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Exhibit 21
SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT
The following is a list of the Company's subsidiaries as of June 30, 2000.
LEGAL NAME JURISDICTION
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Accucomp (Pty.) Ltd. SOUTH AFRICA
Accufusion (Pty.) Ltd SOUTH AFRICA
Carnforth Limited BERMUDA
Creative Solutions Industria e Comercio Ltda. BRAZIL
DISAB Diagnostic Imaging Holdings AB SWEDEN
Dritte CORSA Verwaltungsgesellechaft mbH GERMANY
IMC Exploration Company MARYLAND
IMCERA Ltd. UNITED KINGDOM
Infrasonics Technologies, Inc. NEVADA
Liebel-Flarsheim Company DELAWARE
Life Design Systems, Inc. WISCONSIN
Mallinckrodt Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. SINGAPORE
Mallinckrodt Athlone Holdings, Inc. DELAWARE
Mallinckrodt Australia Pty. Ltd. AUSTRALIA
Mallinckrodt Baker B.V. NETHERLANDS
Mallinckrodt Baker International, Inc. DELAWARE
Mallinckrodt Baker S.A. de C.V. MEXICO
Mallinckrodt Baker, Inc. NEW JERSEY
Mallinckrodt Belgium N.V./S.A. BELGIUM
Mallinckrodt Benelux B.V. NETHERLANDS
Mallinckrodt Chemical Australia Pty. Limited AUSTRALIA
Mallinckrodt Chemical Canada Inc. CANADA
Mallinckrodt Chemical GmbH GERMANY
Mallinckrodt Chemical Holdings (U.K.) Ltd. UNITED KINGDOM
Mallinckrodt Chemical Holdings GmbH GERMANY
Mallinckrodt Chemical Limited UNITED KINGDOM
Mallinckrodt DAR Srl ITALY
Mallinckrodt Developpement France FRANCE
Mallinckrodt do Brasil, Ltda. BRAZIL
Mallinckrodt Europe B.V. NETHERLANDS
Mallinckrodt Finland Oy FINLAND
Mallinckrodt France FRANCE
Mallinckrodt FSC Inc. BARBADOS
Mallinckrodt Holdings B.V. NETHERLANDS
Mallinckrodt Holdings Ireland IRELAND
Mallinckrodt Hong Kong Limited HONG KONG
Mallinckrodt Inc. DELAWARE
Mallinckrodt Inc. NEW YORK
Mallinckrodt International Corporation MISSOURI
Mallinckrodt International Financial Services Company IRELAND
Mallinckrodt Italia Srl ITALY
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LEGAL NAME JURISDICTION
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Mallinckrodt Japan Co. Ltd. JAPAN
Mallinckrodt Medical IRELAND
Mallinckrodt Medical Argentina Limited UNITED KINGDOM
Mallinckrodt Medical B.V. NETHERLANDS
Mallinckrodt Caribe, Inc. DELAWARE
Mallinckrodt Medical GmbH GERMANY
Mallinckrodt Medical Holdings (U.K.) Limited UNITED KINGDOM
Mallinckrodt Medical Holdings GmbH GERMANY
Mallinckrodt Medical Holdings Ireland IRELAND
Mallinckrodt Medical Imaging - Ireland IRELAND
Mallinckrodt Medical International Holdings IRELAND
Mallinckrodt Medical Isle of Man ISLE OF MAN
Mallinckrodt Medical Limitada PORTUGAL
Mallinckrodt Medical PMC NEVADA
Mallinckrodt Medical S.A. SPAIN
Mallinckrodt Medical S.A. de C.V. MEXICO
Mallinckrodt Operations B.V. NETHERLANDS
Mallinckrodt Polska Sp.zo.o POLAND
Mallinckrodt Services B.V. NETHERLANDS
Mallinckrodt Sweden AB SWEDEN
Mallinckrodt Switzerland Limited SWITZERLAND
Mallinckrodt TMH NEVADA
Mallinckrodt U.K. Ltd. UNITED KINGDOM
Mallinckrodt Vertriebs-GmbH AUSTRIA
Mallinckrodt Veterinary, Inc. DELAWARE
MKG Medical U.K. Ltd. UNITED KINGDOM
MMHC, Inc. DELAWARE
MMJ S.A. de C.V. MEXICO
MSCH Company DELAWARE
National Catheter Corporation NEW YORK
Nellcor Foreign Sales Corporation BARBADOS
Nellcor Iberia, S.L. SPAIN
Nellcor Puritan Bennett (Melville) Ltd. CANADA
Nellcor Puritan Bennett Australia Pty. Limited AUSTRALIA
Nellcor Puritan Bennett Export Inc. DELAWARE
Nellcor Puritan Bennett France Holdings FRANCE
Nellcor Puritan Bennett Incorporated DELAWARE
Nellcor Puritan Bennett International Corporation DELAWARE
Nellcor Puritan Bennett Ireland IRELAND
Nellcor Puritan Bennett Ireland Holdings IRELAND
Nellcor Puritan Bennett Mexico, S.A. de C.V. MEXICO
Puritan-Bennett Corporation DELAWARE
Puritan-Bennett Ireland Distribution IRELAND
Summerhouse Limited IRELAND
Trigate (Pty.) Ltd. SOUTH AFRICA
Trigate Umndeni (Pty.) Ltd. SOUTH AFRICA
Trinance (Pty.) Ltd. SOUTH AFRICA
