SYK Stryker Corp

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-A

For Registration of Certain Classes of Securities

Pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

STRYKER CORPORATION

(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), please check the following box. ☒

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following box. ☐

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. ☐

Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates (if applicable):

333-275853

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 1: Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered

Stryker Corporation (the “Company”) registers hereunder its 3.375% Notes due 2032 and its 3.625% Notes due 2036 (collectively the “Notes”). For a description of the Notes, reference is made to the information under the heading (i) “Description of the Notes” in the Company’s prospectus supplement dated September 4, 2024 (the “Prospectus Supplement”), which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on September 6, 2024 pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, supplementing the Company’s prospectus, dated December 1, 2023 (the “Prospectus”), which forms part of the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-275853), filed with the Commission on December 1, 2023, and (ii) “Description of Securities—Description of Debt Securities” in the Prospectus. Each description referred to above is hereby incorporated by reference herein.

Item 2: Exhibits

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.