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Medtronic To Participate In The Bear Stearns London Healthcare Conference

Medtronic, Inc., (NYSE: MDT), the world’s leading medical technology company, today announced that it will participate in the Bear Stearns London Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 in London, U.K.

Gary L. Ellis, senior vice president and chief financial officer, will speak to the attendees of the conference at 11:20 a.m. GMT, 6:20 a.m. EST, and 5:20 a.m. CST. A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available to all interested parties at Medtronic’s Investor Relations website at http://www.medtronic.com/ or directly accessed by the following link: http://customer.talkpoint.com/BEAR002/030106a_cy/default.asp?entity=medtronic

Medtronic, Inc. (www.medtronic.com), headquartered in Minneapolis, is the global leader in medical technology – alleviating pain, restoring health, and extending life for millions of people around the world.

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