Stryker Resolves Government Investigation of OtisMed Matter

Kalamazoo, Michigan - December 8, 2014 -Stryker Corporation SYK announced today that it has entered into a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in connection with the DOJ's civil and criminal investigations into the sales and marketing of the OtisKnee prior to Stryker's acquisition of OtisMed in November 2009. Stryker and OtisMed will pay $79,560,400 plus interest. In resolving the OtisMed matter, the DOJ acknowledged that OtisMed's criminal conduct "occurred prior to Stryker's acquisition of OtisMed and without Stryker's prior knowledge or acquiescence."

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