Stryker Corporation announced a planned CEO transition: Kevin A. Lobo will resign as Chief Executive Officer on December 31, 2026, and become Executive Chair on January 1, 2027. Spencer S. Stiles, currently President and Chief Operating Officer, will become CEO and join the Board effective January 1; the Board’s size will increase from 10 to 11. Stiles has not been appointed to a Board committee at this time.
Lobo’s annual base salary, annual bonus target and employee benefit plan eligibility will remain unchanged after the transition, but he will not be eligible for new stock awards as Executive Chair. Effective January 1, 2027, Stiles’s annual base salary will increase to $1,320,000 and his annual bonus target to 150% of annual base salary; his benefit-plan eligibility remains unchanged. A recommendation will be made to independent directors in February 2027 to approve a Stiles award with aggregate target grant date fair value of $14,200,000, comprising 40% stock options and 60% performance stock units. Stryker also said annual net sales tripled, from $8.7 billion in 2012 to more than $26 billion in 2026.
Preston Wendell Wells reported disposition transactions in this Form 4 filing. Stryker Corp. VP, Chief Financial Officer Preston Wendell Wells transferred 109 common shares held in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan on September 24, 2026, pursuant to a Matrimonial Settlement Agreement. After the transfer, his reported direct holdings were 3,661 shares; he also held 310 shares indirectly through a 401(k).
STRYKER CORP (symbol: SYK) is the issuer of record for a Form 4 filing submitted to the SEC. Wells Preston Wendell reported disposition transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Wells Preston Wendell, Stryker Corp.'s VP, Chief Financial Officer, reported transferring 1,777 directly held common shares on July 17, 2026, and 962 on September 22, 2026, pursuant to a Matrimonial Settlement Agreement. A separate entry dated July 17, 2026 lists 310 common shares held indirectly through a 401(k). No Rule 10b5-1 plan is reported.
STRYKER CORP (SYK) has a new Form 3 on file for Emily Kay Baculik, VP, Corporate Controller, reporting her initial beneficial ownership of company equity. She holds employee stock options over 805, 1,490, 1,265, 918 and 1,060 shares of common stock at exercise prices ranging from $248.60 to $392.39, expiring between February 1, 2032 and February 3, 2036. She also holds 1,534 shares of Stryker common stock directly and 20 shares indirectly through a 401(k) plan. The options were granted under the Stryker Corporation 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan and become exercisable as to 20% on each of the first five anniversaries of the grant date.
STRYKER CORP (SYK) director Mary K. Brainerd reported a series of indirect open‑market purchases of common stock associated with family accounts. On November 22, 2022, a trust for her husband purchased 18 shares at $225.195 per share; earlier purchases by the same trust and by her IRA between June 2019 and June 2020 totaled 131 shares. A separate line shows she held 7,790 shares directly as of June 26, 2019. No Rule 10b5‑1 trading plan is reported, and footnotes state that 11 shares initially bought in her IRA were later moved into her husband’s revocable trust on September 1, 2026.
STRYKER CORP (SYK) officer Dylan Bram Crotty, a Group President, reported selling 441 shares of common stock on 2026-08-21 at $328.605 per share. The sold shares were held indirectly through the Dylan B Crotty Trust. After this sale, the trust held 6,102 shares.
Crotty also reported separate holdings of 5,474 shares held directly, 1,509 shares held indirectly via a 401(k), and 313 shares each held indirectly for a daughter and a son.
STRYKER CORP (SYK) director Ronda E. Stryker reported open-market sales of 350,000 shares of common stock on August 18–19, 2026, through a revocable trust, at weighted average prices generally between $331.15 and $343.90 per share. After these transactions, she reports holdings of 12,177,521 shares indirectly via the L. Lee Stryker Trust, 37,600 shares indirectly via the 1988 William D. Johnston Trust, and 762 shares held directly.
STRYKER CORP (SYK) officer Debra King, VP and Chief Digital and Information Officer, reported selling 826 shares of common stock on 2026-08-18 in an open-market transaction at a weighted average price of $336.304 per share, with individual trade prices ranging from $336.255 to $336.304. Following this sale, she directly holds 6,210 shares of SYK common stock and indirectly holds 8 shares through a 401(k) plan.
STRYKER CORP (SYK) received a notice of proposed sale of restricted securities under Rule 144 for the account of Debra King. The filing covers 826 common shares, acquired through RSU vesting on 08/01/2026, with an aggregate market value of 277,786. Stryker common stock outstanding is reported as 383,573,046 shares, and the proposed sale is approximately dated 08/18/2026 on the NYSE, with UBS Financial Services Inc. acting as broker and attorney-in-fact signing on King’s behalf.