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frame provided to be considered for nomination by the Nominating and Governance Committee. No
candidates were recommended by shareholders in connection with the 2009 Annual General Meeting.
If the proposals regarding Tyco’s change of domicile to Switzerland are approved by shareholders
at the Special General Meeting, the above requirements will remain substantially the same, except that
Tyco’s registered office would change to the address stated above.
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 56, 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. Mr. Coughlin also serves as a director of The Dun & Bradstreet
Corporation and Covidien Ltd.
Naren K. Gursahaney—Mr. Gursahaney, age 47, has been President of ADT Worldwide since May
2007. Mr. Gursahaney joined Tyco in 2003 as Senior Vice President of Operational Excellence and
became the President of Tyco Flow Control in January 2005 and President of the Tyco Engineered
Products and Services segment in January 2006. Prior to joining Tyco, Mr. Gursahaney was the
President and 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.
Patrick Decker—Mr. Decker, age 44, has been President of Flow Control since May 2007 and was
previously Chief Financial Officer of Tyco Engineered Products and Services and Tyco Plastics and
Adhesives. Prior to joining Tyco in 2003, Mr. Decker spent 13 years serving in a series of key financial
roles at Bristol-Myers Squibb, both in the United States and internationally. Mr. Decker began his
career as an auditor for PricewaterhouseCoopers.
George Oliver—Mr. Oliver, age 48, has been President of Tyco Safety Products since 2006 and, in
addition, was named President of the Tyco Electrical & Metal Products businesses in March 2007. Prior
to joining Tyco in 2006, Mr. Oliver served in operational roles of increasing responsibility at several
General Electric divisions, most recently as President and Chief Executive Officer of GE Water and
Process Technologies.
Edward C. Arditte—Mr. Arditte, age 53, has been our Senior Vice President, Strategy and Investor
Relations since February 2006, and prior to that was Senior Vice President, Investor Relations from
May 2003. Prior to joining Tyco, Mr. Arditte was employed by BancBoston Capital, where he served as
Chief Financial Officer from January 2002. Prior to that, Mr. Arditte spent over 15 years at Textron
Inc, where he held a number of positions, including Vice President and Treasurer; and Vice President,
Finance and Business Development at one of the Company’s operating segments.
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