Sorin : CROSS-BORDER MERGER OF SORIN S.P.A. INTO SAND HOLDCO PLC (NOW LIVANOVA PLC) LIVANOVA SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING APPROVES MERGER WITH SORIN

Milan, Italy - July 17, 2015 - Sorin S.p.A. (MTA: Reuters Code: SORN.MI; "Sorin" or the "Company") announced that, on July 17, 2015, the special court-convened shareholders' meeting of LivaNova PLC (formerly known as Sand Holdco PLC, hereafter "HoldCo"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Sorin, approved the cross-border merger of Sorin with and into HoldCo (the "Sorin Merger"). Upon completion of the Sorin Merger, already approved by the extraordinary shareholders' meeting of Sorin held on May 26, 2015, the Company's shareholders will receive ordinary shares of HoldCo in accordance with the fixed ratio of 0.0472 ordinary shares of HoldCo for every Sorin share owned.

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