Thomson Reuters ONE via COMTEX) --Shareholders Invited to Attend Annual Meeting on Aug. 22, 2013

MINNEAPOLIS - June 20, 2013 - The board of directors of Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT), today announced that the company's annual meeting of shareholders will be held at 10:30 a.m. CDT on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013 at Medtronic's Mounds View campus, located at 8200 Coral Sea Street N.E., Mounds View, Minnesota. Shareholders of record at the close of business on July 1, 2013, will be eligible to vote at the meeting.

About 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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