Stryker (SYK) VP Kathryn Fink Sells 111 Shares for Tax Withholding

What Happened
Kathryn Fink, Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Stryker Corporation, disposed of 111 shares of Stryker common stock on August 1, 2026. The shares were disposed at $325.70 each, for a total value of $36,153. The transaction is reported as an F-code (payment of exercise price or tax liability), meaning shares were surrendered to cover taxes rather than sold in an open-market trade.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-08-01; Price: $325.70; Shares: 111; Total: $36,153.
• Transaction type/code: F — payment of exercise price or tax liability (shares withheld/disposed).
• Shares owned after transaction: not specified in the Form 4 filing.
• Footnote: Filing notes inclusion of 129 shares acquired under Stryker's Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) as of June 30, 2026.
• Filing date: 2026-08-04 (reporting the Aug 1 transaction); the filing does not indicate a late-report designation.

Context
An F-code disposal typically reflects tax withholding or payment related to equity awards or ESPP purchases rather than a discretionary market sale, so it should not be read as a directional bet on the company's stock. For retail investors, purchases and open-market buys tend to be more indicative of insider conviction; tax-withholding disposals are routine administrative actions.