Financial Astrology of Stryker Corporation

FINANCIAL ASTROLOGY

First Trade Date for Stryker Corporation

Company Name	First Trade Date (yyyy-mm-dd)
Stryker Corporation	1997-07-24

Company Name	Symbol
Stryker Corporation	SYK
History and Business of Company (this information may include date of incorporation)
Stryker Corporation (the "Company" or "Stryker") is a leader in the worldwide orthopaedic market and is one of the world's largest medical device companies. Stryker delivers results through a wide range of capabilities including joint replacements, trauma, spine and micro implant systems, orthobiologics, powered surgical instruments, surgical navigation systems and endoscopic products as well as patient handling and emergency medical equipment. Stryker also provides outpatient physical therapy services in the United States. Stryker was incorporated in Michigan in 1946 as the successor company to a business founded in 1941 by Dr. Homer H. Stryker, a leading orthopaedic surgeon and the inventor of several orthopaedic products. Stryker's filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, including its annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports are accessible free of charge at www.stryker.com within the "For Investors" link. In October 2002, the Company purchased the DEKOMPRESSOR product line from Pain Concepts, Inc. The DEKOMPRESSOR is a single-use disposable device indicated for the percutaneous removal of disc nucleus material. In July 2002, the Company acquired the Surgical Dynamics Inc. spinal implant business ("SDI") from Tyco International Ltd. The acquisition expanded the Company's spinal product line by adding interbody spinal cages for the United States market as well as other thoracolumbar and cervical spinal fixation devices. In November 2001, the Company acquired the business of an independent Italian distributor of certain Stryker products. The purchase consolidated the distribution of substantially all of the Company's products in Italy. The Company's Physiotherapy Associates, Inc. subsidiary has also purchased a number of physical therapy clinic operations during each of the last three years.

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