HBK Investments LP - Form 8.3 - Covidien Plc

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)                          HBK Investments L.P.
                                                         on behalf of itself,
                                                         its subadvisors and
                                                         its managed funds

Company dealt in                                         Covidien Plc

Class of relevant security to which the dealings being   $0.20 ordinary
disclosed relate (Note 2)                                shares

Date of dealing                                          18th December 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:                $0.20 ordinary shares

                                        Long                    Short


                            Number           %          Number           %

(1) Relevant security       442,947       0.097%

(2) Derivatives (other     4,974,934      1.099%
than options):

(3) Options and
agreements to purchase/
sell:

TOTAL:                     5,417,881      1.196%

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

Class of relevant security:

                                     Interests           Short positions


                           Number            %         Number         %

(1) Relevant
security

(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    Price per unit
                                          securities           (Note 5)

              Purchase                      5,536            US$ 102.6775

              Purchase                      59,177           US$ 102.6775

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options transactions)

    Product description     Nature of transaction   Number of  Price per unit
         e.g. CFD                  (Note 6)         relevant      (Note 5)
                                                   securities
                                                    (Note 7)


(c) Options transactions in respect of existing relevant securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product name e.g.  Writing,   Number of  Exercise    Type    Expiry  Option
   call option     selling,   securities   price     e.g.     date    money
                  purchasing,  to which            American,          paid/
                    varying     option             European         received
                     etc.      relates               etc.           per unit


(ii) Exercising

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


(d) Other dealings (including transactions in respect of new securities.
(Note4)

          Nature of transaction                Details        Price per unit
                (Note 8)                                     (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 attached? (Note 9)                       YES/NO

Date of disclosure:                    19th December 2014

Contact name:                          Jon Mosle

Telephone number:                      001 214 758 6153

If a connected EFM, name of offeree/   N/A
offeror with which connected

If a connected EFM, state nature of    N/A
connection (Note 10)