TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
General Information
1
Stock Ownership
3
Information About the Board of Directors and Corporate Governance Matters
5
Compensation Discussion and Analysis
9
Compensation Committee Report
24
Executive Compensation
25
Compensation of Directors
33
Audit Committee Report
34
Proposal 1 — Election of Directors
35
Proposal 2 — Ratification of Appointment of Our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
37
Proposal 3 — Approval of the 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated
38
Proposal 4 — Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation
44
Additional Information
45
Appendix A — Stryker Corporation 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated
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