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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 _________________________________ FORM 10-Q/A Amendment No. 1 _________________________________
For the Quarterly Period Ended June 29, 2012 or
001-33259 (Commission File Number) _________________________________ COVIDIEN PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) _________________________________
20 On Hatch, Lower Hatch Street Dublin 2, Ireland Telephone: +353 1 438-1700 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices) Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No o Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes x No o Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (check one):
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No x The number of ordinary shares outstanding as of July 30, 2012 was 480,096,760. EXPLANATORY NOTE This Amendment No. 1 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 29, 2012 is being filed solely for the purpose of correcting a typographical error in the certification filed as Exhibit 32.1. This amendment only reflects a change to the date contained within this certification. No other information contained within the Form 10-Q previously filed on August 6, 2012 has changed. The amended item is as follows:
1 PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
2 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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