This agreement will serve both the employers and the employees and provide us with cost certainty.

This agreement with Johnson & Johnson provides significant financial value and certainty for shareholders. Together with Johnson & Johnson, we will have the resources to continue to build upon the existing Guidant businesses in our pursuit of meaningful innovations to address cardiovascular disease.

This agreement makes sense for Guidant shareholders and employees. It amplifies the opportunity for us to do more for patients with cardiovascular disease through a union with Johnson & Johnson.

This agreement with Johnson and Johnson provides significant financial value and certainty for shareholders.

As part of our agreement with SJL they provided us a list of employees they'd like to retain. Per the agreement they initiated that, and we agreed to administer that news to employees.

The agreement will give players on both sides clarity, certainty and predictability.