AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AMONG UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORPORATION COVIDIEN DE CORP. AND SOMANETICS CORPORATION Dated as of June 16, 2010Agreement and Plan of Merger • June 16th, 2010 • Covidien PLC • Surgical & medical instruments & apparatus • Delaware
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) dated as of June 16, 2010 is among United States Surgical Corporation (“Parent”), a Delaware corporation, Covidien DE Corp. (“Sub”), a newly-formed Delaware corporation and a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent, and Somanetics Corporation (the “Company”), a Michigan corporation.
