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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.20

                              ZIMMER HOLDINGS, INC.
                           DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
                           FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS

Section 1.  Effective Date.

      The effective date of this Zimmer Holdings, Inc. Deferred Compensation
Plan for Non-Employee Directors (the "Plan") is [ ], 2001 (the "Effective
Date").

Section 2.  Eligibility.

      Any member of the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Zimmer Holdings,
Inc. (the "Company") who is not an officer or employee of the Company or a
subsidiary thereof is eligible to participate in the Plan.

Section 3.  Deferred Compensation Account.

      There shall be established on the books of the Company for each
participant a deferred compensation account in the participant's name.

Section 4.  Amount of Deferral.

      Fifty percent of the basic fee payable to a participant for membership on
the Board (the "Mandatory Deferral") shall be deferred and credited to such
participant's deferred compensation account as Share Units equal to the
number of shares of the Company's common stock which could have been
purchased with the amounts deferred, determined by dividing the dollar value
of the amounts deferred by the fair market value of a share of the Company's
common share as reported in The Wall Street Journal on the effective date of
such deferral until such time as the participant meets a guideline level of
Share Unit or Company common stock ownership established by the Board. In
addition, at each annual meeting of the stockholders of the Company ("Annual
Meeting"), each participant will receive 500 deferred Share Units (the
"Annual Deferred Share Units"). The value of each Annual Deferred Share Unit
will be equal to a share of the Company's common stock as reported in the
Wall Street Journal on the date of grant. For any calendar year, a
participant may elect to defer receipt of compensation in excess of the
participant's Mandatory Deferral (the "Elective Deferral") by filing the
appropriate form pursuant to Section 9 and requesting deferral of: (1) all of
the compensation in excess of the participant's Mandatory Deferral payable to
the participant for serving on the Board and any committee thereof; or (2)
any percentage specified by the participant of the compensation specified in
clause (1) that is in excess of the participant's Mandatory Deferral.

Section 5.  Form and Computation of Deferred Amounts.

      Effective with respect to Elective Deferral amounts deferred after the
Effective Date of the Plan and subject to Section 4, a participant, at the time
he elects to participate in the Plan, shall elect to have the amounts deferred
credited to such participant's deferred compensation account as Treasury Units
or Dollar Units (each an "Investment Option") equal to the number of shares of
the Company's common stock which could have been purchased with the amounts
deferred determined by dividing the dollar value of the amounts deferred by the
fair market value of a share of the Company's common share as reported in The
Wall Street Journal on the

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effective date of such deferral. Such deferrals shall be allocated to Treasury
Units, Dollar Units and/or Share Units in increments of 0%, 33 1/3%, 50%, 66
2/3% or 100%. The amount credited to a participant's deferred compensation
account as Treasury Units shall be credited with interest at a rate to be set by
the Board in January of each year after a review of the six-month United States
Treasury bill discount rates for the preceding year. The amount credited to a
participant's deferred compensation account as Dollar Units shall be credited
with interest at a rate to be set by the Board in January of each year after a
review of investment return on the invested cash of the Company. Upon payment by
the Company of dividends on its common stock, the amount credited to a
participant's deferred compensation account as Share Units shall be credited
with an amount equal to the number of Share Units multiplied by a fraction the
numerator of which is the amount of such dividend and the denominator of which
is the fair market value of a Share of the Company's common stock as reported in
The Wall Street Journal on the day such dividend is payable. The amount of Share
Units in a participant's deferred compensation account shall be adjusted in the
discretion of the Board to take into account a merger, consolidation,
reorganization, recapitalization, stock split or other change in corporate
structure of capitalization affecting the Company's common stock. At its
discretion, the Board may discontinue, modify or offer additional Investment
Options.

Section 6.  Period of Deferral.

      Subject to Section 4, a participant may elect to defer receipt of amounts
attributable to Elective Deferrals (1) until a specified year in the future, (2)
until the cessation of the participant's service as a Director or (3) until the
end of the calendar year in which the cessation of the participant's service as
a Director occurs. If alternative (1) is elected, payment will be made or will
commence within sixty days after the beginning of the year specified; if
alternative (2) is elected, payment will be made or will commence within sixty
days after the cessation of the participant's service as a Director; and if
alternative (3) is elected, payment will be made or will commence within sixty
days after the end of the calendar year in which the cessation of the
participant's service as a Director occurs. If a participant fails to make an
election, payment will be made or will commence within sixty days after the
cessation of the participant's service as a Director. Mandatory Deferrals and
Annual Deferred Share Units will be paid within sixty days after the cessation
of the participant's service as a Director.

Section 7.  Form of Payment.

      A participant may elect to receive Elective Deferrals under the Plan in
either (1) a lump sum in cash or (2) a number of installments in cash, not more
than ten, as specified by the participant. If installment payments are elected,
the amount of each installment shall be equal to the balance in the
participant's deferred compensation account divided by the number of
installments remaining to be paid (including the installment in question). If
a participant fails to make an election, payment will be made in a lump sum
in cash. Mandatory Deferrals and Annual Deferred Share Units will be paid in
shares of the Company's common stock.

Section 8.  Death Prior to Receipt.


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      A participant may elect that, in the event he or she dies prior to receipt
of any or all of the amounts payable pursuant to this Plan, any amounts
remaining in the participant's deferred compensation account attributable to
Elective Deferrals shall be paid to the participant's estate in cash in either
(1) a lump sum within sixty days following notification to the Company of the
participant's death or (2) a number of annual installments, not more than ten,
as specified by the participant. If alternative (2) is elected and payment to
the participant pursuant to clause (2) of Section 7 has not commenced prior to
death, the initial installment payment hereunder shall be made sixty days after
notification to the Company of the participant's death, and the amount of each
such installment shall be determined as provided in the last sentence of Section
7. If alternative (2) is elected and payment to the participant pursuant to
clause (2) of Section 7 had commenced prior to death, the installment payments
to the participant's estate shall be made at the same time and in the same
amount as such payments would have been made to the participant had he or she
survived. For purposes of this Section 8, any amounts deferred as Share Units
shall be converted to Dollar Units by multiplying the number of Share Units
credited to a participant's deferred compensation account on the date of his
death by the fair market value of a share of the Company's common stock on such
date as reported in The Wall Street Journal. Mandatory Deferrals and Annual
Deferred Share Units will be paid within sixty days after the participant's
death in shares of the Company's common stock.

Section 9.  Time of Election of Deferral.

      An election to defer compensation may be made by (i) a nominee for
election as a Director prior to his/her election for the calendar year in which
he/she is being elected (except that a person elected a Director by the Board
may make an election to defer compensation within 30 days after his/her
election as a Director, in which event such election to defer compensation
shall be effective only with respect to compensation paid after the election
to defer compensation is made) and (ii) a person then currently serving as a
Director for the next succeeding calendar year no later than the preceding
November 30th. This election will be deemed to be an election to defer
compensation under this Plan for each succeeding calendar year, unless (1)
the participant elects, in accordance with Section 11, to discontinue the
deferral, (2) the Company discontinues the Plan, or (3) the election is
stated, in writing, to apply only to the current calendar year.

Section 10. Manner of Electing Deferral.

      A participant may elect to defer compensation by giving written notice to
the Board on a form provided by the Company, which notice shall include the
amount to be deferred, the form in which the amount deferred is to be credited,
whether the deferral will be converted into options to purchase shares of the
Company's common stock pursuant to Section 13, the period of deferral, the form
of payment, including the number of installments, if any.

Section 11. Effect of Election.

      An election to defer compensation including the form of deferral shall be
irrevocable by the participant once the calendar year to which it applies has
commenced. An election may be discontinued or modified by the participant with
respect to calendar years not yet begun by notifying the Board in writing no
later than November 30th of the preceding year.


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Section 12. Further Election.

      Prior to the commencement of the year in which a participant has elected
to commence receipt of payment of amounts deferred, the participant shall have
the one-time right with regard to funds previously deferred to elect a further
deferral of the payment of such funds by delivering to the Board a written
statement in a form provided by the Company specifying the further period of
deferral and the form of payment, including the number of installments, if any.

      In the event, however, there is a final determination by a court of
appropriate jurisdiction that the further deferral was ineffective for the
purpose of deferring tax obligations on the deferred amounts, then all amounts
on which the further deferral was determined to be ineffective shall be paid to
the participant within 15 days of such final determination being made, such
payment to be made pursuant to the previously elected deferral.

Section 13. Conversion into Options.

      For any calendar year, a participant may elect to convert all or any
portion of the basic fee payable for services on the Board, except amounts
that would otherwise be subject to Mandatory Deferral into options to
purchase shares of the Company's common stock. The options will be issued
pursuant to a stock option plan of the Company in which the participant is
eligible to participate and will be granted as of the date of the next Annual
Meeting following the election to convert, or at such other time as the Board
may determine. The options will be issued at a conversion ratio of an option
to purchase three shares of common stock for each Share Unit that the
participant would be entitled to receive if the participant chose to defer
all or any portion of the basic fee payable into Share Units. The options
will have an exercise price equal to the market value of a share of the
Company's common stock on the date of grant. The options will become fully
exercisable on December 31st of the calendar year in which the options are
granted if the participant continues as a non-employee director of the
Company, or at such earlier time as provided in the stock option plan. A
participant's election to convert all or any portion of the basic fee payable
into stock options must be made in accordance with Sections 9 and 10.

Section 14. Participant's Rights Unsecured.

      The right of any participant to receive future payments under the
provisions of the Plan shall be an unsecured claim against the general assets of
the Company.

Section 15. Statement of Account.

      A statement will be sent to each participant each year as to the value of
his/her deferred compensation account as of the end of the preceding year.

Section 16. Assignability.

      No right to receive payments hereunder shall be transferable or assignable
by a participant, except by will or under the laws of descent and distribution.


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Section 17. Administration.

      This Plan will be administered by the Board, which shall have the
authority to adopt rules and regulations to carry out the Plan and to interpret,
construe and implement the provisions of the Plan.

Section 18. Amendment.

      This Plan may at any time or from time to time be amended, modified or
terminated by the Board. No amendment, modification or termination shall,
without the consent of the participant, adversely affect such participant's
accruals in his/her deferred compensation account of the date of amendment,
modification or termination.

Section 19. Governing Law.

      The validity, construction, interpretation and effect of the Plan and
agreements issued under the Plan shall be governed and construed by and
determined in accordance with the laws of the State of Indiana, without giving
effect to the conflict of laws provisions thereof.



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