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Mr. Foresti has been Vice President of Asia Pacific and Latin America since January 2008. From May 2003
to January 2008, Mr. Foresti served as the Company’s Vice President and General Manager of Latin
America.
Ms. Isbell has been Vice President of Human Resources of the Company since February 2003. From
January 2001 to February 2003, Ms. Isbell served as Vice President of Worldwide Compensation and
Resource Programs in the Company’s Human Resources department.
Mr. Patton has been Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company since October 2008.
From June 2008 to October 2008, Mr. Patton served as Acting General Counsel and Secretary. From
February 2001 to June 2008, Mr. Patton served as Corporate Counsel.
Mr. Stromquist has been Vice President, ISS and Corporate Finance since November 2010. From June
2009 to November 2010, Mr. Stromquist served as Vice President, PSSD and Corporate Finance. From
July 2001 to June 2009, Mr. Stromquist served as Vice President and Corporate Controller of the
Company.
Intellectual Property
The Company’s intellectual property is one of its major assets and the ownership of the technology used in
its products is important to its competitive position. Lexmark seeks to establish and maintain the
proprietary rights in its technology and products through the use of patents, copyrights, trademarks,
trade secret laws, and confidentiality agreements.
Lexmark holds a portfolio of approximately 1,750 U.S. patents and approximately 680 pending U.S. patent
applications. The Company also holds approximately 1,330 foreign patents and pending patent
applications. The inventions claimed in these patents and patent applications cover aspects of the
Company’s current and potential future products, manufacturing processes, business methods and
related technologies. The Company is developing a portfolio of patents that protects its product lines
and offers the possibility of entering into licensing agreements with others.
Lexmark has a variety of intellectual property licensing and cross-licensing agreements with a number of
third parties. Certain of Lexmark’s material license agreements, including those that permit the Company
to manufacture some of its current products, terminate as to specific products upon certain “changes of
control” of the Company.
The Company has trademark registrations or pending trademark applications for the name LEXMARK in
approximately 90 countries for various categories of goods and services. Lexmark also owns a number of
trademark applications and registrations for various product names. The Company holds worldwide
copyrights in computer code and publications of various types. Other proprietary information is protected
through formal procedures, which include confidentiality agreements with employees and other entities.
Lexmark’s success depends in part on its ability to obtain patents, copyrights and trademarks, maintain
trade secret protection and operate without infringing the proprietary rights of others. While Lexmark
designs its products to avoid infringing the intellectual property rights of others, current or future claims of
intellectual property infringement, and the expenses resulting there from, could materially adversely affect
its business, operating results and financial condition. Expenses incurred by the Company in obtaining
licenses to use the intellectual property rights of others and to enforce its intellectual property rights against
others also could materially affect its business, operating results and financial condition. In addition, the
laws of some foreign countries may not protect Lexmark’s proprietary rights to the same extent as the laws
of the U.S.
Environmental and Regulatory Matters
Lexmark’s operations, both domestically and internationally, are subject to numerous laws and
regulations, particularly relating to environmental matters that impose limitations on the discharge of
pollutants into the air, water and soil and establish standards for the treatment, storage and disposal of
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