-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, MdO966wmqZeFHiBIsQYz87TJnNrhY/I8o61CK9LETPzrs7iFHjqswsz+IJyolL/0 eijpddXjZjq6Sx55BHzFxA== 0000310764-97-000002.txt : 19970221 0000310764-97-000002.hdr.sgml : 19970221 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000310764-97-000002 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19970210 SROS: NASD SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: STRYKER CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000310764 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841] IRS NUMBER: 381239739 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MI FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-31990 FILM NUMBER: 97522468 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2725 FAIRFIELD ROAD CITY: KALAMAZOO STATE: MI ZIP: 49002 BUSINESS PHONE: 6163852600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P.O. BOX 4085 CITY: KALAMAZOO STATE: MI ZIP: 49003-4085 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: STRYKER CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000310764 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841] IRS NUMBER: 381239739 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MI FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2725 FAIRFIELD ROAD CITY: KALAMAZOO STATE: MI ZIP: 49002 BUSINESS PHONE: 6163852600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P.O. BOX 4085 CITY: KALAMAZOO STATE: MI ZIP: 49003-4085 SC 13G 1 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 SCHEDULE 13G Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. 16) Stryker Corporation (Name of Issuer) Common Stock, $.10 Par Value (Title of Class of Securities) 863667 10 1 (CUSIP Number) Check here if a fee is being paid with this statement. ________ 1. Name of Reporting Person S.S., or I.R.S. Identification of Above Person Jon L. Stryker ###-##-#### 2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group N/A 3. SEC Use Only N/A 4. Citizenship or Place of Organization U.S. 5. Sole Voting Power 2,494,960 Shares 6. Shares Voting Power 22,850,100 Shares 7. Sole Dispositive Power 2,494,960 Shares 8. Shares Dispositive Power 22,850,100 Shares 9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person 25,345,060 Shares 10. Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares N/A 11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 9 26.2% 12. Type of Reporting Person IN 1. Name of Reporting Person S.S., or I.R.S. Identification of Above Person Patricia A. Stryker ###-##-#### 2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group N/A 3. SEC Use Only N/A 4. Citizenship or Place of Organization U.S. 5. Sole Voting Power 2,496,760 Shares 6. Shares Voting Power 22,850,100 Shares 7. Sole Dispositive Power 2,496,760 Shares 8. Shares Dispositive Power 22,850,100 Shares 9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person 25,346,860 Shares 10. Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares N/A 11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 9 26.2% 12. Type of Reporting Person IN 1. Name of Reporting Person S.S., or I.R.S. Identification of Above Person Ronda E. Stryker ###-##-#### 2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group N/A 3. SEC Use Only N/A 4. Citizenship or Place of Organization U.S. 5. Sole Voting Power 2,434,120 Shares 6. Shares Voting Power 22,850,100 Shares 7. Sole Dispositive Power 2,434,120 Shares 8. Shares Dispositive Power 22,850,100 Shares 9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person 25,284,220 Shares 10. Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares N/A 11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 9 26.1% 12. Type of Reporting Person IN 1. Name of Reporting Person S.S., or I.R.S. Identification of Above Person Gerard Thomas ###-##-#### 2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group N/A 3. SEC Use Only N/A 4. Citizenship or Place of Organization U.S. 5. Sole Voting Power 711,514 Shares 6. Shares Voting Power 22,850,100 Shares 7. Sole Dispositive Power 711,514 Shares 8. Shares Dispositive Power 22,850,100 Shares 9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person 23,561,614 Shares 10. Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares N/A 11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 9 24.3% 12. Type of Reporting Person IN 1. Name of Reporting Person S.S., or I.R.S. Identification of Above Person Elizabeth S. Upjohn-Mason ###-##-#### 2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group N/A 3. SEC Use Only N/A 4. Citizenship or Place of Organization U.S. 5. Sole Voting Power 492,743 Shares 6. Shares Voting Power 23,301,320 Shares 7. Sole Dispositive Power 492,743 Shares 8. Shares Dispositive Power 23,301,320 Shares 9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person 23,794,063 Shares 10. Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares N/A 11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 9 24.6 12. Type of Reporting Person IN Item 1. (a) Name of Issuer: Stryker Corporation (b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: 2725 Fairfield Road Kalamazoo, MI 49002 Item 2. (a) Name of Persons Filing: (b) Addresses of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence: Jon L. Stryker Patricia A. Stryker Ronda E. Stryker Kalamazoo Investment Group 3505 Greenleaf Blvd., Suite B Kalamazoo, MI 49008 Gerard Thomas Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone 444 West Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49007 Elizabeth S. Upjohn-Mason Upjohn National Leasing Company 3505 Greenleaf Blvd. Kalamazoo, MI 49008 (c) Citizenship: U.S. (d) Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock, $.10 Par Value (e) CUSIP Number: 863667 10 1 Item 3. If this statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1, or 134-2(b), check whether the persons filing are: N/A Item 4. Ownership (a) Amount Beneficially Owned: At December 31, 1996 Jon L. Stryker, Patricia A. Stryker, Ronda E. Stryker, Gerard Thomas and Elizabeth S. Upjohn-Mason, as members of the Advisory Committee under the L. Lee Stryker Trust (the "Stryker Trust") executed September 10, 1974, beneficially owned 22,850,100 shares of Common Stock, $.10 par value (the "Common Stock"), of Stryker Corporation. The following table shows the beneficial ownership (other than indirect beneficial ownership through the Stryker Trust) of shares of Common Stock by the persons (other than the Stryker Trust) named in response to Item 2(a):
Name Number of Shares Jon L. Stryker 2,494,960 Patricia A. Stryker 2,496,760 Ronda E. Stryke 2,434,120 Gerard Thomas 711,514 Elizabeth S. Upjohn-Mason 943,963(1)
(b) Percent of Class: The shares of Common Stock described in response to Item 4(a) amounted to 33.0 % of the outstanding shares of Common Stock on December 31, 1996. (c) The following table sets forth, for each of the persons named in response to Item 2(a), the number of shares of Common Stock as to which such person has (i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote, (ii) shared power to vote or to direct to vote, (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of or (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of.
Power to Vote or Power to Dispose or to to Direct the Vote Direct the Disposition of Name Sole Shared Sole Shared Jon L. Stryker 2,494,960 22,850,100(2)<2> 2,494,960 22,850,100(2)<2> Patricia A. Stryker 2,496,760 22,850,100(2)<2> 2,496,760 22,850,100(2)<2> Ronda E. Stryker 2,434,120 22,850,100(2)<2> 2,434,120 22,850,100(2)<2> Gerard Thomas 711,514 23,561,614(2)<2> 711,514 22,850,100(2)<2> Elizabeth Upjohn-Mason 492,743 23,301,320(1&2)<2><1> 492,743 23,301,320(1&2) (1) The reporting person is a member of a three-person advisory committee that has full voting and disposition power with respect to 451,220 shares of Common Stock held by three trusts. (2) Includes 22,850,100 shares of Common Stock owned by the Stryker Trust as to which such person, as a member of the Advisory Committee, may be deemed to share voting power and the power to direct the disposition.
Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class: N/A Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person: N/A Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company: N/A Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group: N/A Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group: N/A Item 10. Certification: -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----