SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* PAULSON & CO INC (Last) (First) (Middle) 1251 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS (Street) NEW YORK NY 10020 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Mallinckrodt plc [ MNK ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/07/2014
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Ordinary Shares, $0.20 par value(1)(2)	08/07/2014		P		200,000	A	$69.6911	7,199,800	I(1)(2)	By Managed Funds and Accounts
Ordinary Shares, $0.20 par value(1)(2)	08/07/2014		P		500,200	A	$70.3389	7,700,000	I(1)(2)	By Managed Funds and Accounts

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Notional Principal Amount Derivative Agreement(1)(2)	$69.9223	08/07/2014		J/K(3)		1		(3)	07/17/2015	Ordinary Shares, $0.20 par value	16,500	(3)	1	I(3)	By Managed Funds and Accounts

Explanation of Responses:

1. Paulson & Co. Inc. ("Paulson") is an investment advisor registered under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940. Paulson is the investment manager of Paulson Partners Enhanced LP, Paulson Enhanced Ltd, Paulson International Ltd, Paulson Partners LP and Paulson Partners Premium LP (collectively, the "Funds") and certain separately managed accounts (the "Separately Managed Accounts"). John Paulson is the controlling person of Paulson. All securities reported on this Form 4 are owned by the Funds or held in the Separately Managed Accounts.

2. Each of Paulson and John Paulson may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own the securities directly owned by the Funds or held in the Separately Managed Accounts. Pursuant to Rule 16a-1(a)(4) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Act"), the filing of this Form 4 shall not be deemed an admission by any person reporting on this Form 4 that such person, for purposes of Section 16 of the Act or otherwise, is the beneficial owner of any equity securities covered by this Form.

3. Notional principal amount derivative agreement (the "Derivative Agreement") in the form of a cash settled swap entered into by a Separately Managed Account representing a share equivalent of an aggregate of 16,500 Ordinary Shares. The Derivative Agreement provides the Separately Managed Account with economic results that are comparable to the economic results of ownership of Ordinary Shares payable on each settlement date applicable to the expiration or earlier termination of such Derivative Agreement, but does not provide it with the power to vote or direct the voting or dispose of or direct the disposition of the Ordinary Shares that are the subject of the Derivative Agreement (such shares, the "Subject Shares"). Each of Paulson, the Funds, the Separately Managed Accounts and John Paulson disclaims beneficial ownership in the Subject Shares. The counterparty to the Derivative Agreement is an unaffiliated third party financial institution.

Remarks:

	/s/ Stuart L. Merzer, General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer	08/12/2014
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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