Exhibit 10.1
January 24, 2025
Dear Glenn:
In connection with your decision to retire from Stryker and to develop a plan for transitioning your roles and responsibilities, it is with pleasure that I hereby confirm our offer for you to serve as Advisor to the CEO, reporting to Kevin Lobo, beginning on April 1, 2025 until March 31, 2026 (“Advisory Period”).
If you choose to accept this offer, as an Advisor to the CEO your responsibilities during the Advisory Period would include the following: transitioning your responsibilities as the Vice President, Chief Financial Officer to the new leaders responsible for the areas of responsibility you currently lead, providing advice and information related to the CFO transition process, including, but not limited to finalizing quarter-end and year-end financials, serving as a key advisor to the CFO of Stryker with regard to various financial matters and relationships with investors, providing requested advice on potential mergers and acquisitions, executing materials required to remove yourself as an officer or signer on behalf of Stryker, and providing other leadership and support as requested by Stryker for other matters. At the end of the Advisory Period, your employment with Stryker will end. The terms of your compensation and benefits will remain the same as is currently in effect through the end of the Advisory Period, which for the avoidance of doubt will include the following:
| | • | | Your salary will remain at the annualized amount of $800,000. You will not be eligible for salary increases during Stryker’s regular compensation review process in 2025 or at any time during the term of your Advisory Period. |
| | • | | You will continue to be eligible for a 2025 incentive bonus with a target bonus percentage of 100% ($800,000) of your annual salary. Terms of the bonus and your objectives will remain consistent with the applicable Bonus Plan for 2025. Payout of the bonus will be made at the time bonuses are paid out to other Stryker employees. |
| | • | | In exchange for your assistance in the transition of your roles and responsibility and agreeing to serve as Advisor to CEO through the Advisory Period, Stryker will pay you an incentive bonus in the amount of |
$215,000. To receive the bonus, you must remain employed by Stryker, in good standing, through the Advisory Period and continue to support the transition as outlined above. Stryker will pay the incentive bonus within thirty (30) calendar days after the end of the Advisory Period.
| | • | | Your participation in Stryker’s 401(k) plan, Supplemental Savings and Retirement Plan, executive health examination program, and stock awards including stock options, RSUs and PSUs will continue to be governed by the terms of those plans. Included in these terms is the ongoing vesting of granted stock awards through the end of the Advisory Period. You will not be eligible to receive any new stock awards during the term of your Advisory Period. |
