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Edwards Lifesciences restructured its public health crisis disclosure to focus specifically on hospital system and supply chain pressures rather than pandemic-specific language, replacing the COVID-19-centered risk with a more operationally-focused framework. The company added two interconnected risks related to its announced Critical Care product group spin-off, addressing both execution risk (failure to complete the transaction on anticipated timelines or tax-free structure) and post-spin performance risk (the standalone company's inability to deliver expected shareholder returns). These additions reflect the company's major corporate restructuring initiative and shift toward business-specific rather than pandemic-event-driven risk disclosure.

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🟢 New in Current Filing We are subject to risks associated with public health crises, particularly with respect to the pressures that such crises create on the hospital systems and supply chains in which we operate. 🔒

🟢 New in Current Filing We may not be able to complete the announced spin-off of our Critical Care product group at all, or within the timeframes we anticipate, or pursuant to the tax-free structure that we anticipate, and we may not realize some or all of the expected benefits of this transaction. 🔒

🟢 New in Current Filing Assuming the spin-off is successfully completed, the newly spun-off Critical Care company as a standalone public company may not deliver the returns that we or the shareholders anticipate. 🔒

🔴 No Match in Current Filing We are subject to risks associated with public health crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic and other pandemics or epidemics. 🔒

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