ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS

Stryker Corporation (NYSE:SYK) received a letter on March 5, 2009 from the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts indicating that its subsidiary, Stryker Biotech, is a target of a federal grand jury investigation relating to (i) the illegal promotion of OP-1 products and Calstrux, (ii) the sale of misbranded medical devices and (iii) the submission of false reports to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration regarding the number of patients treated with OP-1 under one of the Company's Humanitarian Device Exemptions. As previously reported, the Company and certain current and former employees have also received subpoenas from the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts requesting documents related to false Institutional Review Board approvals as well as the issues identified above. Stryker understands that certain former Stryker Biotech employees have pled guilty to charges related to the on-going investigation. The Company is in the process of responding to the United States Attorney's Office regarding these matters.