Stryker Ronda E – ‘SC 13D/A’ on 2/22/12 re: Stryker Corp

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Amendment to General Statement of Beneficial Ownership   —   Schedule 13D
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 1: SC 13D/A    Amendment to General Statement of Beneficial           7±    32K 
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 2: EX-1        Schedule 13D Attachment                                8±    34K 

SC 13D/A   —   Amendment to General Statement of Beneficial Ownership

UNITED STATES                                                                   
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION                                              
Washington, D.C.  20549                                                         

SCHEDULE 13D                                                                    
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934                                       
(Amendment No. 2)*                                                              

STRYKER CORPORATION                                                             
(Name of Issuer)                                                                

Common Stock, $0.10 par value                                                   
(Title of Class of Securities)                                                  

863667 10 1                                                                     
(CUSIP Number)                                                                  

Ronda E. Stryker                                                                
Greenleaf Trust                                                                 
211 South Rose Street                                                           
Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007                                                       
(269) 553-6948                                                                  
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to                     
Receive Notices and Communications)                                             
February 15, 2012                                                               
(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)                         
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report 
the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this    
Schedule because of 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the       
following box.                                                                  

Note:  Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and      
five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits.  See 240.13d-7 for other   
parties to whom copies are to be sent.                                          

*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting persons   
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities,    
and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the   
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.                                     

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be       
deemed to be filed for the purpose of Section18 of the Securities Exchange      
Act of 1934 (Act) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of    
the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see   
the Notes).                                                                     

1.      Names of Reporting Persons.     Ronda E. Stryker                        

2.      Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)     
(a)                                                             
(b)                                                             

3.      SEC Use Only                                                            

4.      Source of Funds (See Instructions)      N/A                             

5.      Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required Pursuant to Items  
2(d) or 2(e)                                                                    

6.      Citizenship or Place of Organization    United States of America        

          7.      Sole Voting Power       14,593,172
Number of                                                                       
Shares Bene-            8.      Shared Voting Power     17,275,768              
ficially                                                                        
Owned by Each   9.      Sole Dispositive Power  14,593,172                      
Reporting                                                                       
Person With:            10.     Shared Dispositive Power        17,275,768      

11.     Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person  31,868,940

12.     Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See  
Instructions)                                                                   

13.     Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row(11)       8.3%            

14.     Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)     IN                      

Item 1. Security and Issuer                                                     
The title of the class of equity securities to which this statement 
relates is common stock, par value $0.10 per share (Common Shares), of Stryker  
Corporation, a Michigan corporation (Company).  The address of the principal    
executive office of the Company is 2825 Airview Boulevard, Kalamazoo, Michigan  
49002.                                                                          
Item 2. Identity and Background                                                 
  (a)-(c)   This statement is being filed by Ronda E. Stryker.  Ronda E.
Strykers business address is c/o Greenleaf Trust, 211 South Rose Street,        
Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007.  Ronda E. Strykers present principal occupation or   
employment is Vice Chair and a director of Greenleaf Trust, a bank, Vice Chair  
and trustee of Spelman College, and a trustee of Kalamazoo College and the      
Kalamazoo Community Foundation.  She is also a director of the Company, the     
granddaughter of the founder of the Company and the daughter of a former        
President of the Company.                                                       
   (d)-(e)   During the past five years, Ronda E. Striker (i) has not been
convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar     
misdemeanors) and (ii) has not been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial 
or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such      
proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining     
future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal
or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.  
    (f)       Ronda E. Stryker is a citizen of the United States of America.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration                       
     This Schedule is being amended to report the adoption by Ronda E. Stryker
of a Rule 10b5-1 plan governing shares that were previously reported as owned by
 Ronda E. Stryker on Schedule13D.  No funds were used in making the acquisitions
giving rise to this amendment to Schedule13D.                                 
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction                                                  
     This Schedule is being amended to report the adoption by Ronda E. Stryker
of a Rule 10b5-1 plan governing shares that were previously reported as owned by
Ronda E. Stryker on Schedule13D.  On February 15, 2012, Ronda E. Stryker      
entered into a Rule 10b5-1 Sales Trading Plan (Plan) with Raymond James &       
Associates, Inc.  A copy of the Plan agreement is attached as Exhibit 1 to this 
amendment of Schedule 13D.  The price term under the Plan is market value.      
Sales pursuant to the Plan may begin as early as March 16, 2012.  The Plan      
terminates on the earlier of December 31, 2012 or such time as the aggregate,   
net sales proceeds received pursuant to the Plan (i.e., aggregate proceeds      
minus sale expenses and commissions) reaches $138 million.                      
     Apart from the Plan described above, Ronda E. Stryker intends to evaluate
on an ongoing basis her investment in the Company and her options with respect  
to such investment.  Ronda E. Stryker and her husband may, from time to time,   
acquire additional Common Shares (1) by the exercise or additional vesting of   
options, (2) by the grant of additional options or other equity awards by the   
Company or (3) from time to time for investment purposes if market conditions   
are favorable, in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions or      
otherwise.  Ronda E. Stryker and her husband may also dispose of some or all of 
the Companys Common Shares that they beneficially own, periodically, by public  
or private sale (registered or unregistered and with or without the simultaneous
sale of newly-issued Common Shares by the Company), gift, expiration of       
options, forfeiture of restricted shares or otherwise, including, without       
limitation, sales of Common Shares pursuant to Rule144 under the Securities Act 
of 1933, as amended, or otherwise.  Ronda E. Stryker and her husband reserve the
right not to acquire Common Shares at any given time and not to dispose of all
or part of Common Shares they may own at any given time if they determine such  
acquisition or disposal is not in their best interests at the time in question. 
     Other than as described above, Ronda E. Stryker does not have any current
plans or proposals which relate to, or would result in, (a) any acquisition or  
disposition of securities of the Company, (b) any extraordinary corporate       
transaction, such as a merger, reorganization or liquidation, involving the     
Company or any of its subsidiaries, (c) any sale or transfer of a material      
amount of assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (d) any change in   
the present board of directors or management of the Company, including any plans
or proposals to change the number or term of directors or to fill any existing
vacancies on the Board, (e) any material change in the Companys present         
capitalization or dividend policy, (f) any other material change in the         
Companys business or corporate structure, (g) any change in the Companys        
articles of incorporation or bylaws or other actions which may impede the       
acquisition of control of the Company by any person, (h) causing a class of     
securities of the Company to be delisted from a national securities exchange    
or to cease to be authorized to be quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system   
of a registered national securities association, (i) a class of the Companys    
equity securities becoming eligible for termination of registration pursuant    
to Section 12(g)(4) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or (j)  
any action similar to those enumerated above.                                   
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer                                    
(a)       The aggregate number and percentage of Common Shares      
beneficially owned by Ronda E. Stryker as of February 22, 2012 are as follows:  
                                    Number             Percent
Ronda E. Stryker                31,868,940 (1)          8.3% (2)

(1)     The shares shown above as beneficially owned by Ronda E. Stryker        
comprise (1) 142,000 Common Shares owned directly by Ronda E. Stryker,          
(2) 70,490 Common Shares that Ronda E. Stryker has the right to acquire within  
60 days of January 31, 2012 upon the exercise of options granted to her by the  
Company, as more specifically described below (Option Shares), (3) 14,380,682   
shares held by her in her revocable trust, of which trust she is the sole       
trustee and beneficiary during her lifetime, (4) 40,000 Common Shares owned by  
her husband, William D. Johnston, and over which she may be deemed to share     
voting and investment power, (5) 17,207,398 Common Shares held in the separate  
subtrust of the L. Lee Stryker Trust dated September10, 1974 created for the    
benefit of Ronda E. Stryker and her issue (LLS Subtrust), over which Subtrust   
Ronda E. Stryker may be deemed to share voting and investment power, as         
described below, and (6) 28,370 Common Shares owned by the Stryker Johnston     
Foundation, a Michigan non-profit corporation (Foundation), of which Ronda E.   
Stryker, her husband and her children are the trustees.                         
(2)     Based on the 382,672,989 Common Shares reported as outstanding as of    
September 30, 2011 in the Companys Form 10-Q dated October 28, 2011.            
Ronda E. Stryker has been granted the following options to purchase 
Common Shares under the Companys stock option plans:                            
                       Percent
                         Vested at
Date of         Number  ExerciseMarch 1,Number  Vesting                         
Grant           Shares  Price   2012    Vested  Schedule                        

04/29/02        10,000  $26.40  100%    10,000  One-fifth a year                
                 starting 04/29/03
10/14/03        10,000  $38.83  100%    10,000  One-fifth a year                
                 starting 10/14/04
03/05/04        8,000   $45.21  100%    8,000   One-fifth a year                
                 starting 03/05/05
04/22/05        8,000   $48.27  100%    8,000   One-fifth a year                
                 starting 04/22/06
02/07/06        8,500   $46.85  100%    8,500   One-fifth a year                
                 starting 02/07/07
02/14/07        7,700   $62.65  100%    7,700   One-fifth a year                
                 starting 02/14/08
02/12/08        7,400   $67.80  80%     5,920   One-fifth a year                
                 starting 02/12/09
02/10/09        12,375  $42.00  60%     7,425   One-fifth a year                
                 starting 02/10/10
02/23/10        9,995   $53.09  40%     3,998   One-fifth a year                
                 starting 02/23/11
02/09/11          4,735 $59.70  20%              947    One-fifth a year        
                 starting 02/09/12
Total   86,705                  70,490                                          

      The vesting of the unvested options described above will increase Ronda E.
Strykers beneficial ownership of Common Shares.  If the above options were    
fully vested, Ronda E. Stryker would beneficially own 31,885,155 Common Shares, 
or 8.3% of the outstanding Common Shares.                                       
(b)       Ronda E. Stryker has sole voting and investment power over
14,593,172 Common Shares reported above as beneficially owned by her and held   
by her either directly, in her revocable trust or subject to options exercisable
by her.                                                                       
    William D. Johnston is Ronda E. Strykers husband.  As a result, Ronda E.
Stryker may be deemed to share voting and investment power over the Common      
Shares held by William D. Johnston.                                             
 Ronda E. Stryker has a special power of appointment over the Companys
Common Shares held in the LLS Subtrust and the power to change the trustee of   
that Subtrust.  As a result she may be deemed to share voting and dispositive   
power over the Common Shares held in the LLS Subtrust.  The LLS Subtrust is     
administered by Greenleaf Trust, a state chartered bank marketing fiduciary     
services to the general public.  Ronda E. Stryker is a shareholder and director 
of Greenleaf Trust.  Ronda E. Strykers husband, William D. Johnston, is the     
controlling shareholder of Greenleaf Trust.                                     
   Greenleaf Trust holds Common Shares in its fiduciary capacity on behalf
of various trust 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 these securities.  Including the shares held in the   
LLS Subtrust, Greenleaf Trust has sole voting and dispositive power over        
1,422,219 Common Shares held in accounts over which it has discretionary        
management power, and 33,772,941 Common Shares held in trusts over which it     
shares voting or dispositive power with co-trustees or beneficiaries, for a     
total of 35,195,160 Common Shares, or 9.2% of the outstanding Common Shares.    
Except for the Common Shares held in the LLS Subtrust, Ronda E. Stryker         
specifically disclaims beneficial ownership of, and this Schedule13D does not   
report, shares held by Greenleaf Trust in accounts over which Ronda E. Stryker  
possesses neither fiduciary discretion nor powers or privileges as a            
beneficiary.  Ronda E. Stryker also expressly disclaims status as a group with  
Greenleaf Trust or William D. Johnston for purposes of this Schedule13D.        
Ronda E. Stryker, her husband, William D. Johnston, and their adult 
children are trustees of the Foundation.  Decisions of the Foundation are       
controlled by majority vote of the trustees.  As a result, Ronda E. Stryker     
may be deemed to share voting and investment power over the Common Shares held  
in the Foundation.  Ronda E. Stryker expressly disclaims status as a group with 
the Foundation, William D. Johnston or their adult children who are trustees of 
the Foundation for purposes of this Schedule13D.                                
   William D. Johnstons and Greenleaf Trusts principal business address is
c/o Greenleaf Trust, 211 South Rose Street, Kalamazoo, Michigan  49007.  William
D. Johnstons principal occupation or employment is Chairman and President of  
Greenleaf Trust, a Michigan state chartered bank marketing fiduciary services   
to the general public.                                                          
     Neither William D. Johnston nor Greenleaf Trust has, during the last five
years, been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or 
similar misdemeanors).  Neither William D. Johnston nor Greenleaf Trust has,    
during the last five years, been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or 
administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding
was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future       
violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or    
state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.       
William D. Johnston is a citizen of the United States of America.               
   (c)       Except for the following transactions, no transactions in the
Common Shares were effected by Ronda E. Stryker during the 60 days prior to     
February 22, 2012: (1) on February 15, 2012, Ronda E. Stryker entered into the  
Rule 10b5-1 Sales Trading Plan (Plan) agreement attached as Exhibit 1, (2) on   
February 9, 2012, February10, 2012, February12, 2012, February14, 2012 and      
February 23, 2012 portions of options previously granted to Ronda E. Stryker    
vested, as described in the table above, and (3) Sales occurred pursuant to the 
Rule 10b5-1 Plan adopted on January 27, 2011 as follows: December 27, 2011,     
9,000 shares, gross proceeds $449,202.60; December 28, 2011, 9,000 shares, gross
proceeds $444,656.70; December 29, 2011, 9,000 shares, gross proceeds         
$445,364.10; and December 30, 2011, 9,000 shares, gross proceed $449,772.30.    
   (d)       Other than (1) Raymond James & Associates, Inc., with respect
to the Plan, (2) Greenleaf Trust, with respect to the Common Shares in the LLS  
Subtrust, (3) the Foundation and its trustees, with respect to the Common Shares
held by the Foundation, (3) William D. Johnston with respect to the Common    
Shares held by him, and (4) the beneficiaries of the LLS Subtrust, namely Ronda 
E. Stryker and her issue, no person is known to have the right to receive, or   
the power to direct the receipt of, dividends from, or the proceeds from the    
sale of, the Common Shares beneficially owned by Ronda E. Stryker.              
(e)       Not applicable.                                           
Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to
Securities of the Issuer                                                      
Other than (1) her agreement with Raymond James & Associates, Inc.  
pursuant to the Plan, (2) those relationships with other trustees of the        
Foundation and the other owners and directors of Greenleaf Trust, (3) Ronda E.  
Strykers oversight responsibilities for the Foundation, which are shared with   
the other trustees of the Foundation, (4) Ronda E. Strykers rights and          
privileges under the governing instrument of the LLS Subtrust, some of which    
are shared with the trustee of that Subtrust, (5) Ronda E. Strykers rights and  
privileges under her revocable trust instrument with respect to the Common    
Shares held in her revocable trust, and (6) the option agreements between       
Ronda E. Stryker and the Company and the related stock option plan with respect 
to the shares underlying stock options beneficially owned by Ronda E. Stryker,
Ronda E. Stryker does not have any contracts, arrangements, understandings or 
relationships (legal or otherwise) with any person with respect to any Common   
Shares or any other securities of the Company, including, but not limited to,   
transfer or voting of any of the securities, finders fees, joint ventures, loan 
 or option agreements, puts or calls, guarantees of profits or loss, division of
profits or loss, or the giving or withholding of proxies.                     
    A copy of the February 15, 2012 Rule 10b5-1 Sales Trading Plan agreement
with Raymond James & Associates, Inc. is attached as Exhibit 1 to this amendment
 of Schedule 13D.  Copies of the Companys stock option plans and forms of option
agreements for options granted under the Companys stock option plans are filed
as exhibits to the Companys periodic reports under the Securities Exchange Act  
of 1934, as amended.                                                            
Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits                                        
1. Rule 10b5-1 Sales Trading Plan agreement dated February 15, 2012             
2. 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan (as amended effective July23, 2008),           
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Form 10Q dated August 
7, 2008 (Commission File No. 00009165)                                          
3. Form of grant notice and terms and conditions for stock options granted to   
U.S. employees under the 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan, incorporated by         
reference to Exhibit 10(ii) to the Companys Form10K dated for the year ended    
December 31, 2008 (Commission File No. 00009165)                                
4. 1998 Stock Option Plan (as amended effective July 23, 2008), incorporated    
by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Companys Form10Q dated August 7, 2008       
(Commission File No. 00009165)                                                  
SIGNATURE                                                                       
  After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete      
and correct.                                                                    

Dated:  February 22, 2012                                                       
                                                Ronda E. Stryker

CUSIP No. 863667 10 1                                                           

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Dates Referenced Herein   and   Documents Incorporated by Reference

This ‘SC 13D/A’ Filing		Date		Other Filings
		12/31/12		10-K,  5
		3/16/12		4
		2/23/12		4
Filed on:		2/22/12		4,  SC 13G/A
		2/15/12
		2/9/12		SC 13G/A
		1/31/12		SC 13G/A
		12/30/11		4
		12/29/11		4
		12/28/11
		12/27/11		4
		10/28/11		10-Q,  4
		9/30/11		10-Q,  4,  8-K
		1/27/11		SC 13G/A
		12/31/08		10-K
		8/7/08		10-Q
		7/23/08		4
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