---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000310764-24-000081"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SYK"
cik: "0000310764"
company_name: "STRYKER CORP"
filed_at: "2024-05-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T01:25:25.985905+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Stryker annual meeting results: all directors elected, say-on-pay passed, shareholder proposal rejected

## Summary
- All ten director nominees elected with votes ranging from 291.9M to 304.9M in favor.
- Ernst & Young ratified as independent auditor for 2024 (306.6M for, 25.8M against).
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved (277.8M for, 27.3M against).
- Shareholder proposal on political spending transparency rejected (113.9M for, 190.3M against).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000310764-24-000081
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SYK
- cik: 0000310764
- company_name: STRYKER CORP
- filed_at: 2024-05-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/310764/000031076424000081/0000310764-24-000081-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/310764/000031076424000081/syk-20240509.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  STRYKER CORP shareholders approved Advisory vote on the resolution relating to compensation of our named executive officers at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: 3) The advisory vote on the resolution relating to compensation of our named executive officers was approved based upon the following votes: Shares For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 277,838,598 27,264,023 627,454 27,028,775
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/310764/000031076424000081/0000310764-24-000081-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  STRYKER CORP shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: 2) The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 was ratified based upon the following votes: Shares For Against Abstain 306,622,353 25,829,393 307,104
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/310764/000031076424000081/0000310764-24-000081-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  STRYKER CORP shareholders rejected Shareholder proposal related to transparency in political spending at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: 4) The shareholder proposal related to transparency in political spending was not approved based upon the following votes: Shares For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 113,859,053 190,289,960 1,581,062 27,028,775
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/310764/000031076424000081/0000310764-24-000081-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  STRYKER CORP shareholders approved Election of all ten directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: At the Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 9, 2024, shareholders voted on four proposals and cast their votes as follows: 1) All ten directors were elected to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified based upon the following votes:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/310764/000031076424000081/0000310764-24-000081-index.htm

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