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 19th November 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: $0.20 ordinary shares Long Short Number % Number % (1) Relevant security 150,100 0.033% (2) Derivatives (other 4,600,000 1.016% than options): (3) Options and agreements to purchase/ sell: TOTAL: 4,750,100 1.049% (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 3) Class of relevant security: Interests Short positions Number % Number % (1) Relevant security (2) Derivatives (other than options): (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell: TOTAL: 3. DEALINGS (Note 4) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of relevant Price per unit securities (Note 5) Purchase 25,000 US$ 97.6118 Sale 25,000 US$ 97.9992 Sale 625 US$ 97.5012 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options transactions) Product description Nature of transaction Number of Price per e.g. CFD (Note 6) relevant unit (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: 20th November 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)