Stryker to Provide Webcast and Telephone Access to Annual Sharehold...( KALAMAZOO Mich. March 28 /- Stryk...),Health

KALAMAZOO, Mich., March 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Stryker Corporation (NYSE: SYK) announced today that it will provide webcast and telephone access to its Annual Shareholder Meeting that will be held:

April 23, 2008 - 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time

Radisson Plaza Hotel

Kalamazoo, Michigan

Information about the webcast, which will include both the audio and the video presentation from the meeting, is available in the Calendar of Events area of the Investor section of the Company's website at http://www.stryker.com . The telephone number to listen to the meeting is 800-798-2801 (domestic) or 617-614-6205 (international) and the passcode is 70030737.

A recording of the meeting will also be available from 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on Wednesday, April 23, 2008, until 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 30, 2008. To hear this recording, dial 888-286-8010 (domestic) or 617-801-6888 (international) and enter the passcode 81949187.

An archived copy of the webcast will continue to be available on the Company's website until June 30, 2008.

Certain statements made during the meeting may constitute forward-looking statements. They will be based upon management's current expectations and will be subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to: pricing pressures generally, including cost-containment measures that could adversely affect the price of or demand for the Company's products; regulatory actions; unanticipated issues arising in connection with clinical studies and otherwise that affect United States
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