UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A

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Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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MEDTRONIC PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)

(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)

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MEDTRONIC PLC

ATTN: RHONDA INGALSBE

710 MEDTRONIC PARKWAY

MS LC310

MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55432-5604

    

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Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information up until 11:59 P.M. EST on December 10, 2015 (or for shares held through the Medtronic plc SIP and the Medtronic Puerto Rico Employees’ SIP, no later than 11:59 P.M., EST, on December 8, 2015). Have your proxy card in hand when you access the web site and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form.

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If you would like to reduce the costs incurred by our company in mailing proxy materials, you can consent to receiving all future proxy statements, proxy cards and annual reports electronically via e-mail or the Internet. To sign up for electronic delivery, please follow the instructions above to vote using the Internet and, when prompted, indicate that you agree to receive or access proxy materials electronically in future years.

VOTE BY PHONE - 1-800-690-6903

Use any touch-tone telephone to transmit your voting instructions up until 11:59 P.M. EST on December 10, 2015 (or for shares held through the Medtronic plc SIP and the Medtronic Puerto Rico Employees’ SIP, no later than 11:59 P.M., EST, on December 8, 2015). Have your proxy card in hand when you call and then follow the instructions.

VOTE BY MAIL

Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided or return it to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717.

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MEDTRONIC PLC

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:

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1a.   Richard H. Anderson

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1b.   Craig Arnold

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1i.    Elizabeth Nabel, M.D.

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1c.   Scott C. Donnelly

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1j.    Denise M. O’Leary

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1d.   Randall Hogan III

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1k.   Kendall J. Powell

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1e.   Omar Ishrak

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1l.    Robert C. Pozen

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1f.    Shirley A. Jackson, Ph.D.

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1m.  Preetha Reddy

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1g.   Michael O. Leavitt 1h.  James T. Lenehan

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2.

To ratify the re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Medtronic’s independent auditor for fiscal year 2016 and authorize the Board of Directors, acting through the Audit Committee, to set its remuneration.

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To approve in a non-binding advisory vote, named executive officer compensation (a “Say-on-Pay” vote).

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For address changes and/or comments, please check this box and write them on the back where indicated.

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The Board of Directors recommends you vote 1 year on the following proposal:

1 Year

2 Years

3 Years

Abstain

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To approve, in a non-binding advisory vote, the frequency of Say-on-Pay votes.

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NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting and any adjournment or postponement thereof.

Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) hereon. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, or other fiduciary, please give full title as such. Joint owners should each sign personally. All holders must sign. If a corporation or partnership, please sign in full corporate or partnership name by authorized officer.

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M97213-P68975

MEDTRONIC PLC Annual General Meeting of Shareholders December 11, 2015, 8:00 AM This proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors
	The shareholder(s) hereby appoint(s) Bradley E. Lerman and Keyna P. Skeffington, each of c/o Medtronic plc, 20 Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2, Ireland, or either of them, as proxies, each with the power to appoint his/her substitute, and hereby authorize(s) them to attend, speak and to vote, as designated on the reverse side of this ballot, all of the Ordinary shares of MEDTRONIC PLC that the shareholder(s) is/are entitled to vote at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held at 8:00 AM Local Time, on December 11, 2015, at the Conrad Dublin Hotel, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, Ireland, and any adjournment or postponement thereof. You may vote at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders if you were a shareholder of record at the close of business on October 12, 2015. This proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed herein. If no such direction is made, this proxy will be voted in accordance with the Board of Directors’ recommendations.
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	(If you noted any Address Changes/Comments above, please mark corresponding box on the reverse side.) Continued and to be signed on reverse side