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MEDTRONIC PLC

 

  

Meeting Type:

For holders as of:

Annual General Meeting

October 9, 2018

    Date:    December 7, 2018       Time:    8:00 AM Local Time
    Location:

Shelbourne Hotel

27 St. Stephen’s Green

Dublin, Ireland

 

     

MEDTRONIC PLC
ATTN: RHONDA INGALSBE
710 MEDTRONIC PARKWAY
MS LC300
MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55432-5604

 

 

  

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Voting Items  
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposals:
1. Election of Directors to serve until the next Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders
   
  Nominees:
   
  1a. Richard H. Anderson
     
  1b. Craig Arnold
     
  1c. Scott C. Donnelly
     
  1d. Randall J. Hogan III
     
  1e. Omar Ishrak
     
  1f. Michael O. Leavitt
     
  1g. James T. Lenehan
     
  1h. Elizabeth Nabel, M.D.
     
  1i. Denise M. O’Leary
     
  1j. Kendall J. Powell
   
     
   
   
   
   
   
2. To ratify, in a non-binding vote, the re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Medtronic’s independent auditor for fiscal year 2019 and authorize the Board of Directors, acting through the Audit Committee, to set the auditor’s remuneration.
   
3. To approve in a non-binding advisory vote, named executive officer compensation (a “Say-on-Pay” vote).
     
NOTE: In their discretion, the proxy holders are authorized to vote upon such other business as may properly come before the Annual General Meeting and any adjournment or postponement thereof.


  

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2018 Annual Meeting

December 7, 2018

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This email represents the following share(s):

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For holders as of October 9, 2018