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Stryker Corp 2014 Proxy

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3 STOCK OWNERSHIP Principal Shareholders The following table sets forth certain information with respect to beneficial ownership of Common Stock by the only persons known by us to be the beneficial owners of more than 5% of our Common Stock. Name and Address of Beneficial Owner Number of Shares Beneficially Owned (#) Percentage of Class (%) Greenleaf Trust ............................................................................................................................... 30,060,403 (1) 7.9 211 South Rose Street Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007 Ronda E. Stryker ............................................................................................................................ 28,767,949 (2) 7.6 c/o Greenleaf Trust 211 South Rose Street Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007 John W. Brown ............................................................................................................................... 20,104,700 (3) 5.3 750 Trade Centre Way Portage, Michigan 49024 ______________ (1) This information is based solely on information as of December 31, 2013 contained in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on February 13, 2014. Greenleaf Trust holds these securities in a fiduciary capacity on behalf of various trusts and investment management customers, some of whom have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from or the proceeds from the sale of such shares of Common Stock. Greenleaf Trust has sole voting power with respect to 661,184 of such shares, shared voting power with respect to 29,399,219 of such shares, sole investment power with respect to 648,739 of such shares and shared investment power with respect to 29,411,664 of such shares. See note (2) below regarding the shared voting power and investment power with respect to 17,207,398 of such shares of Common Stock held by a subtrust for the benefit of Ronda E. Stryker under the terms of the L. Lee Stryker Trust established on September 10, 1974 for the benefit of members of the Stryker Family (the "Stryker Family Trust"). (2) This information is based solely on information as of January 31, 2014 provided by Ms. Ronda E. Stryker. The shares of Common Stock shown as beneficially owned by Ms. Stryker include 67,274 shares that she has the right to acquire within 60 days of January 31, 2014 upon exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock units. Ms. Stryker has sole voting and investment power with respect to 11,492,181 of the shares of Common Stock shown as beneficially owned by her, sole voting and shared investment power with respect to 28,370 shares, no voting and shared investment power with respect to 40,000 shares and shared voting and investment power with respect to the remaining 17,207,398 shares. As a result of certain rights that she has under the terms of the Stryker Family Trust, Ms. Stryker may be deemed to share voting power and investment power with respect to the 17,207,398 shares with Greenleaf Trust, the trustee of a subtrust for her benefit under the Stryker Family Trust. See note (1) above. (3) This information is based solely on information as of December 31, 2013 contained in a filing with the SEC on February 14, 2014. The shares of Common Stock shown as beneficially owned by Mr. Brown include 43,975 shares that may be acquired by him upon exercise of stock options. Mr. Brown has sole voting and investment power with respect to 19,844,700 of the shares of Common Stock shown as beneficially owned by him and shared voting and investment power with respect to 260,000 shares.

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