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Common shares owned by shareholders electing to abstain from voting with respect to any agenda
item and broker non-votes will be regarded as present at the meeting and counted towards the
determination of the majority required to approve the agenda items submitted to the Annual General
Meeting. Therefore, abstentions and broker non-votes will have the effect of an ‘‘AGAINST’’ vote on
such agenda items.
How will voting on any other business be conducted?
Other than matters incidental to the conduct of the Annual General Meeting and those set forth
in this Proxy Statement, we do not know of any business or proposals to be considered at the Annual
General Meeting. If any other business is proposed and properly presented at the Annual General
Meeting, the proxies received from our shareholders give the proxy holders the authority to vote on the
matter at their discretion and such proxy holders will vote in accordance with the recommendations of
the Board of Directors.
Who will count the votes?
Broadridge Financial Solutions will act as the inspector of election and will tabulate the votes.
Important notice regarding the availability of proxy materials for the shareholder meeting to be held on
March 9, 2011:
Our proxy statement for the 2011 Annual General Meeting, form of proxy card and 2010 Annual
Report are available at www.proxyvote.com.
As permitted by U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rules, Tyco is making this Proxy
Statement and its Annual Report available to its stockholders electronically via the Internet. On
January 20, 2011, we mailed to our stockholders a Notice containing instructions on how to access this
proxy statement and our Annual Report and vote online. If you received a Notice by mail, you will not
receive a printed copy of the proxy materials in the mail. Instead, the Notice instructs you on how to
access and review all of the important information contained in the Proxy Statement and Annual
Report. The Notice also instructs you on how you may submit your proxy over the Internet. If you
received a Notice by mail and would like to receive a printed copy of our proxy materials, you should
follow the instructions for requesting such materials contained on the Notice.
Returning Your Proxy Card to the Company
Tyco shareholders should complete and return the proxy card as soon as possible. In order to
assure that your proxy is received in time to be voted at the meeting, the proxy card must be
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 8, 2011 by hand or mail at: By 5:00 p.m. on March 8, 2011 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.
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