Note 3 — Acquisitions

The Company made the following acquisitions during 2012, all of which were accounted for as business combinations:

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On October 23, 2012, the Company acquired substantially all of the assets of LMA International N.V. (“LMA”), a global provider of laryngeal masks whose products are used in anesthesia and emergency care. The Company paid $292.2 million in cash as initial consideration for the LMA business. On October 23, 2012, in a separate transaction, the Company also acquired the LMA branded laryngeal mask supraglottic airway business and certain other products in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Channel Islands from the shareholders of Intravent Direct Limited and affiliates for $19.9 million in cash. In February 2013, the Company received $1.5 million in cash from the sellers of the LMA business related to a working capital adjustment provided for under the terms of the purchase agreement. These acquisitions complement the anesthesia product portfolio in the Company’s Critical Care division.

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On June 22, 2012, the Company acquired Hotspur Technologies, a developer of catheter-based technologies designed to restore blood flow in patients with obstructed vessels. The acquired business complements the dialysis access product line in the Company’s Cardiac Care division. The Company paid $15.0 million in cash as initial consideration for the business.

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On May 22, 2012, the Company acquired Semprus BioSciences, a biomedical company that developed a long-lasting, covalently bonded, non-leaching polymer designed to reduce infections and thrombus related complications. While the Company will explore opportunities to apply this technology to a broad array of its product offerings, the initial focus for the technology will be with respect to vascular devices within the Company’s Critical Care division. The Company paid $30.0 million in cash as initial consideration for the business.

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On May 3, 2012, the Company acquired substantially all of the assets of Axiom Technology Partners, LLC (the “Axiom acquisition”), constituting its EFx laparoscopic fascial closure system, which is designed for the closure of abdominal trocar defects through which access ports and instruments were used during laparoscopic surgeries. The acquired business complements the surgical closure product line in the Company’s Surgical Care division. The Company paid $7.5 million in cash as initial consideration for the business.

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On April 5, 2012, the Company acquired the EZ-Blocker product line, a single-use catheter used to perform lung isolation and one-lung ventilation. The acquisition of this product line complements the Anesthesia product portfolio in the Company’s Critical Care division. The Company paid $3.3 million in cash as initial consideration for the business.

In connection with the acquisitions, the Company agreed to pay contingent consideration based on the achievement of specified objectives, including regulatory approvals and sales targets. As of the respective acquisition dates, the range of undiscounted amounts the Company could be required to pay for contingent consideration arrangements is between $2.0 million to $90.0 million. For further information on contingent consideration, see Note 9, “Fair Value Measurement.”