-----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, MESA+vLxLrLGdYGstCaADjRb1acBY3Lw6oMZubEvscq53g0xSn34BQxmobwa0Q0S J8+jbO6uLUBeGTbkToF2ww== 0000310764-04-000034.txt : 20041210 0000310764-04-000034.hdr.sgml : 20041210 20041210152648 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000310764-04-000034 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20041210 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20041210 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20041210 FILER: 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: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-09165 FILM NUMBER: 041196162 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2725 FAIRFIELD ROAD CITY: KALAMAZOO STATE: MI ZIP: 49002 BUSINESS PHONE: 2693852600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2725 FAIRFIELD RD CITY: KALAMAZOO STATE: MI ZIP: 49002 8-K 1 syk8k121004.htm Stryker Form 8-K 12-10-2004

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549
________________________

FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  December 10, 2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stryker Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Michigan

0-9165

38-1239739

(State or other jurisdiction

(Commission

(IRS Employer

of incorporation)

File Number)

Identification No.)

 

 

 

2725 Fairfield Road, Kalamazoo, Michigan

49002

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

 

 

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  269.385.2600

 

 

 

 

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

[ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

[ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c)) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))



ITEM 5.02

DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF

 

DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS

Stryker Corporation issued a press release on December 10, 2004 announcing that on December 10, 2004, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Stephen P. MacMillan as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company effective January 1, 2005.  In addition, the Board of Directors elected Mr. MacMillan to a newly-created position on the Board of Directors, also effective January 1, 2005.  At this time, no determination has been made as to which committees of the Board of Directors, if any, that Mr. MacMillan will serve on.

Mr. MacMillan, age 41, joined Stryker in June 2003 as President and Chief Operating Officer.  Before that, he was Sector Vice President, Global Specialty Operations for Pharmacia Corporation, which he joined in 1999.  Prior to his tenure with Pharmacia, Mr. MacMillan spent 11 years at Johnson & Johnson, in both the United States and Europe, most recently as President of Johnson & Johnson-Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals.  He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Davidson College and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program.

Information regarding the employment agreement that the Company entered into with Mr. MacMillan when he joined the Company was previously reported in the definitive proxy statement for the Company's 2004 Annual Meeting of Stockholders that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 12, 2004 and is available at www.stryker.com within the "For Investors" link.

John W. Brown, who currently is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, is retiring as Chief Executive Officer but will continue to serve as nonexecutive Chairman of the Board after January 1, 2005.

 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 

 

STRYKER CORPORATION

 

(Registrant)

 

 

December 10, 2004

/s/ DEAN H. BERGY        

Date

Dean H. Bergy

 

Vice President,

 

Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

 

(Principal Financial Officer)

 

 

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