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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 58, 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. On October 8, 2010, Mr. Coughlin notified the Company that he would
resign as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective as of the close of business on
December 1, 2010, and he will advise the Company on certain projects until his retirement in 2011.
Carol Anthony (‘‘John’’) Davidson—Mr. Davidson, age 55, has been our Senior Vice President,
Controller and Chief Accounting Officer since January 2004. Prior to joining Tyco, Mr. Davidson was
employed by Dell Inc., where he served as Vice President, Audit, Risk and Compliance. While at Dell
he also served in other senior capacities, including Chief Compliance Officer, Vice President and
Corporate Controller. He joined Dell in 1997 from Eastman Kodak Company, where he worked
16 years in a variety of financial, accounting and auditing positions of increasing responsibility.
Mr. Davidson serves as a director of DaVita, Inc.
John E. Evard, Jr.—Mr. Evard, age 64, has been our Senior Vice President and Chief Tax Officer
since December 2002. Prior to joining Tyco, Mr. Evard was Vice President, Tax of United Technologies
Corporation from August 2000. Prior to joining United Technologies, Mr. Evard held a number of
positions at CNH Global N.V. and its predecessor company, Case Corp., including Senior Vice
President, Corporate Development, and General Tax Counsel from December 1989 to August 2000.
Patrick Decker—Mr. Decker, age 46, 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.
Naren K. Gursahaney—Mr. Gursahaney, age 49, has been President of ADT Worldwide (now Tyco
Security Solutions) 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.
George R. Oliver—Mr. Oliver, age 50, has been President of Tyco Fire Protection since September
2010. Prior to that he was President of Tyco Safety Products from 2006 to 2010, was named President
of the Tyco Electrical & Metal Products business in March 2007, and assumed the leadership of
International Fire (Fire Protection Services) in October 2009. Prior to joining Tyco in 2006, Mr. Oliver
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