Stryker 2004 Form 13-G

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549

 

SCHEDULE 13G

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 22 )

 

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 (Entities only)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jon L. Stryker

 

 

N/A

 

 

 

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

 

 

9,873,520 Shares

 

 

 

6.

Shared Voting Power

 

 

83,284,934 Shares

 

 

 

7.

Sole Dispositive Power

 

 

9,873,520 Shares

 

 

 

8.

Shared Dispositive Power

 

 

83,284,934 Shares

 

 

 

9.

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

 

 

93,158,454 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

 

 

23.1%

 

 

 

12.

Type of Reporting Person

 

 

IN

   


1.

Name of Reporting Person
S.S., or I.R.S. Identification of Above Person (Entities only)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pat Stryker

 

 

N/A

 

 

 

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

 

 

6,131,426 Shares

 

 

 

6.

Shared Voting Power

 

 

83,284,934 Shares

 

 

 

7.

Sole Dispositive Power

 

 

6,131,426 Shares

 

 

 

8.

Shared Dispositive Power

 

 

83,284,934 Shares

 

 

 

9.

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

 

 

89,416,360 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

 

 

22.2%

 

 

 

12.

Type of Reporting Person

 

 

IN

 


1.

Name of Reporting Person
S.S., or I.R.S. Identification of Above Person (Entities only)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ronda E. Stryker

 

 

N/A

 

 

 

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

 

 

6,974,650 Shares

 

 

 

6.

Shared Voting Power

 

 

83,284,934 Shares

 

 

 

7.

Sole Dispositive Power

 

 

6,974,650 Shares

 

 

 

8.

Shared Dispositive Power

 

 

83,284,934 Shares

 

 

 

9.

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

 

 

90,259,584 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

 

 

22.4%

 

 

 

12.

Type of Reporting Person

 

 

IN

 


 1.

Name of Reporting Person
S.S., or I.R.S. Identification of Above Person (Entities only)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gerard Thomas

 

 

N/A

 

 

 

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

 

 

2,368,186 Shares

 

 

 

6.

Shared Voting Power

 

 

83,284,934 Shares

 

 

 

7.

Sole Dispositive Power

 

 

2,368,186 Shares

 

 

 

8.

Shared Dispositive Power

 

 

83,284,934 Shares

 

 

 

9.

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

 

 

85,653,120 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

 

 

21.3%

 

 

 

12.

Type of Reporting Person

 

 

IN

 


1.

Name of Reporting Person
S.S., or I.R.S. Identification of Above Person (Entities only)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth S. Upjohn-Mason

 

 

N/A

 

 

 

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

 

 

943,140 Shares

 

 

 

6.

Shared Voting Power

 

 

85,089,814 Shares

 

 

 

7.

Sole Dispositive Power

 

 

943,140 Shares

 

 

 

8.

Shared Dispositive Power

 

 

85,089,814 Shares

 

 

 

9.

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

 

 

86,032,954 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

 

 

21.4%

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

Greenleaf Trust 

 

 

 

100 W. Michigan Avenue 

 

 

 

Kalamazoo, MI  49007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pat Stryker

 

 

 

Bohemian Companies 

 

 

 

103 W. Mountain Avenue

 

 

 

Ft. Collins, CO  80524

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ronda E. Stryker

 

 

 

Greenleaf Trust 

 

 

 

100 W. Michigan Avenue 

 

 

 

Kalamazoo, MI 49007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gerard Thomas

 

 

 

Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone 

 

 

 

444 West Michigan Avenue 

 

 

 

Kalamazoo, MI 49007 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth S. Upjohn-Mason

 

 

 

Greenleaf Trust 

 

 

 

100 W. Michigan Avenue 

 

 

 

Kalamazoo, MI 49007 

 

 

 (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, 2004 Jon L. Stryker, Pat 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 83,284,934 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 

9,873,520

 

Pat Stryker 

6,131,426 

 

Ronda E. Stryker 

6,974,650 

 

Gerard Thomas 

2,368,186 

 

Elizabeth S. Upjohn-Mason 

2,748,020(1)
   

 (b)

 Percent of Class:

 

 

The shares of Common Stock described in response to Item 4(a) amounted to 27.7% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock on December 31, 2004.
     

 (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 the 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 to Direct theVote

 

Power to Dispose or to
Direct the Disposition of

 

Sole

Shared

 

Sole

Shared

Name

 

 

 

 

 

Jon L. Stryker 

 9,873,520

83,284,934(2)    

 

 9,873,520

83,284,934(2)    

Pat Stryker 

 6,131,426

83,284,934(2)    

 

 6,131,426

83,284,934(2)    

Ronda E. Stryker 

 6,974,650

83,284,934(2)    

 

 6,974,650

83,284,934(2)    

Gerard Thomas 

 2,368,186

83,284,934(2)    

 

 2,368,186

83,284,934(2)    

Elizabeth S. Upjohn-Mason 

    943,140

85,089,814(1,2) 

 

    943,140

85,089,814(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 1,804,880 shares of Common Stock held by three trusts.

(2)

Includes 83,284,934 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:

 

 

 

By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the purpose of and do not have the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and were not acquired in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having such purposes or effect.

 

SIGNATURE

 

 

 

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I verify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

 

 

Date:

February 11, 2004

/s/ JON L. STRYKER

 

 

 

 

Jon L. Stryker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

February 11, 2004

/s/ PAT STRYKER

 

 

 

 

Pat Stryker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

February 11, 2004

/s/ RONDA E. STRYKER

 

 

 

 

Ronda E. Stryker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

February 11, 2004

/s/ GERARD THOMAS

 

 

 

 

Gerard Thomas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

February 11, 2004

/s/ ELIZABETH S. UPJOHN-MASON

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth S. Upjohn-Mason