This Amendment No. 15 (this Amendment) to Schedule 14D-9 amends and supplements the Schedule 14D-9 previously filed by Wright Medical Group N.V., a public limited liability company organized under the laws of the Netherlands
(the Company), with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on December 13, 2019 (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the Schedule 14D-9),
with respect to the tender offer made by Stryker B.V., a private company with limited liability organized under the laws of the Netherlands (Purchaser), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Stryker Corporation, a Michigan corporation
(Stryker), to purchase all of the outstanding ordinary shares, par value 0.03 per share, of the Company (the Shares) at a purchase price of $30.75 per Share without interest and less applicable withholding taxes,
payable in cash to the holders thereof (such amount or any higher amount per Share paid pursuant to the Offer (as defined below), the Offer Consideration), on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase,
dated December 13, 2019 (the Offer to Purchase), and in the related Letter of Transmittal (the Letter of Transmittal and, together with the Offer to Purchase, as each may be amended from time to time, the
Offer). The Offer is described in a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (the Schedule TO) filed by Stryker and Purchaser with the SEC on December 13, 2019, and the Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal have
been filed as Exhibits (a)(1)(A) and (a)(1)(B) thereto, respectively, as each may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
Capitalized terms used in this Amendment but not defined herein shall have the respective meaning given to such terms in the Schedule 14D-9. The information set forth in the Schedule 14D-9 remains unchanged and is incorporated herein by reference, except that such information is hereby amended or
supplemented to the extent specifically provided herein.
Item 8. Additional Information
The disclosure in Item 8 of the Schedule 14D-9 under the heading
(c) Regulatory Approvals and Other Approvals is hereby amended and supplemented by replacing the last two paragraphs under the subheading Antitrust in the United States with the
following paragraph:
On September 2, 2020, Stryker announced that, in connection with the FTCs review of the Wright transaction, it had
proposed to the FTC to divest its (i) STAR total ankle replacement product and related assets and (ii) finger joint replacement products to Colfax Corporation/DJO Global. On October 15, 2020, Stryker entered into a definitive
agreement with Colfax Corporation providing for the previously announced proposed divestiture of Strykers (i) STAR total ankle replacement product and related assets and (ii) finger joint replacement products. The divestiture is
subject to receipt of the necessary regulatory approvals and is conditioned upon the consummation of the Offer and other customary closing conditions. There can be no assurance that the divestiture will receive the necessary regulatory approvals or
be consummated.
The disclosure in Item 8 of the Schedule 14D-9 under the heading
(c) Regulatory Approvals and Other Approvals is hereby further amended and supplemented by adding the following paragraphs after the third paragraph under the subheading United Kingdom, under
the subheading Foreign Regulatory Filings:
On October 15, 2020, Stryker entered into a definitive agreement with
Colfax Corporation providing for the previously announced proposed divestiture of Strykers (i) STAR total ankle replacement product and related assets and (ii) finger joint replacement products. See Antitrust in the
United States under the heading (c) Regulatory Approvals and Other Approvals for additional information regarding the divestiture.
In addition to the filings with the UK Competition and Markets Authority (which, as previously disclosed, is reviewing the proposed transaction with Stryker
and Strykers proposed divestiture to Colfax Corporation/DJO), the Company and Stryker have made filings with the following competition authorities outside of the United States in connection with the transaction: the Austrian Federal
Competition Authority, the German Federal Cartel Office and the Saudi Arabian General Authority for Competition. The transaction has been approved by each of these three authorities. In connection with the transaction, the Company and
Stryker have also complied with the applicable notice requirements of the Colombian Superintendency of Industry and Commerce.
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