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 <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:.5in;"><a name="scotch"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;3, 2007</font></b></a></p> <div style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 6.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;"> <p align="right" style="border:none;margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;padding:0in;text-align:right;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Registration No. 333-</font></b></p> </div>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">UNITED
STATES</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">WASHINGTON, D.C.&#160; 20549</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">FORM S-8</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">REGISTRATION
STATEMENT</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">UNDER</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Covidien Ltd.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Bermuda</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(State or Other
Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">98-0518045</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Second
Floor,</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">90 Pitts
Bay Road,</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Pembroke
HM 08,</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Bermuda</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Covidien
Ltd. 2007 Stock and Incentive Plan</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">United
States and International Employees Share Purchase Program</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Full Title of the
Plan)</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">John H.
Masterson</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Senior
Vice President and General Counsel</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Covidien
Ltd.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">15
Hampshire Street</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Mansfield,
Massachusetts 02048</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;(Name and Address of Agent For Service)</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(508)
261-8000</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of
Agent For Service)</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></b></p>

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  <td width="39%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:39.92%;">
  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading -->Title&nbsp;of&nbsp;Securities&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;Registered</p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:12.52%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Amount<br>
  to&nbsp;be<br>
  Registered&nbsp;(1)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:12.52%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Proposed<br>
  Maximum<br>
  Offering<br>
  Price&nbsp;Per<br>
  Share&nbsp;(2)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:12.68%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Proposed<br>
  Maximum<br>
  Aggregate<br>
  Offering<br>
  Price&nbsp;(2)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:12.52%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Amount&nbsp;of<br>
  Registration<br>
  Fee(2)(3)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:.34%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:39.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Common Shares,
  $0.20 par value per share</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:12.52%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">30,843,452</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:11.54%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">43.33</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:11.68%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,336,446,775</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:11.54%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">41,029</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="7" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="86" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="18" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="7" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="87" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="18" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="7" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="86" style="border:none;"></td>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in 12.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The
shares registered on this Form S-8 consist of 24,843,452 common shares that may
be issued under the Covidien Ltd. 2007 Stock and Incentive Plan<b>  </b>and 6,000,000 common shares that may be issued under
employee stock purchase plans established or to be established by Covidien Ltd.
or its subsidiaries for employees in the United States and in foreign
jurisdictions, including the Covidien Ltd. Employee Stock Purchase Plan and the
Covidien Ltd. Savings Related Share Plan.&#160;
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement also registers such additional Common Shares that become
available under the foregoing plan in connection with changes in the number of
outstanding Common Shares because of events such as recapitalizations, stock
dividends, stock splits and reverse stock splits, and any other securities with
respect to which the outstanding shares are converted or exchanged.</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in 12.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.&#160; This registration fee has been calculated
pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) and Rule 457(c) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, based upon the average of the high and low prices of Covidien Ltd.&#146;s
Common Shares, par value $0.20 per share, on June 29, 2007, as reported by the
New York Stock Exchange, which was $43.33.</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Covidien
International Finance S.A. (&#147;CIFSA&#148;), a 100% owned subsidiary of Covidien Ltd.,
and Covidien Ltd. previously filed a Form S-1 on January 18, 2007 (Registration
no. 333-140062) in connection with the planned offering of senior notes by
CIFSA and in connection with that filing CIFSA paid a filing fee of
$153,050.&#160; This offering was not
consummated and the Registration No. 333-140062 was withdrawn on June 7, 2007.
Pursuant to Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act, the full amount of the
registration fee currently due for this Registration Statement has been offset
against a portion of the registration fee paid for the earlier registration
statement. After this offset, a balance of $112,021 remains from the fee paid
for Registration No. 333-140062.</p>


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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">PART I</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</font></b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">Item 1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Plan Information</font></b><font style="letter-spacing:-.15pt;">*</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">Item 2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Registrant
Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</font></b><font style="letter-spacing:-.15pt;">*</font></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 36.0pt 12.0pt 38.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">*</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font style="letter-spacing:-.15pt;">Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a)
prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule
428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Note to Part I of
Form S-8.</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">PART II</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">Item 3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">The following documents, which have heretofore been
filed by Covidien Ltd. (&#147;Covidien&#148;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the &#147;Commission&#148;) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities
Act&#148;), and pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange
Act&#148;), are incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed to be a part
hereof:</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 38.0pt;text-indent:-38.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font style="letter-spacing:-.15pt;">Amendment No. 4 to Covidien&#146;s registration
statement on Form 10 as filed with the Commission (Registration No. 001-33259)
on June 7, 2007;</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 38.0pt;text-indent:-38.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Current Report on Form 8-K that Covidien
filed with the Commission on June 8, 2007;</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 38.0pt;text-indent:-38.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font style="letter-spacing:-.15pt;">Covidien&#146;s Description of Share Capital contained
in Amendment No. 4 to Covidien&#146;s registration statement on Form 10 as filed
with the Commission (Registration No. 001-33259) on June 7, 2007, together with
any amendment or report filed with the Commission for the purpose of updating
such description;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">In addition, all documents filed by Covidien pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and made part hereof from their
respective dates of filing (such documents, and the documents listed above,
being hereinafter referred to as &#147;Incorporated Documents&#148;); provided, however,
that the documents enumerated above or subsequently filed by Covidien pursuant
to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act in each year during
which the offering made by this Registration Statement is in effect prior to
the filing with the Commission of Covidien&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K
covering such year shall not be Incorporated Documents or be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement or be a part hereof from and after the
filing of such Annual Report on Form 10-K.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">Any statement contained herein shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained in any subsequently filed Incorporated
Document modifies or supersedes such statement.&#160;
Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document shall be deemed to
be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such statement.&#160; Any such statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part
of this Registration Statement.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Covidien&#146;s
file number with the Commission is&nbsp;001-33259.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">Item 4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Description of Securities</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">Not applicable.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">Item 5.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">Not applicable.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">Item 6.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Indemnification of Directors and Officers</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Under Covidien&#146;s bye-laws, Covidien may indemnify
directors or officers for any loss or liability attaching to them from
negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust for which a director or
officer may be liable, except that Covidien may not indemnify for fraud or
dishonesty, conscious, intentional or willful breaches of an obligation to act
honestly or in good faith in Covidien&#146;s best interests or claims for recovery
of any gain, personal profit or advantage to which the director or officer is
not legally entitled. Bermuda law permits Covidien to maintain insurance to
compensate for any liability incurred by a director or officer in their
official capacity or to indemnify for loss or liability related to negligence,
default, breach of duty or breach of trust.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:-72.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">Item 7.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font style="letter-spacing:-.15pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Exemption
from Registration Claimed</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">Not applicable.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">Item 8.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Exhibits<br><br></font></b></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Times New Roman;width:100.0%;">
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  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Exhibit No.</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.66%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="83%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:83.14%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Description</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="14%" colspan="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 14.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="83%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:83.0%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" style="border:none;font-size:10.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p></td>
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  <td width="14%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 40.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="83%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:83.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">Memorandum of Association of Tyco Holdings (Bermuda) No. 15 Limited</font>
  (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Amendment No. 3 to Covidien&#146;s
  Registration Statement on Form 10, filed June 5, 2007)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" style="border:none;font-size:1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p></td>
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  <td width="14%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 40.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="83%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:83.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" style="border:none;font-size:10.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p></td>
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  <td width="14%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 40.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="83%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:83.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Certificate of
  Incorporation of Covidien Ltd. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of
  Covidien&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 10, filed January 18, 2007)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" style="border:none;font-size:1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p></td>
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  <td width="14%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 40.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="83%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:83.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" style="border:none;font-size:10.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p></td>
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  <td width="14%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 40.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="83%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:83.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Bye-Laws of Covidien
  Ltd. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 of Amendment No. 3 to
  Covidien&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 10, filed June 5, 2007)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" style="border:none;font-size:1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p></td>
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  <td width="14%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 40.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="83%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:83.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" style="border:none;font-size:10.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p></td>
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  <td width="14%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 40.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="83%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:83.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of counsel*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" style="border:none;font-size:1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p></td>
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  <td width="14%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 40.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="83%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:83.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" style="border:none;font-size:10.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p></td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="14%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 40.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="83%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:83.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Covidien Ltd. 2007
  Stock and Incentive Plan<font style="letter-spacing:-.15pt;">*</font></font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" style="border:none;font-size:1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p></td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="14%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 40.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="83%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:83.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" style="border:none;font-size:10.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p></td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="14%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 40.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="83%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:83.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Covidien Ltd. Employee
  Stock Purchase Plan*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" style="border:none;font-size:1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p></td>
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 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="14%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 40.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="83%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:83.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="0%" style="border:none;font-size:10.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p></td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 40.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="83%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:83.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Independent
  Registered Public Accounting Firm &#151; The healthcare business of Tyco
  International Ltd.*</font></p>
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  <td width="0%" style="border:none;font-size:1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p></td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Independent
  Registered Public Accounting Firm &#151; Covidien Ltd.*</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of counsel (included
  in Exhibit 5.1)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 40.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Filed
herewith</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">Item 9.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Undertakings</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">1.&#160; Covidien
hereby undertakes:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the registration statement.&#160; Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase
or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may
be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no
more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration
statement; and</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
this Registration Statement;</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">provided, however</font></i><font style="letter-spacing:-.15pt;">, that paragraphs (1)(a)(i) and (1)(a)(ii) do not
apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to
the Commission by Covidien pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <i>bona fide </i>offering thereof; and</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">2.&#160; Covidien
hereby further undertakes that, for the purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of Covidien&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be </font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">deemed to be the initial <i>bona fide </i>offering
thereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">3.&#160; Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of Covidien pursuant
to provisions and arrangements that exist whereby Covidien may indemnify such
persons against liabilities arising under the Securities Act, or otherwise,
Covidien has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by Covidien of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of Covidien in
the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,
officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, Covidien will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has
been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.</font></p>


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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">SIGNATURES</font></b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Covidien certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Mansfield,
State of Massachusetts, on this 2</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">nd</font><font style="letter-spacing:-.15pt;">&#160;day of
July, 2007.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ <font style="text-transform:uppercase;">Richard
  J. Meelia</font></font></p>
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  <td width="58%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:58.34%;">
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  Meelia</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 166.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the
date indicated.</font></p>

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  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.7%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.56%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ RICHARD J.
  MEELIA</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Richard J. Meelia</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President, Chief Executive Officer,<br>
  and Director<br>
  (principal executive officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">July 2, 2007</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ CHARLES J.
  DOCKENDORFF</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Charles J. Dockendorff</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Executive Vice President and Chief<br>
  Financial Officer<br>
  (principal financial officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">July 2, 2007</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ RICHARD G.
  BROWN, JR.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Richard G. Brown, Jr.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Vice President, Chief Accounting<br>
  Officer and Controller<br>
  (principal accounting officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">July 2, 2007</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ RICHARD J.
  MEELIA</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Richard J. Meelia</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Authorized Representative in the<br>
  United States</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">July 2, 2007</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dennis H. Reilley</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">July 2, 2007</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Randall J. Hogan, III</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">July 2, 2007</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Tadataka Yamada</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">July 2, 2007</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Joseph A. Zaccagnino</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">July 2, 2007</font></p>
  </td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">A Majority of the Board of Directors.</font></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">*</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The
undersigned does hereby sign this Registration Statement on behalf of the above
indicated individual pursuant to a power of attorney executed by such
individual.</p>

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  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading -->By:</p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ <font style="text-transform:uppercase;">John H.
  Masterson</font></font></p>
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  <td width="63%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:63.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:89.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">John H.
  Masterson,</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:89.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Attorney-in-Fact</font></p>
  </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 24.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">EXHIBIT INDEX</font></b></p>

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  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:9.9%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading -->Exhibit No.</p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:3.24%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:86.86%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Description</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:9.9%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:3.24%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:86.86%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:9.9%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:3.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:86.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">Memorandum of Association
  of Tyco Holdings (Bermuda) No. 15 Limited</font> (Incorporated by reference
  to Exhibit 3.1 of Amendment No. 3 to Covidien&#146;s Registration Statement on
  Form 10, filed June 5, 2007)</font></p>
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  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:9.9%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:3.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:86.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:9.9%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:3.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:86.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Certificate of Incorporation of Covidien Ltd.
  (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of Covidien&#146;s Registration
  Statement on Form 10, filed January 18, 2007)</font></p>
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  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:9.9%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:3.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:86.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:3.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:86.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Bye-Laws of Covidien Ltd. (Incorporated by reference
  to Exhibit 3.3 of Amendment No. 3 to Covidien&#146;s Registration Statement on
  Form 10, filed June 5, 2007)</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:9.9%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:3.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:86.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:9.9%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:3.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:86.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of counsel*</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:3.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:86.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:9.9%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:3.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:86.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Covidien Ltd. 2007 Stock and Incentive Plan<font style="letter-spacing:-.15pt;">*</font></font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:9.9%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:3.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:86.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:9.9%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:3.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:86.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Covidien Ltd. Employee Stock Purchase Plan*</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:9.9%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:3.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:86.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:9.9%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:3.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:86.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting
  Firm &#151; The healthcare business of Tyco International Ltd.*</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:9.9%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:3.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:86.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:9.9%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:3.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:86.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting
  Firm &#151; Covidien Ltd.*</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:9.9%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:3.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:86.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:9.9%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:3.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:86.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:3.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in 0in;width:86.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 3, 2007
Registration No. 333-
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Covidien Ltd.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Bermuda
(State or Other
Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
98-0518045
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
Second
Floor,
90 Pitts
Bay Road,
Pembroke
HM 08,
Bermuda
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Covidien
Ltd. 2007 Stock and Incentive Plan
United
States and International Employees Share Purchase Program
(Full Title of the
Plan)
John H.
Masterson
Senior
Vice President and General Counsel
Covidien
Ltd.
15
Hampshire Street
Mansfield,
Massachusetts 02048
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(508)
261-8000
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of
Agent For Service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be Registered
Amount
to be
Registered (1)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price Per
Share (2)
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering
Price (2)
Amount of
Registration
Fee(2)(3)
Common Shares,
  $0.20 par value per share
30,843,452
$
43.33
$
1,336,446,775
$
41,029
(1)
The
shares registered on this Form S-8 consist of 24,843,452 common shares that may
be issued under the Covidien Ltd. 2007 Stock and Incentive Plan
and 6,000,000 common shares that may be issued under
employee stock purchase plans established or to be established by Covidien Ltd.
or its subsidiaries for employees in the United States and in foreign
jurisdictions, including the Covidien Ltd. Employee Stock Purchase Plan and the
Covidien Ltd. Savings Related Share Plan. 
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement also registers such additional Common Shares that become
available under the foregoing plan in connection with changes in the number of
outstanding Common Shares because of events such as recapitalizations, stock
dividends, stock splits and reverse stock splits, and any other securities with
respect to which the outstanding shares are converted or exchanged.
(2)
Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.  This registration fee has been calculated
pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) and Rule 457(c) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, based upon the average of the high and low prices of Covidien Ltd.'s
Common Shares, par value $0.20 per share, on June 29, 2007, as reported by the
New York Stock Exchange, which was $43.33.
(3)
Covidien
International Finance S.A. ("CIFSA"), a 100% owned subsidiary of Covidien Ltd.,
and Covidien Ltd. previously filed a Form S-1 on January 18, 2007 (Registration
no. 333-140062) in connection with the planned offering of senior notes by
CIFSA and in connection with that filing CIFSA paid a filing fee of
$153,050.  This offering was not
consummated and the Registration No. 333-140062 was withdrawn on June 7, 2007.
Pursuant to Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act, the full amount of the
registration fee currently due for this Registration Statement has been offset
against a portion of the registration fee paid for the earlier registration
statement. After this offset, a balance of $112,021 remains from the fee paid
for Registration No. 333-140062.
PART I
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1.                    Plan Information
*
Item 2.                    Registrant
Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
*
*
Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a)
prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule
428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Note to Part I of
Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.                    Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference
The following documents, which have heretofore been
filed by Covidien Ltd. ("Covidien") with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission") pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), and pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"), are incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed to be a part
hereof:
(1)
Amendment No. 4 to Covidien's registration
statement on Form 10 as filed with the Commission (Registration No. 001-33259)
on June 7, 2007;
(2)
The Current Report on Form 8-K that Covidien
filed with the Commission on June 8, 2007;
(3)
Covidien's Description of Share Capital contained
in Amendment No. 4 to Covidien's registration statement on Form 10 as filed
with the Commission (Registration No. 001-33259) on June 7, 2007, together with
any amendment or report filed with the Commission for the purpose of updating
such description;
In addition, all documents filed by Covidien pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and made part hereof from their
respective dates of filing (such documents, and the documents listed above,
being hereinafter referred to as "Incorporated Documents"); provided, however,
that the documents enumerated above or subsequently filed by Covidien pursuant
to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act in each year during
which the offering made by this Registration Statement is in effect prior to
the filing with the Commission of Covidien's Annual Report on Form 10-K
covering such year shall not be Incorporated Documents or be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement or be a part hereof from and after the
filing of such Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Any statement contained herein shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained in any subsequently filed Incorporated
Document modifies or supersedes such statement. 
Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document shall be deemed to
be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any such statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part
of this Registration Statement.
Covidien's
file number with the Commission is 001-33259.
Item 4.                    Description of Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5.                    Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
Item 6.                    Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Under Covidien's bye-laws, Covidien may indemnify
directors or officers for any loss or liability attaching to them from
negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust for which a director or
officer may be liable, except that Covidien may not indemnify for fraud or
dishonesty, conscious, intentional or willful breaches of an obligation to act
honestly or in good faith in Covidien's best interests or claims for recovery
of any gain, personal profit or advantage to which the director or officer is
not legally entitled. Bermuda law permits Covidien to maintain insurance to
compensate for any liability incurred by a director or officer in their
official capacity or to indemnify for loss or liability related to negligence,
default, breach of duty or breach of trust.
Item 7.
Exemption
from Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8.                    Exhibits
Exhibit No.
Description
3.1
Memorandum of Association of Tyco Holdings (Bermuda) No. 15 Limited
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Amendment No. 3 to Covidien's
  Registration Statement on Form 10, filed June 5, 2007)
3.2
Certificate of
  Incorporation of Covidien Ltd. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of
  Covidien's Registration Statement on Form 10, filed January 18, 2007)
3.3
Bye-Laws of Covidien
  Ltd. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 of Amendment No. 3 to
  Covidien's Registration Statement on Form 10, filed June 5, 2007)
5.1
Opinion of counsel*
10.1
Covidien Ltd. 2007
  Stock and Incentive Plan
*
10.2
Covidien Ltd. Employee
  Stock Purchase Plan*
23.1
Consent of Independent
  Registered Public Accounting Firm — The healthcare business of Tyco
  International Ltd.*
2
23.2
Consent of Independent
  Registered Public Accounting Firm — Covidien Ltd.*
23.3
Consent of counsel (included
  in Exhibit 5.1)
24
Power of Attorney*
*
Filed
herewith
Item 9.                    Undertakings
1.  Covidien
hereby undertakes:
(a)           To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)
To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the registration statement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase
or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may
be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no
more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration
statement; and
(iii)
To include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
this Registration Statement;
provided, however
, that paragraphs (1)(a)(i) and (1)(a)(ii) do not
apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to
the Commission by Covidien pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement;
(b)           That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof; and
(c)           To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
2.  Covidien
hereby further undertakes that, for the purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of Covidien's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be
3
deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering
thereof.
3.  Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of Covidien pursuant
to provisions and arrangements that exist whereby Covidien may indemnify such
persons against liabilities arising under the Securities Act, or otherwise,
Covidien has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by Covidien of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of Covidien in
the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,
officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, Covidien will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has
been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
4
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Covidien certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Mansfield,
State of Massachusetts, on this 2
nd
day of
July, 2007.
COVIDIEN LTD.
(Registrant)
By:
/s/
Richard
  J. Meelia
Richard J.
  Meelia
President, Chief
  Executive Officer, and Director
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the
date indicated.
Name
Title
Date
/s/ RICHARD J.
  MEELIA
Richard J. Meelia
President, Chief Executive Officer,
and Director
(principal executive officer)
July 2, 2007
/s/ CHARLES J.
  DOCKENDORFF
Charles J. Dockendorff
Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
(principal financial officer)
July 2, 2007
/s/ RICHARD G.
  BROWN, JR.
Richard G. Brown, Jr.
Vice President, Chief Accounting
Officer and Controller
(principal accounting officer)
July 2, 2007
/s/ RICHARD J.
  MEELIA
Richard J. Meelia
Authorized Representative in the
United States
July 2, 2007
*
Dennis H. Reilley
Director
July 2, 2007
*
Craig Arnold
Director
July 2, 2007
*
Robert H. Brust
Director
July 2, 2007
*
John M. Connors, Jr.
Director
July 2, 2007
*
Christopher J. Coughlin
Director
July 2, 2007
5
*
Timothy M. Donahue
Director
July 2, 2007
*
Kathy J. Herbert
Director
July 2, 2007
*
Randall J. Hogan, III
Director
July 2, 2007
*
Tadataka Yamada
Director
July 2, 2007
*
Joseph A. Zaccagnino
Director
July 2, 2007
A Majority of the Board of Directors.
*
The
undersigned does hereby sign this Registration Statement on behalf of the above
indicated individual pursuant to a power of attorney executed by such
individual.
By:
/s/
John H.
  Masterson
John H.
  Masterson,
Attorney-in-Fact
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
3.1
Memorandum of Association
  of Tyco Holdings (Bermuda) No. 15 Limited
(Incorporated by reference
  to Exhibit 3.1 of Amendment No. 3 to Covidien's Registration Statement on
  Form 10, filed June 5, 2007)
3.2
Certificate of Incorporation of Covidien Ltd.
  (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of Covidien's Registration
  Statement on Form 10, filed January 18, 2007)
3.3
Bye-Laws of Covidien Ltd. (Incorporated by reference
  to Exhibit 3.3 of Amendment No. 3 to Covidien's Registration Statement on
  Form 10, filed June 5, 2007)
5.1
Opinion of counsel*
10.1
Covidien Ltd. 2007 Stock and Incentive Plan
*
10.2
Covidien Ltd. Employee Stock Purchase Plan*
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting
  Firm — The healthcare business of Tyco International Ltd.*
23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting
  Firm — Covidien Ltd.*
23.3
Consent of counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24
Power of Attorney*
*
Filed
herewith