We are involved in various ongoing proceedings, legal actions

and claims arising in the normal course of business, including

proceedings related to product, labor, tax, intellectual property

and other matters, the most significant of which are more fully

described below. The outcomes of these matters will generally

not be known for prolonged periods of time. In certain of the legal

proceedings the claimants seek damages as well as other

compensatory and equitable relief that could result in the

payment of significant claims and settlements and/or the

imposition of injunctions or other equitable relief. For legal

matters for which management had sufficient information to

reasonably estimate our future obligations, a liability representing

management's best estimate of the probable loss, or the

minimum of the range of probable losses when a best estimate

within the range is not known, is recorded. The estimates are

based on consultation with legal counsel, previous settlement

experience and settlement strategies. If actual outcomes are less

favorable than those estimated by management, additional

expense may be incurred, which could unfavorably affect future

operating results. We are self-insured for certain claims and

expenses. The ultimate cost to us with respect to product liability

claims could be materially different than the amount of the current

estimates and accruals and could have a material adverse effect

on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

Previously we were contacted by the United States Securities

and Exchange Commission (SEC), United States Department of

Justice (DOJ) and certain other regulatory authorities regarding

whether certain business activities in certain foreign countries

violated provisions of the FCPA and analogous local laws. We

have completed our investigation into these matters. During 2025

we were informed by the SEC and DOJ that each agency had

closed its inquiry. We are currently responding to inquiries by

certain foreign authorities arising in the normal course of

business. We do not expect these matters to have a material

We have conducted voluntary recalls of certain products,

including our Rejuvenate and ABG II Modular-Neck hip stems

and certain lot-specific sizes and offsets of LFIT Anatomic CoCr

V40 Femoral Heads. Additionally, we are responsible for certain

product liability claims, primarily related to certain hip products

sold by Wright prior to its 2014 divestiture of the OrthoRecon

We have incurred, and expect to incur in the future, costs

associated with the defense and settlement of claims and

lawsuits. Based on the information that has been received related

to the matters discussed above, our accrual for these matters

was $144 at December 31, 2025, representing our best estimate

of probable loss. The final outcomes of these matters are

dependent on many factors that are difficult to predict.

Accordingly the ultimate cost related to these matters may be

materially different than the amount of our current estimate and

accruals and could have a material adverse effect on our results

We lease various manufacturing, warehousing and distribution

facilities, administrative and sales offices as well as equipment

under operating leases. We evaluate our contracts to identify

leases, which is generally if there is an identified asset and we

have the right to direct the use of and obtain substantially all of

the economic benefit from the use of the identified asset. Certain

of our lease agreements contain rent escalation clauses

(including index-based escalations), rent holidays, capital

improvement funding or other lease incentives. We recognize our

minimum rental expense on a straight-line basis over the term of

the lease beginning with the date of initial control of the asset.

Right-of-use assets are recorded in other noncurrent assets on

our Consolidated Balance Sheets. Current and noncurrent lease

liabilities are recorded in accrued expenses and other liabilities

and other noncurrent liabilities, respectively.

We have made certain significant assumptions and judgments

when recording leases. For all asset classes, we do not

recognize a right-of-use asset and lease liability for short-term

leases. We also do not separate non-lease components from

lease components to which they relate and account for the

combined lease and non-lease components as a single lease

component. The determination of the discount rate used in a

lease is our incremental borrowing rate which is based on what

we would normally pay to borrow on a collateralized basis over a

similar term an amount equal to the lease payments.


	2025	2024
Right-of-use assets	$519	$516
Lease liabilities, current	$153	$144
Lease liabilities, noncurrent	$348	$379

Other information:
Weighted-average remaining lease term (years)	5.0	5.1
Weighted-average discount rate	3.77%	3.87%

Operating lease expense totaled $205, $190 and $172 in 2025,

We lease various manufacturing, warehousing and distribution

facilities, administrative and sales offices as well as equipment

under operating leases. Refer to Note 10 for more information on


	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030	Thereafter
Debt repayments	$1,000	$1,382	$2,606	$1,691	$2,565	$6,729
Minimum lease payments	$164	$125	$87	$55	$38	$55

We participate in a supplier financing program that enables our

suppliers, at their sole discretion, to sell their Stryker receivables

to a financial institution on a non-recourse basis in order to be

paid earlier than our payment terms provide. Under this program,

we agree to pay participating banks the stated amount of

confirmed invoices from its designated suppliers on the original

maturity dates of the invoices, generally within 90 days of the

invoice date. We or the banks may agree to terminate the

agreements with advance notice. Separately, the banks may

have arrangements with the suppliers that provide them the

option to request early payment from the bank for invoices

confirmed by us. Our outstanding balances of confirmed invoices

in the programs were $75 and $71 on December 31, 2025 and

2024 and are included within accounts payable on our


	2025	2024
Beginning confirmed obligations	$71	$51
Additions	420	392
Settlements	(416)	(372)
Ending confirmed obligations	$75	$71