Covidien Group S.à r.l., Luxembourg (LU), Zweigniederlassung Neuhausen am Rheinfall

The purpose of the company is to carry out, at the level of the main establishment or through one or more branch establishments, transactions which directly or indirectly concern the acquisition of participations in companies in any form, the management, administration, control and development of these participations. The company may use its financial resources, in particular, to invest in real estate, to carry out, manage, develop and dispose of its assets, as they may be composed, and in particular, but not exclusively, its portfolio of securities of any origin, and further to participate in the founding, development and control of companies, to acquire, subscribe, guarantee or exercise option rights, as well as to dispose of securities by sale, transfer, exchange or otherwise, and to develop such securities, to grant loans, credits or guarantees to or for the benefit of companies in which the company is directly or indirectly involved, as well as to group companies. The company may also carry out any intra-group banking and financial transactions, including but not limited to the execution of foreign exchange transactions such as spot, derivative and forward transactions (including non-deliverable forward transactions), swap transactions, futures transactions and option transactions, at the level of the main establishment or through one or more branch establishments, for example, to limit commercial and other risks, as well as the implementation of cash poolings, whether as a cash pool leader or not. It may generally provide any banking and financial services to any parent company, group partner or subsidiary. The company may carry out industrial or commercial activities which directly or indirectly serve the realization of the company's purpose.