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Delaware (State of Incorporation) 345 East Main Street Warsaw, Indiana 

(Address of principal executive offices) 

Title of each class Common Stock, $.01 par value Preferred Stock Purchase Rights 

United States Securities and Exchange Commission Washington, D.C. 20549 

## ¥ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 

## For year ended December 31, 2003 

## ZIMMER HOLDINGS, INC. 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: 

## Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None 

## FORM 10-K 

Commission file number 001-16407 

(574) 267-6131 

13-4151777 (IRS Employer Identification No.) 46580 (Zip Code) 

Name of each exchange on which registered New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ¥ No n 

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. ¥ 

Indicate by checkmark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes ¥ No n 

The aggregate market value of shares held by non-affiliates was $8,853,371,421 (based on closing price of these shares on the New York Stock Exchange on June 30, 2003, and assuming solely for the purpose of this calculation that all directors and executive officers of the registrant are ‘‘affiliates’’). As of February 19, 2004, 242,897,337 shares of the registrant’s $.01 par value common stock were outstanding. 

## Documents Incorporated by Reference 

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