Stryker (SYK) FWPFree writing prospectus

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Registration Statement No. 333-229539

November 18, 2020

Final Term Sheet

$600,000,000 0.600% Notes due 2023

*Ratings may be changed, suspended or withdrawn at any time and are not a recommendation to buy, hold or sell any security. No report of any rating agency is being incorporated by reference herein.

**Pursuant to Rule 15c6-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in two business days unless the parties to any such trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers of the notes who wish to trade the notes on any date prior to the second business day before delivery thereof will be required, by virtue of the fact that the notes initially will settle in T+3, to specify an alternative settlement cycle at the time of any such trade to prevent failed settlement.

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