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Subsidiaries 
Locations & production 
 
| shareholder | country | % | source |  
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year  | business source  |  
 | 2006 | World's fifth-largest medical equipment maker. | Les Echos |  
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year  name  | photo position;  compensation source  |  
 | 2005Johnson, Stephen |   Vice-president;  salary: 0,88 million US$; stock-options: 1,68 million US$;  
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year  | employees <>  |  social impact : country source  |  
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year  | financial misdemeanor | sales | income |   |   | source |  
 | 2005 | 
Received a subpoena in a U.S. probe into agreements between replacement knee and hip makers and surgeons, faces investigations of payments to doctors using their products, possible improper product promotion. | 
  |   |   |   |    |   | Bloomberg |  
 | 2004 | 
  |  4,26 | 0,46 |   |    | billion US$ |  |  
 | 2003 | 
  |  3,62 | 0,45 |   |    | billion US$ |  |  
 | 2002 | 
  |  3,01 | 0,34 |   |    | billion US$ |  |  
 | 2001 | 
  |  2,6 | 0,27 |   |    | billion US$ |  |  
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year  | financial misdemeanor | sales | income | assets | buyback | source |   
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