Zimmer Biomet (ZBH) 10-K 2005 FY Annual report

ZIMMER HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES 2005 FORM 10-K

Certification Exhibit 32

Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted

pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2005 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), each of the undersigned certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)	The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2)	The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

J. Raymond Elliott

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

March 1, 2006

Sam R. Leno

Executive Vice President, Finance

and Corporate Services and Chief Financial Officer

March 1, 2006

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