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Table of Contents 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 29,170,088 (1) 7.7 211 South Rose Street Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007 Capital Research Global Investors 29,051,133 (2) 7.7 333 South Hope Street Los Angeles, California 90071 Ronda E. Stryker 27,710,948 (3) 7.3 c/o Greenleaf Trust 211 South Rose Street Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007 John W. Brown 20,056,200 (4) 5.3 750 Trade Centre Way Portage, Michigan 49024 The Vanguard Group, Inc. 19,449,374 (5) 5.1 100 Vanguard Boulevard Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355 ______________ (1) This information is based solely on information as of December 31, 2014 contained in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on February 12, 2015. 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 522,262 of such shares, shared voting power with respect to 28,647,826 of such shares, sole dispositive power with respect to 512,682 of such shares and shared dispositive power with respect to 28,657,406 of such shares. See note (3) below regarding the shared voting power and dispositive 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 December 31, 2014 contained in a filing with the SEC on February 13, 2015. Capital Global Research Investors has sole voting power and dispositive power with respect to all of such shares. (3) This information is based solely on information as of January 31, 2015 provided by Ms. Ronda E. Stryker. The shares of Common Stock shown as beneficially owned by Ms. Stryker include 64,893 shares that she has the right to acquire within 60 days of January 31, 2015 upon exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock units. Ms. Stryker has sole voting and dispositive power with respect to 10,435,180 of the shares of Common Stock shown as beneficially owned by her, sole voting and shared dispositive power with respect to 28,370 shares, no voting and shared dispositive power with respect to 40,000 shares and shared voting and dispositive 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 dispositive 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. (4) This information is based solely on information as of December 31, 2014 contained in a filing with the SEC on February 13, 2015. Mr. Brown has sole voting and dispositive power with respect to 19,796,200 of the shares of Common Stock shown as beneficially owned by him and shared voting and dispositive power with respect to 260,000 shares. (5) This information is based solely on information as of December 31, 2014 contained in a filing with the SEC on February 11, 2015. The Vanguard Group has sole voting power with respect to 536,397 shares, sole dispositive power with respect to 18,957,428 shares and shared dispositive power with respect to 491,946 shares.

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