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ITEM 2.01 | COMPLETION OF ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF ASSETS. |
On February 23, 2022, Stryker Corporation, a Michigan corporation (“Stryker”), and Voice Merger Sub Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”) and a direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Stryker, completed the acquisition of Vocera Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Vocera”), pursuant to the terms of the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 6, 2022 (the “Merger Agreement”), among Stryker, Merger Sub and Vocera. At the closing, Merger Sub merged with and into Vocera pursuant to Section 251(h) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “Merger”), with Vocera continuing as the surviving corporation. The total aggregate consideration paid by Merger Sub in the transaction was approximately $3.1 billion (including repayment of the outstanding convertible notes).
The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Merger Agreement, which Stryker filed as Exhibit 2.1 to its Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 11, 2022.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
STRYKER CORPORATION | ||||||
(Registrant) | ||||||
Date: February 23, 2022 | By: | /s/ Glenn S. Boehnlein | ||||
Name: | Glenn S. Boehnlein | |||||
Title: | Vice President, Chief Financial Officer |