Free Writing Prospectus

Filed pursuant to Rule 433

Registration No. 333-164299

September 13, 2011

FINAL TERM SHEET

LOGO

$750,000,000 2.00% Notes due 2016

 

Issuer:

    Stryker Corporation

Security Type:

    2.00% Notes due 2016

Expected Ratings (Moody’s / S&P)*:

    A3 / A+

Size:

    $750,000,000

Trade Date:

    September 13, 2011

Expected Settlement Date:

    September 16, 2011 (T+3)

Maturity Date:

    September 30, 2016

Interest Payment Dates:

   

Each March 30 and September 30, commencing

March 30, 2012

Coupon (Interest Rate):

    2.00%

Price to Public:

    99.814%

Benchmark Treasury:

    1.00% due August 31, 2016

Spread to Benchmark Treasury:

    + 115 bps

Benchmark Treasury Yield:

    0.889%

Yield to Maturity:

    2.039%

Make-Whole Call:

    T + 20 bps

CUSIP / ISIN:

    863667AC5/ US863667AC50

Joint Book-Running Managers:

   

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

Senior Co-Managers:

   

Barclays Capital Inc.

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                      Incorporated

Co-Managers:

   

HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc.

Mizuho Securities USA Inc.

PNC Capital Markets LLC

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

The Williams Capital Group, L.P.

*Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time.

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