4 2003-07-02 0 0000310764 STRYKER CORP SYK 0001239355 THOMAS GERARD 0 0 1 0 Common Stock 2003-07-02 5 G 0 E 7400 0 D 1207093 I By Trust As settlor of a revocable trust. The reporting person is a member of a five-person advisory committee that has full voting and disposition power with respect to 42,906,370 shares held by the L. Lee Stryker Irrevocable Trust dated September 10, 1974. The reporting person has no pecuniary interest in such shares. Gerard Thomas 2003-07-10