On March 24, 2021, Stryker Corporation filed a definitive proxy statement soliciting proxies and urged the shareholders to vote against a shareholder proposal, requesting the Board of Directors take the steps necessary to amend the Company bylaws and each appropriate governing document to give holders with an aggregate of 15% net long of the Company outstanding common stock the power to call a special shareowner meeting, submitted by Myra K. Young at the Company’s annual shareholders meeting scheduled to be held on May 5, 2021.