ADT 2009 Annual Report Download - page 27

completed in accordance with the instructions on it and received at one of the addresses set forth
below by the times (being local times) and dates specified:
Switzerland: United States:
By 5:00 p.m. on March 9, 2010 by hand or mail at: By 5:00 p.m. on March 9, 2010 by mail at:
Tyco International Ltd. Tyco International Ltd.
Freier Platz 10, c/o Broadridge
CH-8200 Schaffhausen, Switzerland 51 Mercedes Way
Edgewood, NY 11717
If your common shares are held in street name, you should return your proxy card or voting
instruction card in accordance with the instructions on that card or as provided by the bank, brokerage
firm or other nominee who holds Tyco common shares on your behalf.
Returning Your Proxy Card to the Independent Proxy
Tyco shareholders wishing to instruct the independent proxy should complete the proxy card as
soon as possible and check the appropriate box to appoint the independent proxy. In order to assure
that your proxy is received in time to be voted at the meeting by the independent proxy, the proxy card
must be completed in accordance with the instructions on it and received at the address set forth below
by the time (being local time) and date specified:
By 11:00 a.m. on March 9, 2010, by hand or mail at:
Dr. Harald Maag, Attorney-at-Law, Forchstrasse 452,
P.O. Box 1432, CH-8032 Z¨ urich, Switzerland
Fax: [phone]
Organizational Matters Required by Swiss Law
Admission to the Annual General Meeting
Shareholders who are registered in the share register on January 11, 2010 will receive the proxy
statement and proxy cards from us. Beneficial owners of shares will receive an instruction form from
their broker, bank, nominee or custodian acting as shareholder of record to indicate how they wish
their shares to be voted. Beneficial owners who wish to vote in person at the Annual General Meeting
are requested to obtain a proxy executed in their favor, from their broker, bank, nominee or other
custodian that authorizes you to vote the shares held by them on your behalf. In addition, you must
bring to the Annual General Meeting an account statement or letter from the broker, bank or other
nominee indicating that you are the owner of the shares. Shareholders of record registered in the share
register are entitled to vote and may participate in the Annual General Meeting. Each share carries
one vote. The exercise of the voting right is subject to the voting restrictions set out in our Articles of
Association, a summary of which is contained in ‘‘How many votes do I have?’’ For further
information, refer to ‘‘Who is entitled to vote?’’, ‘‘What is the difference between holding shares as a
shareholder of record and as a beneficial owner?’’, ‘‘How do I vote by proxy given to a company
officer?’’, ‘‘How do I appoint and vote via an independent proxy?’’ and ‘‘How do I attend the Annual
General Meeting?’’
Shareholders who purchase our shares and, upon application, become registered as shareholders
with respect to such shares after January 11, 2010, but on or before March 1, 2010, and who wish to
vote those shares at the Annual General Meeting, will need to obtain a proxy, executed in their favor,
from the registered holder of those shares as of the record date to vote their shares in person at the
Annual General Meeting. Shareholders registered in our share register (as opposed to beneficial
shareholders) who have sold their shares prior to the Annual General Meeting are not entitled to vote
those shares.
2010 Proxy Statement 7