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2017 Proxy Statement

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5 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 34,343,973 (1) 9.1 333 South Hope Street Los Angeles, California 90071 Ronda E. Stryker 24,944,964 (2) 6.7 c/o Greenleaf Trust 211 South Rose Street Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007 Greenleaf Trust 24,590,807 (3) 6.6 211 South Rose Street Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007 The Vanguard Group, Inc. 22,259,365 (4) 5.9 100 Vanguard Boulevard Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355 BlackRock, Inc. 21,879,275 (5) 5.8 55 East 52nd Street New York, New York 10055 John W. Brown 20,056,200 (6) 5.4 750 Trade Centre Way Portage, Michigan 49024 T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. 19,789,230 (7) 5.2 100 E. Pratt Street Baltimore, Maryland 21202 ______________ (1) This information is based solely on information as of December 31, 2016 contained in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on February 13, 2017. 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 January 31, 2017 provided by Ms. Ronda E. Stryker. The shares of Common Stock shown as beneficially owned by Ms. Stryker include 57,526 shares that she has the right to acquire within 60 days of January 31, 2017 upon exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock units. Ms. Stryker has sole voting and dispositive power with respect to 7,983,058 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 15,843,970 shares. As a result of certain rights that she has 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"), Ms. Stryker may be deemed to share voting power and dispositive power with respect to 15,843,970 shares with Greenleaf Trust, the trustee of a subtrust for her benefit under the Stryker Family Trust. See note (3) below. (3) This information is based solely on information as of December 31, 2016 contained in a filing with the SEC on February 3, 2017. 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 316,997 of such shares, shared voting power with respect to 24,273,810 of such shares, sole dispositive power with respect to 308,367 of such shares and shared dispositive power with respect to 24,282,440 of such shares. See note (2) above regarding the shared voting power and dispositive power with respect to 15,843,970 of such shares of Common Stock held by a subtrust for the benefit of Ronda E. Stryker under the terms of the Stryker Family Trust. (4) This information is based solely on information as of December 31, 2016 contained in a filing with the SEC on February 9, 2017. The Vanguard Group, Inc. has sole voting power with respect to 496,172 shares, shared voting power with respect to 72,074 shares, sole dispositive power with respect to 21,702,170 shares and shared dispositive power with respect to 557,195 shares. (5) This information is based solely on information as of December 31, 2016 contained in a filing with the SEC on January 26, 2017. BlackRock, Inc. has sole voting power with respect to 19,186,079 shares and sole dispositive power with respect to all of such shares. (6) This information is based solely on information as of December 31, 2016 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. (7) This information is based solely on information as of December 31, 2016 contained in a filing with the SEC on February 7, 2017. T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. has sole voting power with respect to 6,560,360 shares and sole dispositive power with respect to all of such shares.

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