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Table of Contents 2 If your shares are held in a stock brokerage account or by a bank or other holder of record, you are considered the beneficial owner of shares held in "street name." The street name holder will provide you with instructions that you must follow to have your shares voted. If you hold your shares in street name and you wish to vote in person at the meeting, you must obtain a proxy issued in your name from the street name holder. May I change my mind after submitting a proxy? If you are a shareholder of record, you may revoke your proxy before it is exercised by: • Written notice to the Vice President, Corporate Secretary of the Company at 2825 Airview Boulevard, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49002; • Timely delivery of a valid, later-dated proxy or later-dated vote by internet or telephone; or • Voting by ballot at the annual meeting. If you are a beneficial owner of shares held in street name, you may submit new voting instructions by contacting your brokerage firm, bank or other holder of record. What are broker non-votes? A broker non-vote occurs when the broker, bank or other holder of record that holds your shares in street name is not entitled to vote on a matter without instruction from you and you do not give any instruction. Unless instructed otherwise by you, brokers, banks and other street name holders will have discretionary authority to vote only on Proposal 2 (ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2016). What is the required vote? In the election of directors, a director nominee will be elected only if he or she receives a majority of the votes cast with respect to his or her election (that is, the number of votes cast "for" a director nominee must exceed the number of votes cast "against" that nominee). The other matters require the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast at the meeting. On all matters, other than Proposal 2, abstentions and broker non-votes will not be counted as votes cast and will therefore have no effect. Will the annual meeting be webcast? You may access our annual meeting via webcast or telephone. Information about the webcast, which will include both the audio and the slide presentation from the meeting, is available in the Events & Presentations area of the Investor section of our website at www.investorevents.stryker.com. The telephone number to listen to the meeting is (844) 826-0610 (U.S.) or (973) 453-3249 (International) and the Conference ID is 58126774. An archived copy of the webcast will continue to be available on our website until June 30, 2016. How do I obtain directions to the annual meeting? Directions are available at www.proxymaterials.stryker.com. Can I access these proxy materials on the internet? This proxy statement, our 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K and a link to the means to vote by internet are available at www.proxymaterials.stryker.com. ____________________ Stryker's 2015 Annual Review Available Online As a part of our strategy to be environmentally conscious and financially responsible, printed copies of our Annual Review are no longer being mailed to shareholders. The 2015 Annual Review, which contains a Letter to Shareholders from our Chairman, is available online at www.stryker.com/2015.