FORM 8.3

IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL

DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.3 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER RULES, 2007 (AS AMENDED)

DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

1. KEY INFORMATION

Name of person dealing (Note 1) Barclays PLC.
Company dealt in COVIDIEN PLC
Class of relevant security to which the ORD
dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 20 October 2014

2. INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS

(a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant security dealt in (Note 3)

Class of relevant security: ORD
Long Short
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities
3,430,586 0.76% 1,994,490 0.44%
(2) Derivatives (other than options):
9,000 0.00% 21,146,280 4.68%
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell: 910,729 0.20% 1,912,129 0.42%
TOTAL:
4,350,315 0.96% 25,052,899 5.55%

(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 3)

Class of relevant security: Long Short
Number (%) Number (%)

(1) Relevant securities

(2) Derivatives (other than options)

(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell

Total

3. DEALINGS (Note 4)

(a) Purchases and sales

Purchase/sale Number of relevant securities Price per unit
Purchase 10 84.2700 USD
Purchase 17 84.1100 USD
Purchase 26 83.8700 USD
Purchase 32 83.3800 USD
Purchase 100 84.1800 USD
Purchase 100 84.7600 USD
Purchase 100 85.2100 USD
Purchase 116 83.9830 USD
Purchase 130 85.5053 USD
Purchase 160 83.4100 USD
Purchase 161 83.9412 USD
Purchase 178 83.9037 USD
Purchase 200 83.8550 USD
Purchase 200 84.2300 USD
Purchase 200 84.2375 USD
Purchase 300 83.8300 USD
Purchase 300 84.4150 USD
Purchase 300 84.8733 USD
Purchase 300 85.2333 USD
Purchase 400 83.3600 USD
Purchase 469 83.2600 USD
Purchase 500 83.9760 USD
Purchase 500 84.4676 USD
Purchase 559 83.8769 USD
Purchase 600 83.7900 USD
Purchase 600 83.8566 USD
Purchase 601 84.2897 USD
Purchase 700 84.0214 USD
Purchase 733 83.5578 USD
Purchase 800 83.8862 USD
Purchase 849 83.8821 USD
Purchase 900 83.8061 USD
Purchase 913 83.9488 USD
Purchase 1,000 84.5005 USD
Purchase 1,000 85.0970 USD
Purchase 1,057 83.9066 USD
Purchase 1,200 85.6876 USD
Purchase 1,782 84.0345 USD
Purchase 1,897 84.1695 USD
Purchase 1,900 84.3057 USD
Purchase 2,124 85.0311 USD
Purchase 2,191 84.3746 USD
Purchase 2,466 83.8375 USD
Purchase 2,500 84.5708 USD
Purchase 2,600 84.7170 USD
Purchase 4,000 84.0168 USD
Purchase 4,444 84.1931 USD
Purchase 5,067 83.8775 USD
Purchase 5,500 84.3386 USD
Purchase 5,700 83.9518 USD
Purchase 5,776 83.8698 USD
Purchase 6,080 84.3123 USD
Purchase 6,355 84.4787 USD
Purchase 7,615 83.9395 USD
Purchase 8,900 84.2861 USD
Purchase 9,126 84.0705 USD
Purchase 9,600 85.1946 USD
Purchase 9,681 83.5087 USD
Purchase 10,762 83.8856 USD
Purchase 11,896 83.9916 USD
Purchase 11,900 85.3025 USD
Purchase 11,966 85.1213 USD
Purchase 12,574 84.0806 USD
Purchase 12,600 84.1200 USD
Purchase 12,975 84.0391 USD
Purchase 14,820 84.4644 USD
Purchase 15,301 83.8777 USD
Purchase 18,700 84.6934 USD
Purchase 19,513 84.0430 USD
Purchase 19,867 84.0276 USD
Purchase 21,130 85.4327 USD
Purchase 23,067 83.8711 USD
Purchase 25,000 84.7800 USD
Purchase 25,000 84.8136 USD
Purchase 25,000 85.2483 USD
Purchase 25,000 85.4861 USD
Purchase 26,150 85.1764 USD
Purchase 27,760 84.0180 USD
Purchase 28,548 83.8321 USD
Purchase 29,422 84.6356 USD
Purchase 33,303 84.5531 USD
Purchase 33,623 83.9401 USD
Purchase 33,830 84.1213 USD
Purchase 44,164 84.0016 USD
Purchase 69,061 84.0611 USD
Purchase 87,570 84.3576 USD
Purchase 136,800 84.7981 USD
Purchase 177,100 83.9972 USD
Purchase 200,000 83.8495 USD
Purchase 435,858 84.0493 USD
Purchase 455,000 83.8994 USD
Purchase 535,858 84.0565 USD
Purchase 617,810 82.2000 USD
Purchase 1,340,295 85.4400 USD
Sale 17 84.1100 USD
Sale 33 83.8700 USD
Sale 68 83.1800 USD
Sale 77 83.9000 USD
Sale 100 83.8000 USD
Sale 100 84.7600 USD
Sale 113 83.7500 USD
Sale 180 84.1283 USD
Sale 200 84.4340 USD
Sale 262 85.4761 USD
Sale 300 83.8300 USD
Sale 300 85.5264 USD
Sale 500 83.5244 USD
Sale 500 85.5300 USD
Sale 522 83.7497 USD
Sale 541 85.4329 USD
Sale 597 85.3998 USD
Sale 600 85.5316 USD
Sale 700 85.3476 USD
Sale 760 85.0126 USD
Sale 804 83.6017 USD
Sale 846 83.7877 USD
Sale 919 83.2800 USD
Sale 1,300 84.3915 USD
Sale 1,300 85.2069 USD
Sale 1,400 85.3342 USD
Sale 1,464 84.5834 USD
Sale 1,550 83.7609 USD
Sale 1,600 84.3851 USD
Sale 1,700 84.1029 USD
Sale 1,900 83.8457 USD
Sale 1,900 84.0438 USD
Sale 2,070 85.3488 USD
Sale 2,200 83.9650 USD
Sale 2,381 83.6170 USD
Sale 2,465 84.0491 USD
Sale 3,000 84.4492 USD
Sale 3,309 84.5045 USD
Sale 3,400 85.2608 USD
Sale 3,562 85.4949 USD
Sale 3,800 85.3068 USD
Sale 4,056 85.3365 USD
Sale 4,442 85.3994 USD
Sale 4,915 84.0354 USD
Sale 5,049 83.8961 USD
Sale 5,609 83.6827 USD
Sale 5,700 83.9518 USD
Sale 5,799 83.7441 USD
Sale 5,900 83.8777 USD
Sale 6,033 85.3146 USD
Sale 6,400 83.1964 USD
Sale 6,904 84.5810 USD
Sale 7,103 84.5295 USD
Sale 7,800 83.8865 USD
Sale 8,029 84.0029 USD
Sale 9,747 85.3845 USD
Sale 11,907 83.8095 USD
Sale 12,400 84.3623 USD
Sale 12,430 84.1200 USD
Sale 13,584 83.7266 USD
Sale 14,300 85.0785 USD
Sale 18,540 84.1077 USD
Sale 19,742 84.6301 USD
Sale 20,385 85.3919 USD
Sale 21,700 83.9977 USD
Sale 25,000 83.7400 USD
Sale 25,000 84.7800 USD
Sale 25,000 84.8136 USD
Sale 25,000 85.2483 USD
Sale 25,000 85.4861 USD
Sale 26,038 83.8728 USD
Sale 28,295 84.1569 USD
Sale 28,830 83.7343 USD
Sale 44,761 84.0320 USD
Sale 50,000 83.9562 USD
Sale 50,000 84.7000 USD
Sale 71,059 83.9209 USD
Sale 73,630 83.8237 USD
Sale 88,106 83.8743 USD
Sale 92,566 83.9547 USD
Sale 128,300 84.5205 USD
Sale 146,400 84.0283 USD
Sale 146,453 83.8820 USD
Sale 153,451 83.9928 USD
Sale 156,039 84.0096 USD
Sale 186,853 84.3026 USD
Sale 258,109 83.9320 USD
Sale 260,858 84.0522 USD
Sale 275,000 84.0607 USD
Sale 617,810 82.2000 USD
Sale 1,355,507 85.4400 USD

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options transactions)

Product name, e.g. CFD

Nature of transaction

(Note 6)

Number of relevant securities

(Note 7)

Price per unit

(Note 5)

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing relevant securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product Name Writing, Number Exercise Type Expiry Option
purchasing, of price date money
selling, securities paid/
varying etc to which received
option
relates
Call Option Purchasing 44,000 82.5 USD American 17 Jan 2015 8.2000 USD
Call Option Purchasing 10,400 95 USD American 17 Jan 2015 1.9728 USD
Call Option Purchasing 300 97.5 USD American 17 Jan 2015 1.2266 USD
Call Option Selling 1,000 87.5 USD American 20 Dec 2014 4.9000 USD
Call Option Selling 250,000 90 USD American 17 Jan 2015 4.2000 USD
Call Option Selling 300 90 USD American 17 Jan 2015 4.2233 USD
Call Option Selling 9,100 100 USD American 22 Nov 2014 0.2000 USD
Put Option Purchasing 400 65 USD American 22 Nov 2014 0.1225 USD
Put Option Purchasing 66,200 70 USD American 22 Nov 2014 0.6167 USD
Put Option Purchasing 28,300 70 USD American 17 Jan 2015 2.7253 USD
Put Option Purchasing 250,000 75 USD American 17 Jan 2015 4.0000 USD
Put Option Purchasing 200,000 75 USD American 15 Jan 2016 6.5000 USD
Put Option Selling 300 65 USD American 20 Dec 2014 1.4000 USD
Put Option Selling 15,000 70 USD American 20 Dec 2014 1.9566 USD
Put Option Selling 400 75 USD American 22 Nov 2014 1.3225 USD
Put Option Selling 1,400 75 USD American 17 Jan 2015 4.3285 USD
Put Option Selling 28,300 77.5 USD American 17 Jan 2015 5.7253 USD
Put Option Selling 66,200 80 USD American 22 Nov 2014 2.9867 USD
Put Option Selling 10,700 80 USD American 17 Jan 2015 6.4439 USD
Put Option Selling 200 82.5 USD American 17 Apr 2015 8.3000 USD

(ii) Exercising

Product name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 5)

(d) Other dealings (including transactions in respect of new securities) (Note 4)

Nature of transaction

(Note 8)

Details Price per unit

(if applicable) (Note 5)

4. OTHER INFORMATION

Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated.
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? YES
Date of disclosure: 21 Oct 2014
Contact name: Rajesh Muthanna
Telephone number: 020 3555 4634
If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with which connected
If a connected EFM, state nature of connection

SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8

IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL

DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.1 AND RULE 8.3 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER RULES, 2007 (AS AMENDED)

DETAILS OF OPEN POSITIONS

(This form should be attached to Form 8.1(a) & (b)(i), Form 8.1(b)(ii) or Form 8.3, as appropriate)

OPEN POSITIONS (Note 1)

Product name Written or Number of Exercise Type Expiry
purchased relevant securities price date
to which the option
or derivative
relates
Call Options Purchased 74,129 85.0000 American 21 Nov 2014
Call Options Written -74,129 85.0000 American 21 Nov 2014
Call Options Purchased 700 57.5000 American 17 Jan 2015
Call Options Purchased 500 60.0000 American 15 Jan 2016
Call Options Purchased 2,100 62.5000 American 17 Jan 2015
Call Options Purchased 1,000 62.5000 American 15 Jan 2016
Call Options Purchased 500 65.0000 American 17 Jan 2015
Call Options Purchased 200 67.5000 American 17 Jan 2015
Call Options Purchased 3,700 70.0000 American 17 Jan 2015
Call Options Purchased 400 80.0000 American 22 Nov 2014
Call Options Purchased 200 80.0000 American 15 Jan 2016
Call Options Purchased 700 82.5000 American 22 Nov 2014
Call Options Purchased 44,400 82.5000 American 17 Jan 2015
Call Options Purchased 900 85.0000 American 17 Jan 2015
Call Options Purchased 300 87.5000 American 22 Nov 2014
Call Options Purchased 300 87.5000 American 17 Jan 2015
Call Options Purchased 500 90.0000 American 22 Nov 2014
Call Options Purchased 94,700 90.0000 American 20 Dec 2014
Call Options Purchased 1,400 92.5000 American 22 Nov 2014
Call Options Purchased 600 92.5000 American 17 Apr 2015
Call Options Purchased 32,700 95.0000 American 22 Nov 2014
Call Options Purchased 8,400 95.0000 American 17 Jan 2015
Call Options Purchased 1,700 95.0000 American 17 Apr 2015
Call Options Purchased 2,400 97.5000 American 20 Dec 2014
Call Options Purchased 800 97.5000 American 17 Jan 2015
Call Options Purchased 5,600 100.0000 American 17 Jan 2015
Call Options Purchased 200 100.0000 American 15 Jan 2016
Call Options Purchased 1,400 105.0000 American 17 Jan 2015
Call Options Purchased 1,900 110.0000 American 15 Jan 2016
Call Options Written -5,800 65.0000 American 17 Jan 2015
Call Options Written -1,000 70.0000 American 17 Jan 2015
Call Options Written -300 70.0000 American 15 Jan 2016
Call Options Written -100 72.5000 American 17 Jan 2015
Call Options Written -800 75.0000 American 17 Jan 2015
Call Options Written -500 80.0000 American 17 Jan 2015
Call Options Written -100 85.0000 American 17 Jan 2015
Call Options Written -600 85.0000 American 15 Jan 2016
Call Options Written -1,000 87.5000 American 20 Dec 2014
Call Options Written -200 87.5000 American 17 Apr 2015
Call Options Written -125,000 90.0000 American 22 Nov 2014
Call Options Written -7,300 90.0000 American 20 Dec 2014
Call Options Written -485,600 90.0000 American 17 Jan 2015
Call Options Written -2,900 92.5000 American 17 Jan 2015
Call Options Written -1,300 95.0000 American 15 Jan 2016
Call Options Written -100 97.5000 American 22 Nov 2014
Call Options Written -9,200 100.0000 American 22 Nov 2014
Put Options Purchased -200 40.0000 American 17 Jan 2015
Put Options Purchased -300 42.5000 American 17 Jan 2015
Put Options Purchased -200 45.0000 American 15 Jan 2016
Put Options Purchased -3,100 50.0000 American 17 Jan 2015
Put Options Purchased -100 55.0000 American 15 Jan 2016
Put Options Purchased -100 55.0000 American 20 Jan 2017
Put Options Purchased -13,300 57.5000 American 17 Jan 2015
Put Options Purchased -700 57.5000 American 15 Jan 2016
Put Options Purchased -4,000 65.0000 American 22 Nov 2014
Put Options Purchased -1,000 65.0000 American 15 Jan 2016
Put Options Purchased -1,400 67.5000 American 17 Jan 2015
Put Options Purchased -400 67.5000 American 15 Jan 2016
Put Options Purchased -66,200 70.0000 American 22 Nov 2014
Put Options Purchased -13,300 70.0000 American 20 Dec 2014
Put Options Purchased -37,800 70.0000 American 17 Jan 2015
Put Options Purchased -600 70.0000 American 17 Apr 2015
Put Options Purchased -2,000 70.0000 American 15 Jan 2016
Put Options Purchased -48,400 72.5000 American 17 Jan 2015
Put Options Purchased -1,700 75.0000 American 22 Nov 2014
Put Options Purchased -500 75.0000 American 20 Dec 2014
Put Options Purchased -340,000 75.0000 American 17 Jan 2015
Put Options Purchased -200,000 75.0000 American 15 Jan 2016
Put Options Purchased -16,100 77.5000 American 17 Jan 2015
Put Options Purchased -900 77.5000 American 17 Apr 2015
Put Options Purchased -269,000 80.0000 American 17 Jan 2015
Put Options Purchased -23,200 85.0000 American 22 Nov 2014
Put Options Purchased -122,000 85.0000 American 20 Dec 2014
Put Options Purchased -6,300 87.5000 American 22 Nov 2014
Put Options Purchased -14,600 90.0000 American 22 Nov 2014
Put Options Purchased -200 90.0000 American 20 Dec 2014
Put Options Purchased -400 90.0000 American 17 Apr 2015
Put Options Purchased -500 92.5000 American 22 Nov 2014
Put Options Purchased -500 92.5000 American 17 Jan 2015
Put Options Purchased -400 92.5000 American 17 Apr 2015
Put Options Purchased -1,000 95.0000 American 17 Jan 2015
Put Options Purchased -4,800 95.0000 American 17 Apr 2015
Put Options Purchased -1,000 97.5000 American 17 Jan 2015
Put Options Written 1,100 40.0000 American 17 Jan 2015
Put Options Written 500 45.0000 American 17 Jan 2015
Put Options Written 100 50.0000 American 17 Jan 2015
Put Options Written 1,900 52.5000 American 17 Jan 2015
Put Options Written 200 55.0000 American 17 Jan 2015
Put Options Written 300 60.0000 American 17 Jan 2015
Put Options Written 8,800 62.5000 American 17 Jan 2015
Put Options Written 100 62.5000 American 15 Jan 2016
Put Options Written 2,100 65.0000 American 20 Dec 2014
Put Options Written 1,400 65.0000 American 17 Jan 2015
Put Options Written 300 72.5000 American 15 Jan 2016
Put Options Written 15,000 75.0000 American 19 Dec 2014
Put Options Written 6,600 75.0000 American 17 Jan 2015
Put Options Written 34,100 77.5000 American 17 Jan 2015
Put Options Written 100 77.5000 American 15 Jan 2016
Put Options Written 67,800 80.0000 American 22 Nov 2014
Put Options Written 5,000 80.0000 American 19 Dec 2014
Put Options Written 200 80.0000 American 20 Dec 2014
Put Options Written 61,900 80.0000 American 17 Jan 2015
Put Options Written 200 80.0000 American 17 Apr 2015
Put Options Written 600 82.5000 American 22 Nov 2014
Put Options Written 24,000 82.5000 American 20 Dec 2014
Put Options Written 158,700 82.5000 American 17 Jan 2015
Put Options Written 200 82.5000 American 17 Apr 2015
Put Options Written 600 82.5000 American 15 Jan 2016
Put Options Written 47,500 85.0000 American 22 Nov 2014
Put Options Written 7,700 85.0000 American 20 Dec 2014
Put Options Written 92,300 85.0000 American 17 Jan 2015
Put Options Written 200 85.0000 American 15 Jan 2016
Put Options Written 1,300 87.5000 American 17 Jan 2015
Put Options Written 87,600 90.0000 American 15 Jan 2016

Notes

1.Where there are open option positions or open derivative positions (except for CFDs), full details should be given. Full details of any existing agreements to purchase or to sell must also be given on this form.

2.For all prices and other monetary amounts, the currency must be stated.

For full details of disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 of the Rules. If in doubt, consult the Panel.

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