Mazor Robotics Shareholders Approve Merger Agreement With Medtronic

Mazor Robotics Ltd. (TASE: MZOR; NASDAQGM: MZOR), a pioneer and a leader in the field of robotic guidance systems, today announced that at a Special General Meeting of Shareholders held earlier today, Mazor Robotics shareholders approved the previously announced definitive merger agreement with wholly-owned subsidiaries of Medtronic plc (NYSE: MDT).

Approximately 53 percent of Mazor Robotics ordinary shares were represented in the meeting. Approximately 95 percent of the shares represented in the meeting which are neither held by a Medtronic affiliated party nor by a controlling shareholder of the Company or a shareholder with a personal interest in the merger proposal, were cast in favor of the merger.

Upon completion of the transaction, Mazor Robotics shareholders will receive $58.50 per American Depository Share, or $29.25 per ordinary share, in cash, for a total of approximately $1.64 billion. The transaction remains subject to certain closing conditions and is expected to close during Medtronic's third fiscal quarter ending January 25, 2019.