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Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders and Executive Officers of the
Registrant
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
None.
Executive Officers of the Registrant
Executive officers are elected annually by our Board of Directors and hold office at the pleasure of the
Board until the next annual election of officers or until their successors are elected and qualified. Each of
our current executive officers is identified below together with information about each officer’s age,
position and employment history for the last five years.
Name
Position Age
Dinesh Paliwal Chairman and Chief Executive Officer 50
Herbert Parker Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 50
Helmut Schinagel Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer 55
Klaus Blickle President – Automotive 53
Richard Sorota President – Consumer 45
Blake Augsburger President – Professional 45
John Stacey Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer 43
David Karch Vice President, Operational Excellence 47
Edwin Summers Vice President – General Counsel and Secretary 61
Dinesh Paliwal became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer on July 1, 2008. Mr. Paliwal joined our
Company on July 1, 2007 as President, Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman and was elected a
director on August 13, 2007. Prior to joining our Company, Mr. Paliwal served as President of Global
Markets and Technology of ABB Ltd from January 2006 until June 2007 and as President and CEO of
ABB North America from January 2004 until June 2007. He was President and CEO of ABB Automation
from October 2002 to December 2005.
Herbert Parker joined our Company in June 2008 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer. On August 15, 2008, Mr. Parker assumed the additional position of principal accounting officer.
Prior to joining our Company, he served as Chief Financial Officer of ABB North America, a power
automation company, from 2006 to May 2008. Mr. Parker also served as CFO, Automation Technologies
division of ABB North America, from 2002 through 2005.
Helmut Schinagel became Chief Technology Officer of our Company in July 2008. Mr. Schinagel
previously served as the Chief Executive Officer of our Automotive division from October 2006 through
June 2008. Prior to joining our Company, Mr. Schinagel served as Senior Vice President of the BMW
Group, an automotive manufacturer, from 1999 to 2006.
Klaus Blickle joined the Company in July 2008 as President – Automotive. Prior to joining our
Company, Mr. Blickle was President and Chief Executive Officer of EDAG Group from 2005 through
2008. Mr. Blickle has also served as President of Tesma International Inc. (Magna Group) from 2004 to
2005 and as President and Chief Technology Office of American Special Cars, Inc.