest Payment Date and prior to such Interest Payment Date, interest on such Securities will be paid upon presentation and surrender of such Securities as provided in the Indenture. The principal of and the interest on the Securities shall be payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America that at the time is legal tender for public and private debt, at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in accordance with the Indenture.

3.  Paying Agent and Registrar . Initially, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, the Trustee, will act as paying agent and Security Registrar. The Company may change or appoint any paying agent or Security Registrar without notice to any Securityholder. The Company, the Guarantors or any of their Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.

4.  Indenture . The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (“ TIA ”) as in effect on the date the Indenture is qualified. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Securityholders are referred to the Indenture and TIA for a statement of such terms. The Securities are unsecured general obligations of the Company and constitute the series designated on the face hereof as the “3.200% Senior Notes due 2022”, initially limited to $650,000,000 in aggregate principal amount. The Company will furnish to any Securityholder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Base Indenture and the Seventh Supplemental Indenture. Requests may be made to: Covidien International Finance S.A., 4th Floor, 3b bd Prince Henri, L-1724 Luxembourg, Attention: The Managing Directors.

5.  Optional Redemption . The Securities will be subject to redemption at the option of the Company on any date prior to the maturity date, in whole or from time to time in part, in $1,000 increments ( provided that any remaining principal amount thereof shall be at least the minimum authorized denomination thereof), on written notice, sent by first class mail, to the Securityholders thereof not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption in such notice (the “ Redemption Date ”).

The Securities will be redeemable at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed, and (ii) an amount, as determined by the Quotation Agent and delivered to the Trustee, equal to the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon due on any date after the Redemption Date (excluding the portion of interest that will be accrued and unpaid to and including the Redemption Date) discounted from their scheduled date of payment to the Redemption Date (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Redemption Treasury Rate, plus 25 basis points, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

Notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, the Securities will be redeemable on or after March 15, 2022 at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

The Securities are also subject to redemption to the extent provided in Article XIV of the Indenture.


If the giving of the notice of redemption is completed as provided in the Indenture, interest on such Securities or portions of Securities shall cease to accrue on and after the Redemption Date, unless the Company shall default in the payment of such Redemption Price and accrued interest with respect to any such Security or portion thereof.

The Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Securities.

6.  Change of Control Triggering Event . Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem this Security, the Securityholder of this Security will have the right to require that the Company purchase all or a portion, in $1,000 increments ( provided that any remaining principal amount thereof shall be at least the minimum authorized denomination thereof), of this Security at a repurchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount hereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the repurchase date. Within 30 days following the date upon which the Change of Control Triggering Event occurred, or at the Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control, but after the public announcement of the Change of Control, the Company shall send, by first class mail, a notice to each Securityholder, with a copy to the Trustee, which notice shall govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer.

7.  Denominations, Transfer, Exchange . The Securities are in registered form without coupons in the denominations of $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. The transfer of Securities may be registered and Securities may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Securities may be presented for exchange or for registration of transfer (duly endorsed or with the form of transfer endorsed thereon duly executed if so required by the Company or the Security Registrar) at the office of the Security Registrar or at the office of any transfer agent designated by the Company for such purpose. No service charge will be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, but a Securityholder may be required to pay any applicable taxes or other governmental charges. If the Securities are to be redeemed, the Company will not be required to: (i) issue, register the transfer of, or exchange any Securities during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of mailing of a notice of redemption of less than all of the Outstanding Securities and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing; (ii) register the transfer of or exchange any Securities or portions thereof selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any such Security being redeemed in part; nor (iii) register the transfer of or exchange a Security between the applicable record date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.

8.  Persons Deemed Owners . The registered Securityholder shall be treated as its owner for all purposes.

9. Repayment to the Guarantors or the Company . Any funds or Governmental Obligations deposited with any paying agent or the Trustee, or then held by the Guarantors or the Company, in trust for payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities that are not applied but remain unclaimed by the Securityholders for at least one year after the date upon which the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities shall have respectively become due and payable, shall be repaid to the Guarantors or the Company, as applicable, or (if then held by the Guarantors or the Company) shall be discharged from such trust. After return to the Company or the Guarantors, Securityholders entitled to the money or securities must look to the Company or the Guarantors, as applicable, for payment as unsecured general creditors.


10.  Amendments, Supplements and Waivers . The Base Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, with the consent of the Securityholders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities to enter into supplemental indentures for the purpose of adding, changing or eliminating any provisions to the Base Indenture or supplemental indenture or indentures or of modifying in any manner not covered elsewhere in the Base Indenture the rights of the Securityholders; provided , however , that no such supplemental indenture, without the consent of the Securityholders of each Security then Outstanding and affected thereby, shall: (i) extend a fixed maturity of or any installment of principal of the Securities or reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the amount of principal of any original issue discount security that would be due and payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof; (ii) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest of the Securities; (iii) reduce the premium payable upon the redemption of the Securities; (iv) make any Security payable in Currency other than that stated in the Securities; (v) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the fixed maturity thereof (or in the case or redemption, on or after the redemption date); or (vi) reduce the percentage of the Securities, the Securityholders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture or indentures. The Base Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Securityholders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, on behalf of all of the Securityholders, to waive any past Default under the Base Indenture, and its consequences, except a Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Security or a Default in respect of a covenant or provision of the Base Indenture that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holder of each Outstanding Security. Any such consent or waiver by the registered Securityholder shall be conclusive and binding upon such Securityholder and upon all future Securityholders and owners of this Security and of any Securities issued in exchange for this Security or in place hereof (whether by registration of transfer or otherwise), irrespective of whether or not any notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

11.  Defaults and Remedies . If an Event of Default with respect to the Securities occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Securityholders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding, by notice in writing to the Company and the Guarantors (and to the Trustee if notice is given by such Securityholders), may declare the unpaid principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest, if any, due and payable immediately. Subject to the terms of the Indenture, if an Event of Default under the Indenture shall occur and be continuing, the Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Securityholders, unless such Securityholders have offered the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it. Upon satisfaction of certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Securityholders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities.

12. Trustee, Paying Agent and Security Registrar May Hold Securities . The Trustee, subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, or any paying agent or Security Registrar, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, paying agent or Security Registrar.


13.  No Recourse Against Others . No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Indenture, or of any Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect hereof or thereof, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future as such, of the Guarantors or the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, either directly or through the Guarantors or the Company or any such predecessor or successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that the Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder and thereunder are solely corporate obligations, and that no such personal liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, the incorporators, shareholders, officers or directors as such, of the Guarantors or the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, or any of them, because of the creation of the indebtedness authorized by the Indenture, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Indenture or in the Securities or implied therefrom; and that any and all such personal liability of every name and nature, either at common law or in equity or by constitution or statute, of, and any and all such rights and claims against, every such incorporator, shareholder, officer or director as such, because of the creation of the indebtedness authorized by the Indenture, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Indenture or in the Securities or implied therefrom, are hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the acceptance of the Securities.

14.  Discharge of Indenture . The Indenture contains certain provisions pertaining to defeasance, which provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth herein.

15.  Authentication . This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication attached to the other side of this Security

16. Guarantees . All payments by the Company under the Indenture and this Security are fully and unconditionally guaranteed to the Securityholder of this Security, jointly and severally, by the Guarantors, as provided in the related Guarantee and the Indenture.

17. Additional Amounts . The Company and the Guarantors are obligated to pay Additional Amounts on this Security to the extent provided in Article XIV of the Indenture.

18.  Abbreviations . Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Securityholder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

19.  Governing Law . The Base Indenture, the Seventh Supplemental Indenture and this Security (and the Guarantee hereon) shall be deemed to be a contract made under the internal laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said State.


ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Security, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer this Security to

 

   

   

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)

 

   

   

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

 

and irrevocably appoint  

 

agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

Date:                     

 

Your Signature:  

 

 

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Security)

 
Signature Guarantee:  

 

 


OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 1.4(3) of the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, check the box:

 

¨     1.4(3) Change of Control Triggering Event

If you want to elect to have only part of this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 1.4(3) of the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, state the amount: $        .

 

Date:  

 

     Your Signature:  

 

       (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of the Security)

Tax I.D. number

 

Signature Guarantee:  

 

  (Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guarantee medallion program)


SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF NOTES

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for Definitive Notes or a part of another Global Note have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

   Amount of decrease
in principal amount
of this Global Note
   Amount of increase
in  principal amount
of this Global Note
   Principal amount of
this Global Note
following such
decrease (or
increase)
   Signature of
authorized  signatory of
Trustee or Securities
Custodian
           
           
           

Exhibit 5.1

[Letterhead of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP]

May 30, 2012

Covidien International Finance S.A.

3b Boulevard Prince Henri

L-1724 Luxembourg

Covidien Ltd.

Canon’s Court

22 Victoria Street

Hamilton HM 12

Bermuda

Covidien public limited company

20 on Hatch, Lower Hatch Street

Dublin 2, Ireland

 

Re: Covidien International Finance S.A.

Covidien Ltd.

Covidien public limited company

$600,000,000 of 1.350% Senior Notes due 2015

$650,000,000 of 3.200% Senior Notes due 2022

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have examined the Registration Statement on Form S-3, file nos. 333-167638, 333-167638-01 and 333-167638-02 (the “ Registration Statement ”), of Covidien International Finance S.A. (the “ Company ”), Covidien public limited company (“ Covidien plc ”) and Covidien Ltd. (together with Covidien plc, the “ Guarantors ”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), with respect to the registration of debt securities of the Company and guarantees by the Guarantors of the debt securities, the prospectus included therein (the “ Base Prospectus ”), the prospectus supplement, dated May 22, 2012, filed with the Commission on May 23, 2012 pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act (the “ Prospectus Supplement ” and, together with the Base Prospectus, the “ Prospectus ”), and the offering by the Company pursuant thereto of $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 1.350% Senior Notes due 2015 (the “ 2015 Notes ”) and $650,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 3.200% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “ 2022 Notes ” and, together with the 2015 Notes, the “ Notes ”). The Guarantors will issue the guarantees (the “ Guarantees ”) of the Notes to the extent described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

The Notes and Guarantees have been issued pursuant to the Indenture dated as of October 22, 2007 (as so amended prior to the date hereof, the “ Base Indenture ”), among the Company, the Guarantors and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”), as supplemented by the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated May 30, 2012 (the “ Supplemental Indenture ” and together with the Base Indenture, the “ Indenture ”) among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee.


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In arriving at the opinions expressed below, we have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction as being true and complete copies of the originals, of the Base Indenture, the Supplemental Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees and such other documents, corporate records, certificates of officers of the Company and the Guarantors and of public officials and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or advisable to enable us to render these opinions. In our examination, we have assumed, without independent investigation, the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity and competency of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies. As to any facts material to these opinions, we have relied to the extent we deemed appropriate and without independent investigation upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company and the Guarantors and others.

We are not admitted or qualified to practice law in Luxembourg, Ireland or Bermuda. Therefore, we have relied upon the opinion of Allen & Overy Luxembourg, filed as an exhibit to Covidien plc’s Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May 30, 2012
(the “ Form 8-K ”), with respect to matters governed by the laws of Luxembourg, the opinion of Arthur Cox, filed as an exhibit to the Form 8-K, with respect to matters governed by the laws of Ireland and the opinion of Appleby, filed as an exhibit to the Form 8-K, with respect to matters governed by the laws of Bermuda.

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, exceptions, qualifications and limitations set forth herein, we are of the opinion that the Notes are legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, and the Guarantees are legal, valid and binding obligations of the Guarantors obligated thereon, enforceable against such Guarantors in accordance with their respective terms.

The opinions expressed above are subject to the following additional exceptions, qualifications, limitations and assumptions:

A. We render no opinion herein as to matters involving the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York. This opinion is limited to the effect of the current state of the laws of the State of New York and the facts as they currently exist. We assume no obligation to revise or supplement this opinion in the event of future changes in such laws or the interpretations thereof or such facts.

B. The opinions above are subject to (i) the effect of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, arrangement or similar laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors’ generally, including without limitation the effect of statutory or other laws regarding fraudulent transfers or preferential transfers, and (ii) general principles of


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equity, including without limitation concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and the possible unavailability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

C. We express no opinion regarding the effectiveness of (i) any waiver of stay, extension or usury laws or of unknown future rights, or (ii) provisions relating to indemnification, exculpation or contribution, to the extent such provisions may be held unenforceable as contrary to public policy or federal or state securities laws.

We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, and we further consent to the use of our name under the captions “Validity of Debt Securities” in the Registration Statement and “Validity of Notes” in the Prospectus Supplement. In giving these consents, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Exhibit 5.2

 

To:    Avocats à la Cour
Covidien International Finance S.A.    33, avenue J.F. Kennedy L-1855 Luxembourg
3b, Boulevard Prince Henri    PO Box 5017 L-1050 Luxembourg
L-1724 Luxembourg    Tel   +352 4444 55 1
   Fax   +352 4444 55 222
   Direct   +352 4444 55 411
   Personal fax   +352 4444 55 444
   marc.feider@allenovery.com

 

Our ref    0087012-0000001 LU:5203441.2

Luxembourg, 30 May 2012

Covidien International Finance S.A. (incorporated with limited liability under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg)

Dear Sirs,

We have acted as special legal advisers in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg ( Luxembourg ) to Covidien International Finance S.A., a Luxembourg public limited liability company ( société anonyme ) organized under the laws of Luxembourg, having its registered office at 3b, Boulevard Prince Henri, L-1724 Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register (the Register ) under the number B 123527 (the Company ).

We have examined: (i) the Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on 21 June 2010 (the Registration Statement ) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission ), with respect to the registration by the Company of the offering and sale of an indeterminate amount (denominated in USD or a foreign currency, currency unit or composite currency) of senior or subordinated Notes being guaranteed by the Company’s parent, Covidien Ltd., a Bermuda company and Covidien Public Limited Company, an Irish company ( the Guarantors ); (ii) the prospectus dated 21 June 2010 forming a part thereof, together with the documents incorporated therein by reference (the Base Prospectus ); (iii) the preliminary prospectus supplement and the final prospectus supplement dated 22 May 2012 (the Supplement Prospectus , and together with the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus ) in connection with the offering and sale by the Company of an aggregate amount of USD 600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 1.350% Notes due 2015 and (ii) USD 650,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.200% Notes due 2022 (collectively, the Notes ). The Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to payment of principal, premium and interest (the Guarantees ) by the Guarantors. The Notes and Guarantees are being issued under an Indenture dated as of 22 October 2007 by and among the Company, Covidien Ltd., Covidien plc and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the Base Indenture ), as supplemented in the last instance by a Seventh Supplemental Indenture dated as of the date hereof (the Seventh Supplemental Indenture and together with the Base Indenture, the Indentures ).

 

I. DOCUMENTS

We have examined, to the exclusion of any other document, the following documents:

 

(a) an electronic copy of the Registration Statement on Form S-3, including the Base Prospectus filed on 21 June 2010;

 

Allen & Overy Luxembourg is an affiliated office of Allen & Overy LLP. Allen & Overy LLP or an affiliated undertaking has an office in each of: Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Athens, Bangkok, Beijing, Belfast, Bratislava, Brussels, Bucharest (associated office), Budapest, Casablanca, Doha, Dubai, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Jakarta (associated office), London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Mannheim, Milan, Moscow, Munich, New York, Paris, Perth, Prague, Riyadh (associated office), Rome, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, Warsaw and Washington, D.C.


(b) an electronic copy of the Supplement Prospectus dated as of 22 May 2012;

 

(c) a copy received by e-mail of the executed Notes;

 

(d) an copy received by email of the Base Indenture dated as of 22 October 2007;

 

(e) a copy received by email of the executed Seventh Supplemental Indenture dated as of 30 May 2012;

 

(f) a copy of (i) an extract of the minutes of the meeting of the board of directors of the Company held on 6 September 2007 whereby the board of directors approved the Base Indenture; (ii) the minutes of the meeting of the board of directors of the Company held on 15 May 2012 whereby the board of directors approved inter alia the issuance of the Notes in an aggregate amount of up to USD 1,000,000,000, the Supplemental Indentures and the execution, delivery and performance of the Underwriting Agreement and (iii) the resolutions of the board of directors of the Company dated 21 May 2012 whereby the board of directors approved inter alia to increase the aggregate amount of the Notes up to USD 1,500,000,000, the Supplemental Indentures and the execution, delivery and performance of the Underwriting Agreement (the Resolutions );

 

(g) a copy of the consolidated articles of association of the Company as of 22 July 2011 (the Articles );

 

(h) a copy received by e-mail of a director’s certificate dated 30 May 2012 signed by Mr Michelangelo Stefani as managing director of the Company which states inter alia that the execution of the Seventh Supplemental Indenture and the Notes and the issuance of the Notes do not contravene or constitute a default under any agreement or instrument governing debt of the Company or any other material agreement, judgment, injunction, order, decree or other instrument binding upon the Company (the Director’s Certificate );

 

(i) a copy of an excerpt of the Register pertaining to the Company dated 30 May 2012; and

 

(j) a copy of a negative certificate ( certificat négatif ) issued by the Register dated 30 May 2012, stating that on the day immediately prior to the date of issuance of the certificate there were no records at the Register of any court order regarding, amongst others, a (i) bankruptcy adjudication against the Company, (ii) moratorium or reprieve from payment ( sursis de paiement ), (iii) controlled management ( gestion contrôlee ) or (iv) general settlement or composition with creditors ( concordat préventif de faillite ) (the Certificate ).

In addition, on 30 May 2012, we checked on the internet site of the Register and did not detect (i) actions for a voluntary or compulsory liquidation of the Company and/or (ii) steps to appoint a liquidator or a similar officer over or to wind up the Company at that date and time on record on the internet site of the Register (the Search ).

 

II. ASSUMPTIONS

For the purposes of this opinion, we have assumed with your consent, and we have not verified independently, the following:

 

(i) that the Seventh Supplemental Indenture and the Notes have been executed by such person as specified in the Resolutions;

 

(ii)

the due and valid authorization, execution and delivery of the Seventh Supplemental Indenture and the Notes by all the parties thereto (other than the Company), as well as the power, authority,

 

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  capacity and legal right of all the parties thereto (other than the Company) to enter into, execute, deliver and perform their respective obligations thereunder, and compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, other than Luxembourg law;

 

(iii) that all authorizations, approvals and consents of any country other than Luxembourg which may be required in connection with the execution and delivery of the Seventh Supplemental Indenture and the Notes have been or will be obtained and that all internal corporate or other authorization procedures by each party (other than the Company) for the execution by it of the Seventh Supplemental Indenture and the Notes (or any document in connection therewith) to which it is expressed to be a party, have been duly fulfilled;

 

(iv) that all the parties to the Seventh Supplemental Indenture and the Notes (other than the Company) are companies duly organized, incorporated and validly existing in accordance with the laws of the jurisdictions of their respective incorporation and/or their place of effective management, having a corporate existence, that in respect of all the parties to the Seventh Supplemental Indenture and the Notes, no steps have been taken pursuant to any insolvency proceedings to appoint an administrator, receiver or liquidator over the respective parties or their assets and that no voluntary winding-up of such parties has been recorded at the date hereof;

 

(v) that the place of the central administration ( siège de l’administration centrale ) and the centre of main interests (as such term is defined in the Council Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on insolvency proceedings, as amended) of the Company are located at its registered office ( siège statutaire ) in Luxembourg and that the Company complies with, and adheres to, the provisions of the Luxembourg act dated 31 May 1999 concerning the domiciliation of companies, as amended;

 

(vi) that the entry and the performance by the Company under the Seventh Supplemental Indenture and the Notes will materially benefit the Company and is in its best interest, and for its corporate benefit;

 

(vii) that the Notes will not be offered to the public in Luxembourg;

 

(viii) that the Resolutions are in full force and effect, have not been amended or rescinded since the date referred to in paragraph I. (f) above, either in whole or in part, and accurately record the resolutions passed by the board of directors of the Company;

 

(ix) that the meeting of the board of directors held on 15 May 2012 mentioned in paragraph I. (f) was duly convened and duly held;

 

(x) that the Articles have not been amended since the date referred to in paragraph I. (g);

 

(xi) that any representation, warranty or statement of fact or law, other than as to the laws of Luxembourg, made in the Seventh Supplemental Indenture and the Notes is true, accurate and complete in all respects material to this opinion;

 

(xii) the genuineness of all signatures, stamps and seals, the conformity to the originals of all the documents submitted to us as certified, photostatic, faxed or e-mailed copies or specimens and the authenticity of the originals of such documents;

 

(xiii) that all factual matters and statements relied upon or assumed herein are true and were true and complete on the date of execution of the Seventh Supplemental Indenture and the Notes (and any document in connection therewith);

 

(xiv) that the Seventh Supplemental Indenture and the Notes are and will be effective, and will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, under the laws of the State of New York by which they are expressed to be governed; and

 

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(xv) that there are no provisions of the laws of any jurisdiction outside Luxembourg which would adversely affect, or otherwise have any negative impact on, the opinions expressed in this legal opinion.

 

III. OPINION

Based upon, and subject to, the assumptions made above and the qualifications set out below and subject to any matters not disclosed to us, we are of the opinion that, under the laws of Luxembourg in effect, and as construed and applied by the Luxembourg courts, on the date hereof:

 

1. The Company is a limited liability company ( société anonyme ) validly organized and existing under the laws of luxembourg for an unlimited duration.

 

2. The Company has the corporate power and authority under the laws of Luxembourg to enter into, execute and deliver the Seventh Supplemental Indenture and to issue the Notes.

 

3. The Seventh Supplemental Indenture and the Notes have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

 

IV. QUALIFICATIONS

The foregoing opinion is subject to the following qualifications:

 

(a) The validity, legality and performance of the Seventh Supplemental Indenture and the Notes are subject to, and may be affected or limited by, the provisions of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, moratorium or reprieve from payment ( sursis de paiement ), controlled management ( gestion contrôlée ), general settlement or composition with creditors ( concordat préventif de faillite ), fraudulent conveyance ( actio pauliana ), reorganization or similar Luxembourg or foreign laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.

 

(b) The Search and, generally, a search at the Register, including its internet site, and/or at the clerk’s office of the Luxembourg district court (sitting in commercial matters) is not necessarily capable of conclusively revealing whether or not a winding-up petition or a petition or filing for bankruptcy, moratorium or reprieve from payment ( sursis de paiement ), controlled management ( gestion contrôlée ), general settlement or composition with creditors ( concordat préventif de faillite ) order or similar action has been presented or made.

Furthermore, the corporate documents (including, but not limited to, the notice of a winding-up order or resolution, notice of the appointment of a receiver or similar officer) may not be held at the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register, including its internet site, and/or at the clerk’s office of the Luxembourg district court (sitting in commercial matters) immediately and there may be a delay in the relevant notice appearing on the files regarding the relevant party. Further, documents filed with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register, may have been mislaid or lost. In accordance with Luxembourg company law, changes or amendments to corporate documents to be filed at the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register will be effective ( opposable ) vis-à-vis third parties only as of the day of their publication in the Mémorial, Recueil des Sociétés et Associations unless the company proves that the relevant third parties had prior knowledge thereof.

 

(c) We express no opinion on the validity, legality and the enforceability of the Seventh Supplemental Indenture and the Notes.

 

(d) We express no tax opinion whatsoever in respect of the Company or the tax consequences of the transactions contemplated by the Seventh Supplemental Indenture and the Notes (or any document in connection therewith) and we express no opinion on matters of fact or on matters other than those expressly set forth in this legal opinion, and no opinion is, or may be, implied or inferred herefrom.

 

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(e) Where any obligations are to be performed or observed or are based upon a matter arising in a jurisdiction outside Luxembourg, they may not be enforceable under Luxembourg law if and to the extent that such performance or observance would be unlawful, unenforceable or contrary to public policy under the laws of such jurisdiction or be contrary to International Public Policy in Luxembourg.

 

(f) As used in this opinion, the term enforceable means that each obligation or document is of a type enforced by the Luxembourg courts. It is not certain, however, that each obligation or document will be enforced in accordance with its terms in every circumstance, enforcement being subject to, inter alia , the nature of the remedies available in the Luxembourg courts, the acceptance by such court of jurisdiction, the discretion of the courts (within the limits of Luxembourg law), the power of such courts to stay proceedings, the provisions of Luxembourg civil procedure rules regarding remedies and enforcement measures available under Luxembourg law. Enforcement may further be limited by general principles of equity and good faith.

 

(g) International Public Policy means the fundamental concepts of Luxembourg law that the Luxembourg courts may deem, in a given case, to be of such significance so as to exclude the application of an (otherwise applicable) foreign law deemed to be contrary to such concepts.

This legal opinion is as of this date, and we undertake no obligation to update it or advise of changes hereafter occurring. We express no opinion as to any matters other than those expressly set forth herein, and no opinion is, or may be, implied or inferred herefrom. We express no opinion as to matters of fact.

This legal opinion is given on the express basis, accepted by each person who is entitled to rely on it, that this legal opinion and all rights, obligations or liability in relation to it are governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, Luxembourg law and that any action or claim in relation to it can be brought exclusively before the courts of Luxembourg. Luxembourg legal concepts are expressed in English terms and not in their original French or German terms. The concepts concerned may not be identical to the concepts described by the same English terms as they exist under the laws of other jurisdictions.

It should be noted that there are always irreconcilable differences between languages making it impossible to guarantee a totally accurate translation or interpretation. In particular, there are always some legal concepts which exist in one jurisdiction and not in another, and in those cases it is bound to be difficult to provide a completely satisfactory translation or interpretation because the vocabulary is missing from the language. We accept no responsibility for omissions or inaccuracies to the extent that any are attributable to such factors.

This legal opinion is addressed to you personally in connection with the offering of the Notes and may not be relied upon by you for any other purpose. For the purpose of the opinion to be addressed to you by the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, this opinion may be relied upon by them as if it were addressed to them. You may not give copies of this legal opinion to others, or enable or allow any person or persons to make public, quote, circulate, rely upon, refer to or otherwise use part or all of this legal opinion, without our prior written permission except that you may give copies to your legal advisers for the purposes of information only and on the strict understanding that we assume no responsibility whatsoever to them as a result or otherwise.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, we consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Form 8-K to be filed by Covidien plc with the Commission on or about 30 May 2012, and we further consent to the use of our name under the caption “Validity of Notes” in the Prospectus Supplement. In giving these consents, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Notes Act or the Rules and Regulations of the Commission.

Yours faithfully,

/s/ Allen & Overy Luxembourg

Marc Feider

Avocat à la Cour

Partner

 

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Exhibit 5.3

 

  

e-mail:

adfagundo@applebyglobal.com

 

direct dial:

Tel  +441 298 3549

Fax  +441 298 3461

Covidien Ltd.

Canon’s Court

22 Victoria Street

Hamilton HM 12

Bermuda

  

 

client ref:

 

appleby ref:

133268.19

 

30 May 2012

Dear Sirs

Covidien Ltd. (the “Company”) – Registration Statement on Form S-3 – Exhibit 5

We have acted as Bermuda counsel to the Company, and this opinion as to Bermuda law is addressed to you, in connection with (a) the issuance and sale of (i) $600 million aggregate principal amount of 1.350% Senior Notes due 2015, and (ii) $650 million aggregate principal amount of 3.200% Senior Notes due 2022 (collectively, the “ Notes ”) by Covidien International Finance S.A., a Luxembourg company (the “ Issuer ”) and (b) the issuance of guarantees (the “ Guarantees ”) of the Notes by each of the Company (the “ Company Guarantee ”) and Covidien public limited company, an Irish public limited company (“ Covidien plc ” and together with the Company, the “ Guarantors ”). The Notes and Guarantees are being issued under an Indenture dated as of 22 October 2007 by and among the Issuer, the Company, Covidien plc and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the “ Base Indenture ”), as supplemented by a supplemental indenture dated as of 30 May 2012 (the “ Supplemental Indenture ” and together with the Base Indenture, the “ Indenture ”). The Notes and Guarantees were registered pursuant to a filing by the Issuer, the Company and Covidien plc with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”) of a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “ Registration Statement ”) and the prospectus dated 21 June 2010 with respect to the registration of an unlimited amount of unsecured debt securities of the Issuer and guarantees of such debt securities by the Guarantors (the “ Prospectus ”), as supplemented by the preliminary prospectus supplement and the final prospectus supplement, each dated 22 May 2012 with respect to the offering of the Notes and the Guarantees (the preliminary prospectus supplement, together with the final prospectus supplement, the “ Prospectus Supplements ”).


Covidien Ltd.

30 May 2012

 

For the purposes of this opinion we have examined and relied upon the documents listed, and in some cases defined, in the Schedule to this opinion (the “ Documents ”).

Assumptions

In stating our opinion we have assumed:

 

(a) the authenticity, accuracy and completeness of all Documents examined by us submitted to us as originals and the conformity to authentic original documents of all Documents submitted to us as certified, conformed, notarised, faxed or photostatic copies;

 

(b) that each of the Documents which was received by electronic means is complete, intact and in conformity with the transmission as sent;

 

(c) the genuineness of all signatures on the Documents;

 

(d) the authority, capacity and power of each of the persons signing the Documents, other than the Company;

 

(e) that any representation, warranty or statement of fact or law, other than as to the laws of Bermuda, made in any of the Documents is true, accurate and complete;

 

(f) that the records which were the subject of the Company Search were complete and accurate at the time of such search and disclosed all information which is material for the purposes of this opinion and such information has not since the date and time of the Company Search been materially altered;

 

(g) that the records that were the subject of the Litigation Search were complete and accurate at the time of such search and disclosed all information which is material for the purposes of this opinion and such information has not since the date and time of the Litigation Search been materially altered;

 

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(h) that there are no provisions of the laws or regulations of any jurisdiction other than Bermuda which would be contravened by the execution, delivery or filing of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplements which would have any implication in relation to the opinions expressed herein and that, in so far as any obligation under, or action to be taken under, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplements, is required to be performed or taken in any jurisdiction outside Bermuda, the performance of such obligation or the taking of such action will constitute a valid and binding obligation of each of the parties thereto under the laws of that jurisdiction and will not be illegal by virtue of the laws of that jurisdiction;

 

(i) that the Resolutions are in full force and effect, have not been rescinded, either in whole or in part, and accurately record the resolutions passed by the Board of Directors of the Company in a meeting which was duly convened and at which a duly constituted quorum was present and voting throughout and that there is no matter affecting the authority of the Directors to effect entry by the Company into the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplements, not disclosed by the Constitutional Documents or the Resolutions, which would have any adverse implication in relation to the opinions expressed herein; and

 

(j) that the Company has entered into its obligations under the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplements, in good faith for the purpose of carrying on its business and that, at the time it did so, there were reasonable grounds for believing that the transactions contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplements, would benefit the Company.

Opinion

Based upon and subject to the foregoing and subject to the reservations set out below and to any matters not disclosed to us, we are of the opinion that:

 

(1) The Company is an exempted company incorporated with limited liability and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Bermuda.

 

(2) All necessary action required to be taken by the Company pursuant to Bermuda law has been taken by or on behalf of the Company for the execution by the Company of the Supplemental Indenture and the issuance by the Company of the Company Guarantee.

 

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30 May 2012

 

 

(3) The Supplemental Indenture and the Company Guarantee have been duly executed by the Company.

 

(4) No filing with, authorisation, approval, consent, licence, order, registration, qualification or decree of any court or governmental authority or agency in Bermuda is necessary or required to be made or obtained by the Company in connection with the execution by the Company of the Supplemental Indenture or the issuance by Company of the Company Guarantee.

 

(5) There are no taxes, duties, or other charges payable to or chargeable by the Government of Bermuda, or any authority or agency thereof, in respect of the issue by the Company of the Company Guarantee.

Reservations

We have the following reservations:

 

(a) We express no opinion as to any law other than Bermuda law and none of the opinions expressed herein relates to compliance with or matters governed by the laws of any jurisdiction except Bermuda. This opinion is limited to Bermuda law as applied by the courts of Bermuda at the date hereof.

 

(b) Searches of the Register of Companies at the office of the Registrar of Companies and of the Supreme Court Causes Book at the Registry of the Supreme Court are not conclusive and it should be noted that the Register of Companies and the Supreme Court Causes Book do not reveal:

 

  (i) details of matters which have been lodged for filing or registration which as a matter of best practice of the Registrar of Companies or the Registry of the Supreme Court would have or should have been disclosed on the public file, the Causes Book or the Judgment Book, as the case may be, but for whatever reason have not actually been filed or registered or are not disclosed or which, notwithstanding filing or registration, at the date and time the search is concluded are for whatever reason not disclosed or do not appear on the public file, the Causes Book or Judgment Book;

 

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30 May 2012

 

 

  (ii) details of matters which should have been lodged for filing or registration at the Registrar of Companies or the Registry of the Supreme Court but have not been lodged for filing or registration at the date the search is concluded;

 

  (iii) whether an application to the Supreme Court for a winding-up petition or for the appointment of a receiver or manager has been prepared but not yet been presented or has been presented but does not appear in the Causes Book at the date and time the search is concluded;

 

  (iv) whether any arbitration or administrative proceedings are pending or whether any proceedings are threatened, or whether any arbitrator has been appointed; or

 

  (v) whether a receiver or manager has been appointed privately pursuant to the provisions of a debenture or other security, unless notice of the fact has been entered in the Register of Charges in accordance with the provisions of the Act.

Furthermore, in the absence of a statutorily defined system for the registration of charges created by companies incorporated outside Bermuda (“ overseas companies ”) over their assets located in Bermuda, it is not possible to determine definitively from searches of the Register of Charges maintained by the Registrar of Companies in respect of such overseas companies what charges have been registered over any of their assets located in Bermuda or whether any one charge has priority over any other charge over such assets.

 

(c) In order to issue these opinions we have carried out the Company Search as referred to in the Schedule of this opinion and have not enquired as to whether there has been any change since the date and time of such search.

 

(d) In order to issue these opinions we have carried out the Litigation Search as referred to in the Schedule to this opinion and have not enquired as to whether there has been any change since the date and time of such search.

 

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(e) In opinion paragraph (1) above the term “good standing” means that the Company has received a Certificate of Compliance issued by the Registrar of Companies.

Disclosure

This opinion is addressed to you in connection with the filing by the Company of the Registration Statement with the Commission under the Securities Act. We hereby consent to your filing this opinion as an exhibit to the Form 8-K to be filed by Covidien plc with the Commission in connection with the issuance of the Notes and the Guarantees. We also consent to the reference to our firm in the Prospectus Supplements under the caption “Validity of Notes”. As Bermuda attorneys, however, we are not qualified to opine on matters of law of any jurisdiction other than Bermuda and accordingly we do not admit to being an expert within the meaning of the Securities Act.

We hereby consent to the reliance by Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP on this opinion in rendering its “Exhibit 5” opinion in connection with the issuance of the Notes and the Guarantees.

Further, this opinion speaks as of its date and is strictly limited to the matters stated herein and we assume no obligation to review or update this opinion if applicable laws or the existing facts or circumstances should change.

This opinion is governed by and is to be construed in accordance with Bermuda law. It is given on the basis that it will not give rise to any legal proceedings with respect thereto in any jurisdiction other than Bermuda.

Yours faithfully

/s/ Appleby (Bermuda) Limited

 

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30 May 2012

 

SCHEDULE

 

1. The entries and filings shown in respect of the Company on the file of the Company maintained in the Register of Companies at the office of the Registrar of Companies in Hamilton, Bermuda, as revealed by a search conducted on 29 May 2012 at 10:30 am (the “ Company Search ”).

 

2. The entries and filings shown in respect of the Company in the Supreme Court Causes Book maintained at the Registry of the Supreme Court in Hamilton, Bermuda, as revealed by a search conducted on 29 May 2012 at 9:30am (the “ Litigation Search ”).

 

3. Certified copies of the Certificate of Incorporation and Memorandum of Association of the Guarantor (collectively referred together with the Bye-Laws of the Company as the “ Constitutional Documents ”).

 

4. A Secretary’s Certificate (the “ Certificate ”) dated 30 May 2012 and signed by John Kapples, certifying (i) an extract of the resolutions passed by the Board of Directors of the Company on 15 May 2012 (the “ Resolutions ”); (ii) the Directors and Officers of the Company; (iii) the Bye-Laws of the Company; and (iv) persons authorised to sign on behalf of the Company in respect of matters authorised by the Resolutions.

 

5. A certified copy of the “Foreign Exchange Letter” , dated 31 July 2000, issued by the Bermuda Monetary Authority, Hamilton Bermuda in relation to the Company.

 

6. A certified copy of the “Tax Assurance” , dated 31 July 2000, issued by the Registrar of Companies for the Minister of Finance in relation to the Company.

 

7. A Certificate of Compliance for the Company dated 30 May 2012.

 

8. An electronic copy of the Registration Statement excluding the documents incorporated by reference therein.

 

9. An electronic copy of the Prospectus.

 

10. An electronic copy of the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement

 

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11. An electronic copy of the Final Prospectus Supplement.

 

12. An electronic copy of the executed Indenture.

 

13. An electronic copy of the executed Supplemental Indenture.

 

14. An executed copy of the Company Guarantee.

 

15. Executed copies of the Notes.

 

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Exhibit 5.4

[Letterhead of Arthur Cox]

30 May 2012

PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL

 

To: Covidien plc

20 Lower Hatch Street

Dublin 2

Ireland

(the “ Company ”)

Dear Sirs,

 

1. Basis of opinion

 

  1.1 We act as solicitors in Ireland for the Company. This opinion is furnished to you in connection with (a) the issuance and sale of (i) US$600 million aggregate principal amount of 1.35% Senior Notes due 2015, and (ii) US$650 million aggregate principal amount of 3.20% Senior Notes due 2022 (collectively, the “ Notes ”) by Covidien International Finance S.A., a Luxembourg company (the “ Issuer ”) and (b) the issuance of guarantees (the “ Guarantees ”) of the Notes by each of the Company (the “ Company Guarantee ”) and Covidien Ltd., a Bermuda company (“ Covidien Ltd. ” and together with the Company, the “ Guarantors ”). The Notes and Guarantees were registered pursuant to a filing by the Issuer, the Company and Covidien Ltd. with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) under the Securities Act of 1933 (US), as amended (the “ Securities Act ”) of a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “ Registration Statement ”) and the preliminary prospectus supplement dated 22 May 2012 (the “ Preliminary Prospectus Supplement ”) and the prospectus supplement dated 22 May 2012 (together with the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, the “ Prospectus Supplement ”), each with respect to the offering of the Notes and the Guarantees, and each of which is supplemental to a Prospectus dated 21 June 2010 with respect to the registration of an unlimited amount of unsecured debt securities of the Issuer and the guarantees of such debt securities by the Guarantors.

 

  1.2 The Notes and Guarantees are being issued under an Indenture dated as of 22 October 2007 (as amended and supplemented prior to the date hereof) by and among the Issuer, Covidien Ltd., the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the “ Base Indenture ”) as supplemented by a Seventh Supplemental Indenture dated as of the date hereof (the “ Seventh Supplemental Indenture ” and together with the Base Indenture, the “ Indenture ”).


  1.3 This opinion is solely for the benefit of the addressees of this opinion and may not be relied upon, used, transmitted, referred to, quoted from, circulated, copied, filed with any governmental agency or authority, disseminated or disclosed by or to any other person or entity for any purposes without our prior written consent provided that, it may be disclosed to regulatory authorities to whom disclosure may be required by applicable laws or regulations and your legal adviser(s) and your successors and permitted assignees. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we hereby consent to the reliance by Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP on this opinion in rendering its “Exhibit 5” opinion in connection with the issuance of the Notes and Guarantees. In addition, we hereby consent to your filing this opinion as an exhibit to the Form 8-K to be filed by the Company with the Commission in connection with the issuance of the Notes and the Guarantees. Further, we consent to the reference to our firm in the Prospectus Supplement under the caption “ Validity of Notes ”. In giving such consent, we do not thereby concede that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

  1.4 This opinion is confined to and given in all respects on the basis of the laws of Ireland (meaning Ireland exclusive of Northern Ireland) in force as at the date hereof as currently applied by the courts of Ireland. We have made no investigations of and we express no opinion as to the laws of any other jurisdiction or the effect thereof. In particular, we express no opinion on European Community law as it affects any jurisdiction other than Ireland. We have assumed without investigation that insofar as the laws of any jurisdiction other than Ireland are relevant, such laws do not prohibit and are not inconsistent with any of the obligations or rights expressed in the Sixth Supplemental Indenture or the Company Guarantee (together, the “ Documents ”) or the transactions contemplated thereby.

 

  1.5 This opinion is also strictly confined to:

 

  (a) the matters expressly stated herein and is not to be read as extending by implication or otherwise to any other matter; and

 

  (b) the Documents and the searches listed at paragraph 1.7 below.

We express no opinion, and make no representation or warranty, as to any matter of fact or in respect of any documents which may exist in relation to the relevant transaction other than the Documents.

 

  1.6 For the purpose of giving this opinion, we have examined scanned copies sent to us by email in pdf or other electronic format of the Documents. We have also examined the documents referred to in Schedule 1 hereto.

All words and phrases defined in the Documents and not defined herein shall have the same meanings herein as are respectively assigned to them in the Documents. References in this opinion to the “ 1963 Act ” means the Companies Act 1963 of Ireland as amended and references to the “ 1990 Act ” means the Companies Act 1990 of Ireland as amended.

 

  1.7 For the purpose of giving this opinion, we have caused to be made the following legal searches against the Company on 30 May 2012:

 

  (a) on the files of the Company maintained by the Registrar of Companies in Dublin for mortgages, debentures or similar charges or notices thereof and for the appointment of any receiver, examiner or liquidator;


  (a) in the Judgments Office of the High Court for unsatisfied judgments, orders, decrees and the like for the five years immediately preceding the date of the search;

 

  (b) in the Central Office of the High Court of Dublin for any proceedings and petitions filed in the last two years; and

 

  (c) on the register of persons disqualified or restricted from acting as directors of companies incorporated in Ireland, which is maintained by the Registrar of Companies, against the names of the current directors of the Company as identified in the search results referred to at sub-paragraph (a) above.

 

  1.8 This opinion is governed by and to be construed in accordance with the laws of Ireland as interpreted by the courts of Ireland at the date hereof. This opinion speaks only as of its date. We assume no obligation to update this opinion at any time in the future or to advise you of any change in law or change in interpretation of law which may occur after the date of this opinion.

 

  1.9 No opinion is expressed as to the taxation consequences of the Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby.

 

2. Opinion

Subject to the assumptions and qualifications set out in this opinion, we are of the opinion that:

Capacity, Authority and Status

 

  2.1 The Company is a public limited company and is duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of Ireland.

 

  2.2 The Company has the necessary corporate power and authority, under its memorandum and articles of association, to enter into, execute and deliver the Documents and to perform its obligations thereunder in accordance with the terms of the Documents.

 

  2.3 The entry into, execution and delivery of the Documents by the Company and the performance of its obligations thereunder does not contravene:

 

  (i) any law of Ireland applicable to the Company; or

 

  (ii) the memorandum and articles of the Company.

 

  2.4 All necessary corporate action required on the part of the Company to authorise the entering into, execution and delivery of the Documents and the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder has been duly taken.

 

  2.5 The Documents have been duly executed by the Company.

 

  2.6 The Documents are in the proper form for enforcement before the Irish Courts.


3. Assumptions

For the purpose of giving this opinion we assume the following, without any responsibility on our part if any assumption proves to have been untrue as we have not verified independently any assumption:

Authenticity and bona fides

 

  3.1 the completeness and authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals or copies of originals, and (in the case of copies) conformity to the originals of copy documents, and the genuineness of all signatories, stamps and seals thereon;

 

  3.2 that, where incomplete versions of the Documents have been submitted to us or signature pages only have been supplied to us for the purposes of issuing this opinion, the originals of the Documents correspond in all respects with the last drafts of the complete Documents submitted to us;

 

  3.3 that the Documents have been delivered by the parties thereto and are not subject to any escrow arrangements and the terms thereof will be observed and performed by the parties thereto;

 

  3.4 that the copies produced to us of minutes of meetings and/or of resolutions of directors or shareholders correctly record the proceedings at such meetings and/or the subject matter which they purport to record and that any meetings referred to in such copies were duly convened, duly quorate and held and that those identified as present at any such meetings were present at such meetings and were entitled to attend and vote at the meeting and acted bona fide throughout and that no further resolutions have been passed or corporate or other action taken which would or might alter the effectiveness thereof;

 

  3.5 the absence of fraud, coercion, duress or undue influence and lack of bad faith on the part of the parties to the documents and their respective officers, employees, agents and (with the exception of Arthur Cox) advisers;

 

  3.6 that any signatures on the Documents are the signatures of the persons who they purport to be;

 

  3.7 that the copy of the memorandum and articles of association of the Company produced to us is correct and up to date and that the business carried out by the Company is within the principal objects clause of its memorandum of association;

Accuracy of searches and warranties

 

  3.8 that, no person who has been appointed or acts in any way, whether directly or indirectly as a director or secretary of, or who has been concerned in or taken part in the promotion of, the Company has been the subject of a declaration under Section 150 of the Companies Act, 1990 as amended by Section 41 of the Company Law Enforcement Act, 2001 (Disqualification and Restriction: Directors and other Officers). In this regard, we refer to the searches described in sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph 1.7 (which indicate that this assumption is correct, but see also paragraph 3.9 below);

 

  3.9 the truth, completeness and accuracy of the information disclosed in the searches referred to in paragraph 1.7 above and that such information has not since the time of such search or enquiry been altered. In this connection, it should be noted that searches at the Company Registration Office, Dublin do not necessarily reveal whether or not a prior charge has been created or a resolution has been passed or a petition presented or any other action taken for the winding-up of, or the appointment of a receiver or an examiner to, the Company;


  3.10 the truth, completeness and accuracy of all representations and statements as to factual matters contained in the Documents and the Closing Certificate (as defined in Schedule 1) at the time they were made and at all times thereafter;

Commercial Benefit

 

  3.11 that none of the parties was mistaken in entering into the Documents as to any relevant fact, that the Documents do not constitute deeds and that there was consideration for the entering into of the Documents and that the Documents have been entered into for bona fide commercial purposes, on arm’s length terms and for the benefit of each party thereto and are in those parties’ respective commercial interest and for their respective corporate benefit, in respect of which we refer you to the Closing Certificate and the board resolutions attached thereto;

No other information and compliance

 

  3.12 that the Documents are the only documents relating to the subject matter of the relevant transaction (for the purposes of this opinion) and that there are no agreements or arrangements of any sort in existence between the parties to the Documents which in any way amend or vary the terms of the Documents or in any way bear upon or are inconsistent with the opinions stated herein;

Authority, Capacity, Execution and Enforceability

 

  3.13 that the parties (other than the Company) and their respective signatories have the appropriate power and authority to execute the Documents, to perform their respective obligations thereunder and to render the Documents and all obligations thereunder legal, valid, binding and enforceable on them;

 

  3.14 the execution, delivery and performance of the Documents (i) does and will not contravene the laws of any jurisdiction outside Ireland; (ii) does not and will not result in any breach of any agreement, instrument and obligation to which any party thereto is a party and (iii) will not be illegal or unenforceable by virtue of the laws of that other jurisdiction;

 

  3.15 all relevant authorisations, approvals, consents and licences required in any jurisdiction and all formalities and requirements of the laws of any relevant jurisdiction and of any regulatory authority therein applicable to the execution, performance, delivery, enforceability and admissibility in evidence of the Documents (i) have, in any jurisdiction other than Ireland, been made, done or obtained, as the case may be and (ii) have been and will be duly complied with (and in each case (where applicable) (a) they are in full force and effect and (b) were made, done, obtained or complied with within any applicable time period);

 

  3.16 that the Documents which are governed by the laws of the State of New York are in the proper form under such law and that the Documents constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the parties thereto enforceable in accordance with their respective terms under the laws of the State of New York;

 

  3.17 that the full and final versions of the Documents were presented to the Company for execution;

Solvency and Insolvency

 

  3.18

that (i) the Company was able to pay its debts within the meaning of Section 214 of the 1963 Act and Section 2 of the Company (Amendment) Act 1990 immediately


  after the execution and delivery of the Documents; (ii) the Company will not as a consequence of doing any act or thing which the Documents contemplate, permit or require the relevant party to do, be unable to pay its debts within the meaning of such Sections; (iii) no receiver or examiner or other similar officer has been appointed in relation to any of the assets or undertakings of the Company; and (iv) no petition for the making of a winding-up order or the appointment of an examiner or any similar officer has been presented in relation to the Company;

 

  3.19 that, upon the opening of any insolvency proceedings pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No. 1346/2000 (the “ EU Insolvency Regulation ”), the Company will have its “ centre of main interests ” (as that term is used in Article 3(1) of the EU Insolvency Regulation) in Ireland being the jurisdiction in which the Company has its registered office and will not have an “ establishment ” (being any place of operations where a company carried out a non-transitory economic activity with human means and goods) as defined in Article 2(h) of the EU Insolvency Regulation) outside Ireland. In this regard we refer you to our qualification at paragraph 4.17;

Financial Assistance and Connected Transactions

 

  3.20 the Company is not, by entering into the Documents or performing its obligations thereunder, providing financial assistance in connection with a purchase or subscription of its shares which would be prohibited by Section 60;

 

  3.21 that none of the transactions contemplated by the Documents are prohibited by virtue of Section 31 of the 1990 Act, which prohibits certain transactions between companies and their directors or persons connected with their directors;

Governing law and jurisdiction

 

  3.22 that under all applicable laws (other than those of Ireland) the choice of the law of the State of New York as the governing law of the Documents is a valid and binding selection which will be upheld, recognised and given effect by the courts of any relevant jurisdiction (other than those of Ireland) and any submission in the Documents to the jurisdiction of any New York State or United States Federal court sitting in the City of New York will be valid and binding and will be upheld, recognised and given effect by the courts of any relevant jurisdiction (other than those of Ireland); and

 

  3.23 that the choice of governing law of the Documents was freely made by the parties thereto for bona fide reasons and not to evade the requirement of the law of any other jurisdiction.

 

4. Qualifications

The opinions set out herein are subject to the following reservations:

Enforcement and Binding Effect

 

  4.1 The description of obligations in this opinion as “ enforceable ” refers to the legal character of the obligations assumed by the relevant party under the relevant instrument. It implies no more than the obligations are of a character which the laws of Ireland recognize and will in certain circumstances enforce. In particular, it does not mean or imply that the relevant instrument will be enforced in all circumstances in accordance with its terms or by or against third parties or that any particular remedy will be available. In particular (without limiting the foregoing):

 

  (a) the binding effect and enforceability of the obligations of the Company under the Documents may be limited by liquidation, insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, court protection, examinership, moratoria, reorganisation, reconstruction, company voluntary arrangements, fraud of creditors, fraudulent preference of creditors or similar laws whether in Ireland or elsewhere affecting creditors’ rights generally;


  (b) the binding effect and enforceability of the obligations of the Company under the Documents may also be limited as a result of the provisions of the laws of Ireland applicable to contracts held to have become frustrated by events happening after their execution, and any breach of the terms of any document by the party seeking to enforce such document;

 

  (c) enforcement may be limited by general principles of equity. In particular, equitable remedies are not available where damages are considered to be an adequate remedy; the remedy of specific performance is discretionary and will not normally be ordered in respect of a monetary obligation; and injunctions are granted only on a discretionary basis and accordingly we express no opinion on such matters;

 

  (d) claims may become barred under the Statute of Limitations 1957 and other statutes of limitation all liens, rights of reunion, defences, rights of set-off or counterclaim;

 

  (e) enforcement will be subject to, netting, claims and attachment and any other rights of another party to a contract; and

 

  (f) enforcement may be limited by reason of fraud.

 

  4.2 Where any obligations of any person are to be performed in jurisdictions outside Ireland, such obligations may not be enforceable under Irish law to the extent that performance thereof would be illegal under the laws of any such jurisdiction or contrary to public policy under the laws of any such jurisdiction and an Irish court may take into account the law of the place of performance in relation to the manner of performance and to the steps to be taken in the event of defective performance.

 

  4.3 Where a judgment creditor seeks to enforce his judgment, he can only do so in accordance with the applicable rules of Irish courts. The making of an execution order against particular assets, such as a charging order over land or a beneficial interest therein or most types of investment or a third party debt order over a bank account or certain other debts, is a matter for the court’s discretion.

General Matters

 

  4.4 A determination or a certificate as to any matter provided for in the Documents may be held by an Irish court not to be final, conclusive or binding if such determination or certificate could be shown to have an unreasonable, incorrect or arbitrary basis or not to have been given or made in good faith.

 

  4.5 Where a party to the Documents is vested with a discretion or may determine a matter in its opinion, Irish law may require that such discretion is exercised reasonably or that such opinion is based upon reasonable grounds.


  4.6 A particular course of dealing among the parties or an oral amendment, variation or waiver may result in an Irish court finding that the terms of the Documents have been amended, varied or waived even if such course of dealing or oral amendment, variation or waiver is not reflected in writing among the parties.

 

  4.7 We express no opinion as to the effectiveness of any severability clause in the Documents . The question of whether or not any invalid provision may be severed from other provisions would be determined by an Irish court at its discretion.

 

  4.8 The effectiveness of any provisions in the Documents excusing a party from a liability or duty otherwise owed are limited by Irish law, particularly in relation to “ fundamental breaches ” of the contract.

 

  4.9 We express no opinion as to any obligation which the Documents may purport to establish in favour of any person who is not a party to the Documents.

 

  4.10 To the extent that any matter is expressly to be determined by future agreement or negotiation, the relevant provision may be unenforceable or void for uncertainty.

 

  4.11 We express no opinion as to the effectiveness of any currency indemnity clause in the Documents.

 

  4.12 We note the decision in the English case of R (on the application of Mercury Tax Ltd) v. Revenue and Customs Commissioners 2008 EWHC 2721 . Although this decision is not binding on the Irish courts, it would be considered as persuasive authority. This case appears to indicate that a previously executed signature page from one document may not be transferred to another document, even where the document in question is simply an updated version of the same document. Our opinion is qualified by reference to the above referenced decision.

Penalties

 

  4.13 Any clauses in the Documents providing for an increased rate of interest payable upon default or late payment may not be binding on the Company if construed by an Irish court as a penalty and therefore invalid. Interest on interest may not be recoverable and any increased rate of default interest may be treated as a penalty and therefore invalid.

Foreign currencies

 

  4.14 A court in Ireland may order the payment of money in a currency other than euro if the creditor is entitled to such other currency under the terms of a relevant agreement. While the rule of law that, when a debtor is wound up after a sum expressed in a foreign currency has become due, such sum should be converted into euro at the rate of exchange prevailing on the date it became due has not been varied by a decision of the Irish courts, it is likely that in the event of the winding up of the Company, amounts claimed in a foreign currency would (to the extend properly payable in the winding-up) be paid, if not in a foreign currency, in the euro equivalent of the amount due in the foreign currency, converted at the rate of exchange on the date of the commencement of such winding-up.

Judgements

 

  4.15 There is a possibility that an Irish court would hold that a judgement on any Document, whether given in an Irish court or elsewhere, would supersede the relevant agreement or instrument to all intents and purposes, so that any obligation thereunder which by its terms would survive such judgement might not be held to do so.


Subordination and set-off

 

  4.16 Provisions in any Document conferring a right of set-off, a right to net off payments, a right of counterclaim or similar right or remedy would not be effective against a liquidator if the indebtedness in respect of which such rights are exercised has not crystallised (by the indebtedness becoming actual) prior to liquidation and the exercise of such rights against a company in liquidation is subject to:-

 

  (a) the statutory requirement as to the pari passu treatment of creditors (case law in this jurisdiction has held that the relevant statutory provision did not interfere with a bank’s right of set-off where the right became exercisable prior to the company’s winding up);

 

  (b) the statutory prohibition as to the divestment of assets after the appointment of an official liquidator; and

 

  (c) the statutory prohibition as to the improper transfer of assets;

Such rights would also not be available if the person granting such rights has purported to assign or transfer its rights or title or interest in the debt owing to it.

Insolvency Regulation

 

  4.17 Pursuant to the EU Insolvency Regulation, main insolvency proceedings (as set out in Annex A to the EU Insolvency Regulation) may only be opened in the territory where the debtor has its centre of main interests (which we have assumed to be in Ireland in respect of the Company). The courts of any other Member State (other than Denmark) may open “territorial insolvency proceedings”, (or, after the opening of main insolvency proceedings, secondary insolvency proceedings) in the event that such debtor possesses an establishment in such Member State. The place of a company’s centre of main interests and whether it has an establishment outside Ireland, is a matter of fact and we express no opinion on this. To the extent that the Company has its centre of main interests or an establishment outside Ireland, it is possible that main insolvency proceedings, territorial insolvency proceedings or secondary insolvency proceedings may be commenced in a Member State other than Ireland and be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of such Member State.

Due Diligence and Searches

 

  4.18 We have conducted no due diligence of the Company or any of its affiliates or any other person, other than the searches listed in paragraph 1.7, and we have not conducted any other searches whatsoever. We have not concluded any due diligence on the status of any person other than the Company, and in particular have not considered any due diligence on the addressees of this opinion or enquired or investigated as to whether they have obtained their appropriate licenses or approvals.

Sanctions

 

  4.19 If a party to any of the Documents or to any transfer of, or payment in respect of, any of the Documents is controlled by or otherwise connected with a person (or is itself) resident in, incorporated in or constituted under the laws of a country which is the subject of United Nations, European Community or Irish sanctions or sanctions under the Treaty establishing the European Community, as amended, or is otherwise the target of any such sanctions, then obligations to that party under such Document or in respect of the relevant transfer or payment may be unenforceable or void.


Yours faithfully,

/s/ Arthur Cox

ARTHUR COX


Schedule 1

Closing Documents

 

1. The Notes

 

2. The Registration Statement

 

3. The Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement

 

4. Closing Certificate of the Secretary of the Company dated 30 May 2012 (the “ Corporate Certificate ”) with copies of:

 

  (a) the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation;

 

  (b) the Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association; and

 

  (c) resolutions of the board of directors of the Company dated 15 May 2012.

Exhibit 99.1

Covidien Announces Pricing of $1.250 Billion Senior Notes Offering

DUBLIN, May 22, 2012 – Covidien plc (NYSE: COV) today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Covidien International Finance S.A. (CIFSA), priced an underwritten offering of $600 million aggregate principal amount of 1.350% senior notes due 2015 and $650 million aggregate principal amount of 3.200% senior notes due 2022. The offering is expected to close on May 30, 2012.

The notes will be CIFSA’s senior unsecured obligations and will rank equally in right of payment with all of its existing and future senior debt, and senior to any subordinated indebtedness that CIFSA may incur. These notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by Covidien plc and its subsidiary, Covidien Ltd.

CIFSA intends to use the net proceeds of this offering to fund the redemption of all of its outstanding 5.450% senior notes due October 2012 and for general corporate purposes.

BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. CIFSA, Covidien plc and Covidien Ltd. have filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement, the related preliminary prospectus supplement and other documents that have been filed with the SEC for more complete information about CIFSA, Covidien plc and Covidien Ltd. and the offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC web site at www.sec.gov . Alternatively, the prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained by calling BNP Paribas Securities Corp. toll free at 1-800-854-5674, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. toll free at 1-877-858-5407 or Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. toll free at 1-800-503-4611.

This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of offers to buy any security and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation, or sale of any security in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Any statements contained in this communication that do not describe historical facts may constitute forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any forward-looking statements contained herein are based on our management’s current beliefs and expectations, but are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and changes in circumstances, which may cause actual results or Covidien actions to differ materially from what is expressed or implied by these statements. The factors that could cause actual future results to differ materially from current expectations include, but are not limited to, our ability to effectively introduce and market new products or keep pace with advances in technology, the reimbursement practices of a small number of large public and private insurers, cost-containment efforts of customers, purchasing groups, third-party payors and governmental organizations, intellectual property rights disputes, complex and costly regulation, including healthcare fraud and abuse regulations and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, manufacturing or supply chain problems or disruptions, rising commodity costs, recalls or safety alerts and negative publicity relating to Covidien or its products, product liability losses and other litigation liability, divestitures of some of our businesses or product lines, our ability to execute strategic acquisitions of, investments in or alliances with other companies and


businesses, competition, risks associated with doing business outside of the United States, foreign currency exchange rates and environmental remediation costs. These and other factors are identified and described in more detail in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2011, and in subsequent filings with the SEC. We disclaim any obligation to update these forward-looking statements other than as required by law.

Covidien

 

Eric Kraus    Coleman Lannum, CFA
Senior Vice President    Vice President
Corporate Communications    Investor Relations
508-261-8305    508-452-4343
eric.kraus@covidien.com    cole.lannum@covidien.com
Bruce Farmer    Todd Carpenter
Vice President    Director
Public Relations    Investor Relations
508-452-4372    508-452-4363
bruce.farmer@covidien.com    todd.carpenter@covidien.com

 

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