Stryker Reaches Settlement with the U.S. Attorney's Office (press release)
Kalamazoo, Michigan - January 18, 2012 - Stryker Corporation (NYSE:SYK) announced today that Stryker Biotech has reached a settlement with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts. As part of the settlement, Stryker has agreed to plead to one misdemeanor charge and pay a non-tax deductible fine of $15 million. As a result of this resolution, the Department of Justice has agreed to dismiss all thirteen felony charges against Stryker Biotech contained in a 2009 federal grand jury indictment. Stryker had previously disclosed in March 2009 that its Biotech division was the target of a federal grand jury investigation being conducted by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts. With today's announcement, Stryker believes it has realized its goal of obtaining an appropriate resolution of this matter.
From a financial standpoint, the settlement represents a Type I subsequent event as defined in the Subsequent Events topic of the FASB Codification and accordingly, the incremental charge to earnings of approximately $0.03 per diluted share will be recor...
