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2016 Proxy Statement

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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 (%) Capital Research Global Investors 31,966,233 (1) 8.5 333 South Hope Street Los Angeles, California 90071 Greenleaf Trust 27,275,271 (2) 7.3 211 South Rose Street Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007 Ronda E. Stryker 26,324,606 (3) 7.1 c/o Greenleaf Trust 211 South Rose Street Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007 BlackRock, Inc. 20,576,171 (4) 5.5 55 East 52nd Street New York, New York 10055 The Vanguard Group, Inc. 20,434,479 (5) 5.4 100 Vanguard Boulevard Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355 John W. Brown 20,056,200 (6) 5.4 750 Trade Centre Way Portage, Michigan 49024 ______________ (1) This information is based solely on information as of December 31, 2015 contained in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on February 16, 2016. Capital Global Research Investors has sole voting power and dispositive power with respect to all of such shares. (2) This information is based solely on information as of December 31, 2015 contained in a filing with the SEC on February 10, 2016. 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 438,027 of such shares, shared voting power with respect to 26,837,244 of such shares, sole dispositive power with respect to 428,767 of such shares and shared dispositive power with respect to 26,846,504 of such shares. See note (3) below regarding the shared voting power and dispositive power with respect to 16,534,847 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"). (3) This information is based solely on information as of January 31, 2016 provided by Ms. Ronda E. Stryker. The shares of Common Stock shown as beneficially owned by Ms. Stryker include 52,922 shares that she has the right to acquire within 60 days of January 31, 2016 upon exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock units. Ms. Stryker has sole voting and dispositive power with respect to 8,729,349 of the shares of Common Stock shown as beneficially owned by her, sole voting and shared dispositive power with respect to 1,020,410 shares, no voting and shared dispositive power with respect to 40,000 shares and shared voting and dispositive power with respect to the remaining 16,534,847 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 16,534,847 shares with Greenleaf Trust, the trustee of a subtrust for her benefit under the Stryker Family Trust. See note (2) above. (4) This information is based solely on information as of December 31, 2015 contained in a filing with the SEC on January 28, 2016. BlackRock, Inc. has sole voting power with respect to 17,473,968 shares and sole dispositive power with respect to all of such shares. (5) This information is based solely on information as of December 31, 2015 contained in a filing with the SEC on February 10, 2016. The Vanguard Group, Inc. has sole voting power with respect to 603,407 shares, shared voting power with respect to 34,800 shares, sole dispositive power with respect to 19,807,323 shares and shared dispositive power with respect to 627,156 shares. (6) This information is based solely on information as of December 31, 2015 provided by Mr. John W. Brown. 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.

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