Approximately 80% of Stryker Corporation’s annual sales come from the $16.3 billion worldwide Orthopaedic implant and equipment market. The Company believes that it is one of the market leaders in this dynamic and rapidly growing industry. Stryker has the top selling products in a large number of the sub-categories within the business.

The Company also participates in the $6.9 billion worldwide Endoscopic market segment, the $4.6 billion Physical Therapy Services market segment in the United States and the $800 million Medical Bed & Stretcher market segment in North America. Stryker has experienced growth in these three segments well above the total market during the past several years.

Prospects for continued growth in the industries where Stryker Corporation currently does business are good. Expansion is being driven by favorable demographic trends as the baby-boom generation comes into the prime age for orthopaedic and other medical procedures. More active lifestyles, improvements in technology and the continued development of markets throughout the world also provide favorable indications of future opportunities for the Company.