-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, VNK9S9cLYxZcFU+thMJ9rywYCK14lhkv9NCUHUB5X9IMvbzdxVkdy179o5wHGZ78 n4rMYdHmrPJlq0w2p7VIIg== 0000950134-02-011363.txt : 20020917 0000950134-02-011363.hdr.sgml : 20020917 20020917140837 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950134-02-011363 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20020917 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial statements and exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20020917 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MEDTRONIC INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000064670 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTROMEDICAL & ELECTROTHERAPEUTIC APPARATUS [3845] IRS NUMBER: 410793183 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MN FISCAL YEAR END: 0430 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-07707 FILM NUMBER: 02765749 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 710 MEDTRONIC PKWY STREET 2: MS LC300 CITY: MINNEAPOLIS STATE: MN ZIP: 55432 BUSINESS PHONE: 7635144000 8-K 1 c71871e8vk.htm FORM 8-K Medtronic, Inc.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 17, 2002

Medtronic, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Minnesota
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

     
1-7707
(Commission File Number)		   41-0793183
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

710 Medtronic Parkway
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432
(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

(763) 514-4000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-99 Press Release

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Item 5. Other Events

On September 17, 2002, the Registrant issued a press release announcing that it had repurchased certain of its 1.25% Contingent Convertible Debentures due 2021. The full text of the press release is set forth in Exhibit 99 which is attached hereto and incorporated in this Report as if fully set forth herein.

Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits

     
Exhibit 99   Press release dated September 17, 2002.

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

           
        MEDTRONIC, INC.
 
Date:   September 17, 2002   By      /s/ Richard F. Hamm, Jr.
Richard F. Hamm, Jr.
Vice President and Deputy General
Counsel

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Medtronic, Inc.
Form 8-K Current Report

     
Exhibit Number   Description
 
99   Press release dated September 17, 2002

3 EX-99 3 c71871exv99.htm EX-99 PRESS RELEASE Medtronic, Inc.

 

Exhibit 99

  Contacts:
Kevin Lee
Investor Relations
763/505-2695

  Chris Campbell-Loth
Public Relations
763/505-2633

F O R   I M M E D I A T E   R E L E A S E

MEDTRONIC ANNOUNCES REPURCHASE FOR CASH LESS THAN 2%
OF ITS 1.25% CONTINGENT CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES

     MINNEAPOLIS, September 17, 2002 – Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) announced today that it has repurchased $38,729,000 principal amount of its 1.25% Contingent Convertible Debentures due 2021 from holders that validly exercised their right to require Medtronic to repurchase such debentures on September 16, 2002. The debentures were repurchased in cash at the par value of the principal thereof together with interest accrued thereon. An aggregate of $2,012,500,000 principal amount of the debentures was initially issued and $1,973,771,000 principal amount is currently outstanding. The next date on which holders can require Medtronic to repurchase debentures is September 15, 2004.

     Medtronic, Inc., headquartered in Minneapolis, is the world’s leading medical technology company, providing lifelong solutions for people with chronic disease. Its Internet address is www.medtronic.com.

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