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other information that would assist the Nominating and Governance Committee in evaluating the
candidate, as well as certain information that must be disclosed about the candidate in the Company’s
proxy statement, if nominated. Candidates must complete and return the questionnaire within the time
frame provided to be considered for nomination by the Nominating and Governance Committee.
The Nominating and Governance Committee currently employs a third party search firm to assist the
Committee in identifying candidates for director. The Committee also receives suggestions for director
candidates from Board members. Ten of our nominees for director are current members of the Board. In
evaluating candidates for director, the Committee uses the qualifications described above, and evaluates
shareholder candidates in the same manner as candidates from all other sources. Based on the Nominating
and Governance Committee’s evaluation of the current directors, each nominee was recommended for
election.
Executive Officers
In addition to Mr. Breen, Tyco’s Chief Executive Officer who also serves as Chairman of the
Board and whose biographical information is set forth above, the executive officers of Tyco are:
Christopher J. Coughlin—Mr. Coughlin, age 54, has been our Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer since March 2005. Prior to joining Tyco, Mr. Coughlin served as Chief Operating
Officer at Interpublic Group. He joined Interpublic from Pharmacia Corporation, where he was Chief
Financial Officer for six years. Previously, he held the same position at Nabisco Holdings, where he
also served as President of Nabisco International, and at Sterling Winthrop, a pharmaceutical company.
Mr. Coughlin also serves as a director of The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation.
William B. Lytton—Mr. Lytton, age 58, has been our Executive Vice President and General
Counsel since September 2002. Prior to joining Tyco, Mr. Lytton was Senior Vice President and
General Counsel for International Paper Company from January 1999 to September 2002; and Vice
President and General Counsel for International Paper from 1996 to 1999.
Juergen W. Gromer—Dr. Gromer, age 62, has been President of Tyco Electronics since April 1999
and became President and Vice Chair of Tyco Electronics in January 2006. Dr. Gromer was Senior
Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Service, of AMP Incorporated (acquired by Tyco in April 1999)
from 1998 to April 1999; President, Global Automotive Division, and Corporate Vice President of
AMP from 1996 to 1998; and Vice President and General Manager of various divisions of AMP from
1990 to 1996.
Naren K. Gursahaney—Mr. Gursahaney, age 45, has been President of Tyco Engineered Products
and Services since January 2006. Mr. Gursahaney joined Tyco in 2003 as Senior Vice President of
Operational Excellence and became the President of Tyco Flow Control in the Tyco Engineered
Products and Services segment in January 2005. Prior to joining Tyco, Mr. Gursahaney was the
President & Chief Executive Officer of GE Medical Systems-Asia. During his ten year tenure at GE,
Mr. Gursahaney held senior leadership positions in services, marketing and information management
within the Medical Systems and Power Systems divisions and also worked at GE’s corporate
headquarters as the staff executive for the vice chairman and manager of business development. Prior
to GE, Mr. Gursahaney spent four years with Booz Allen & Hamilton in Cleveland, Ohio and worked
as an engineer for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in Baltimore, Maryland and Ashdod, Israel.
Thomas J. Lynch—Mr. Lynch, age 51, has been Chief Executive Officer of Tyco Electronics since
January 2006 and was previously President of Tyco Engineered Products and Services since joining Tyco
in September 2004. Prior to joining Tyco, Mr. Lynch was at Motorola where he was Executive Vice
President and President and Chief Executive Officer, Personal Communications Sector since
August 2002; Executive Vice President and President, Integrated Electronic Systems Sector from
January 2001 to August 2002; Senior Vice President and General Manager, Satellite & Broadcast
Network Systems, Broadband Communications Sector from February 2000 to January 2001; and Senior
Vice President and General Manager, Satellite & Broadcast Network Systems, of General Instrument
Corporation from May 1998 to February 2000.
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