A Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (Form 4) filed on August 20, 2026 discloses that Ronda E. Stryker, a director of Stryker Corp (NYSE:SYK), disposed of common stock through a revocable trust across transactions dated August 18 and August 19, 2026.

Key Highlights

  • Reporting person and role: Ronda E. Stryker is identified as a Director of Stryker Corp.
  • Transaction dates: Sales occurred on August 18, 2026 (eight tranches) and August 19, 2026 (twelve tranches), all coded "S" for open-market sales.
  • Ownership form: All disposed shares were held indirectly through a Revocable Trust; the filing also notes holdings via the L. Lee Stryker Trust and the 1988 William D. Johnston Trust.
  • Price ranges: Weighted average sale prices ranged from $331.742 to $338.498 on August 18, and from $331.805 to $343.472 on August 19, per the filing.
  • Beneficial ownership following transactions: After all reported sales, the filing states 2,251,375 shares held indirectly through the Revocable Trust, plus 12,177,521 shares through the L. Lee Stryker Trust and 37,600 through the 1988 William D. Johnston Trust.
  • Transfer noted: The filing discloses that 560 shares previously held directly were transferred to the Revocable Trust on August 18, 2026.

Director Share Disposals Across Twenty Transaction Tranches at Stryker Corp

According to the filing, Ronda E. Stryker, a director at Stryker Corp, a medical technology company whose common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker NYSE:SYK, disposed of shares across a total of twenty transaction tranches split between two trading days. Eight tranches were executed on August 18, 2026, with individual lot sizes ranging from 2,239 shares to 131,752 shares, at weighted average prices spanning $331.742 to $338.498 per share. The filing states that each reported price is a weighted average and that the underlying transactions occurred across price sub-ranges disclosed in the footnotes.

On August 19, 2026, an additional twelve tranches were reported, with lot sizes ranging from 40 shares to 16,612 shares, at weighted average prices from $331.805 to $343.472 per share. As with the August 18 tranches, the filing notes that full detail on individual transaction prices within each range is available upon request to the SEC, the issuer, or any security holder. All disposals were coded "S" and carried out through the Revocable Trust, with ownership recorded as indirect.

The filing also identifies additional beneficial ownership positions not involved in the reported sales. These include 12,177,521 shares held indirectly through the L. Lee Stryker Trust, 762 shares held directly, and 37,600 shares held indirectly through the 1988 William D. Johnston Trust. The filing does not indicate whether the sales were made pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 plan, as the corresponding checkbox on the form is not marked.

What Was Disclosed

The Form 4 filed August 20, 2026 reports open-market disposals of Stryker Corp common stock by director Ronda E. Stryker through a Revocable Trust across twenty tranches on August 18 and August 19, 2026, with resulting beneficial ownership figures stated for each ownership vehicle.