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may be affected by inaccurate assumptions and may involve a variety of risks and uncertainties, known and unknown, including,
among others, those discussed in the sections entitled “Government Regulation and Other Considerations” within “Item 1. Business”
and “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, as well as those related to competition in the medical device
industry, reduction or interruption in our supply, quality problems, liquidity shortfalls, decreasing prices and pricing pressure,
fluctuations in currency exchange rates, changes in applicable tax rates, positions taken by taxing authorities, adverse regulatory
action, litigation results, self-insurance, commercial insurance, health care policy changes, international operations, failure to
achieve the intended benefits of the Covidien and other acquisitions or disruption of our current plans and operations.
Consequently, no forward-looking statement can be guaranteed and actual results may vary materially. We intend to take advantage
of the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 regarding our forward-looking statements,
and are including this sentence for the express purpose of enabling us to use the protections of the safe harbor with respect to all
forward-looking statements.
We undertake no obligation to update any statement we make, but investors are advised to consult all other disclosures by us in
our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, especially on Forms 10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K, in which we discuss in more
detail various important factors that could cause actual results to differ from expected or historical results. In addition, actual
results may differ materially from those anticipated due to a number of factors, including, among others, those discussed in the
section entitled “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. It is not possible to foresee or identify all such
factors. As such, investors should not consider any list of such factors to be an exhaustive statement of all risks, uncertainties, or
potentially inaccurate assumptions.