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INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT
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Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD.
[TYCO LOGO] THE ZURICH CENTRE
SECOND FLOOR
90 PITTS BAY ROAD
PEMBROKE HM08 BERMUDA
TELE: 441 292-8674
FAX: 441 295-9647
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January , 2003
Dear Shareholder,
You are cordially invited to attend the 2003 Annual General Meeting of
Shareholders of Tyco International Ltd., which will be held on March , 2003 at
10:00 a.m., local time, at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess Hotel, 76 Pitts Bay
Road, Pembroke HM 08, Bermuda.
Details of the business to be presented at the meeting can be found in the
accompanying Notice of Annual General Meeting and Proxy Statement. We hope you
are planning to attend the meeting personally and look forward to the
opportunity to present our outlook and goals for your company at this important
stage in its history.
Your vote is important. Whether or not you are able to attend, it is
important that your common shares be represented at the meeting. Accordingly, we
ask that you please sign, date and return the enclosed proxy card at your
earliest convenience.
On behalf of the Board of Directors and the management of Tyco, I extend our
appreciation for your continued support.
Yours sincerely,
Edward D. Breen,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Tyco International Ltd.
The Zurich Centre, Second Floor, 90 Pitts Bay Road, Pembroke HM 08, Bermuda
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TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD.
NOTICE OF 2003 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD MARCH , 2003
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2003 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
of Tyco International Ltd. will be held on March , 2003 at 10:00 a.m., local
time, at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess Hotel, 76 Pitts Bay Road, Pembroke HM
08, Bermuda, for the following purposes:
1. To elect the Board of Directors;
2. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent auditors and
to authorize the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors to set the
auditors' remuneration;
3. To increase the number of authorized common shares and to amend Tyco's
Bye-Laws to reflect such increase;
4. To consider and act on the shareholder proposals described herein, if
properly presented at the meeting; and
5. To consider and act on such other business as may properly come before
the meeting or any adjournment thereof.
During the meeting, management also will present Tyco's audited consolidated
financial statements for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2002 and will
provide an overview of Tyco's operations.
This Notice of Annual General Meeting and Proxy Statement were first sent on
or about January , 2003 to each holder of record of Tyco common shares at the
close of business on January 24, 2003. Each holder of record of Tyco common
shares on the date of the meeting is entitled to attend and vote at the Annual
General Meeting and any adjournment or postponement thereof. WHETHER OR NOT YOU
PLAN TO ATTEND THE MEETING, PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD
TO ENSURE THAT YOUR COMMON SHARES ARE REPRESENTED AT THE MEETING. Tyco
shareholders of record who attend the meeting may vote their common shares
personally, even though they have sent in proxies.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
William B. Lytton
Executive Vice President and General
Counsel
January , 2003
PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD PROMPTLY. THE PROXY IS
REVOCABLE AND IT WILL NOT BE USED IF YOU: GIVE WRITTEN NOTICE OF REVOCATION TO
THE SECRETARY AT TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD., THE ZURICH CENTRE, SECOND FLOOR, 90
PITTS BAY ROAD, PEMBROKE HM 08, BERMUDA PRIOR TO THE VOTE TO BE TAKEN AT THE
MEETING; LODGE A LATER-DATED PROXY; OR ATTEND AND VOTE AT THE MEETING.
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INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PROXY STATEMENT AND THE ANNUAL
GENERAL MEETING
Questions and Answers about Voting Your Common Shares..... 1
Returning Your Proxy Card................................. 4
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Corporate Governance Principles........................... 6
New Directors and Director Nominees....................... 7
Executive Officers........................................ 8
Committees of the Board of Directors...................... 10
Audit Committee Report.................................... 10
PROPOSALS FOR THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Proposal Number One--Election of Directors................ 12
Proposal Number Two--Re-Appointment of Independent
Auditors and Authorization of the Audit Committee to Set
their Remuneration...................................... 12
Proposal Number Three--Increase in the Number of
Authorized Common Shares and Amendment to Tyco's
Bye-Laws to Reflect Such Increase....................... 13
Proposal Number Four--Shareholder Proposal regarding the
Manufacture of PVC- or Phthalate-Containing Medical
Supplies................................................ 14
Proposal Number Five--Shareholder Proposal regarding
Shareholder Approval of Future Severance Agreements..... 16
Proposal Number Six--Shareholder Proposal regarding Use of
Stock Price Indexed Executive Stock Options............. 18
Proposal Number Seven--Shareholder Proposal regarding
Changing Tyco's Jurisdiction of Incorporation........... 19
Proposal Number Eight--Shareholder Proposal regarding
Non-Executive Independent Chairman of the Board......... 21
Proposal Number Nine--Shareholder Proposal regarding
Obtaining Only Audit Services from Tyco's Independent
Auditors................................................ 23
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND
MANAGEMENT................................................ 25
DIRECTOR AND EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION
Directors' Compensation................................... 28
Fiscal 2002 Board Meetings................................ 29
Board Compensation Committee Report on Executive
Compensation............................................ 29
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider
Participation........................................... 33
Executive Compensation.................................... 34
Related Party Transactions................................ 49
SHAREHOLDER RETURN PERFORMANCE PRESENTATION................. 52
OTHER MATTERS
Costs of Solicitation..................................... 53
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance... 53
Presentation of Financial Statements...................... 53
Registered and Principal Executive Offices................ 53
Shareholder Proposals for the 2004 Annual General
Meeting................................................. 53
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Reports................................................. 54
General................................................... 54
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Audit Committee Charter..................................... Exhibit A
Amendment to Tyco's Bye-Laws to Reflect Increase in Number
of Authorized Common Shares............................... Exhibit B
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INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PROXY STATEMENT AND
THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT VOTING YOUR COMMON SHARES
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WHY DID I RECEIVE THIS PROXY STATEMENT? Tyco has sent this Notice of Annual General Meeting
and Proxy Statement, together with the enclosed proxy
card or voting instruction card, because Tyco's Board
of Directors is soliciting your proxy to vote at the
Annual General Meeting on March , 2003. This
Proxy Statement contains information about the items
being voted on at the Annual General Meeting and
important information about Tyco. Tyco's 2002 Annual
Report to Shareholders, which includes the audited
consolidated financial statements of Tyco for the
fiscal year ended September 30, 2002, is enclosed
with or has been sent in advance of these materials.
Tyco has sent these materials to each person who is
registered as a holder of its common shares in its
register of shareholders (such owners are often
referred to as "holders of record") as of the close
of business on January 24, 2003. Tyco also is sending
these materials to any person who becomes a holder of
record of Tyco common shares through March ,
2003. Any Tyco shareholder who does not receive a
copy of this Notice of Annual General Meeting and
Proxy Statement, together with the enclosed proxy
card or voting instruction card, may obtain a copy at
the Annual General Meeting or by contacting Tyco at
(441) 292-8674.
Tyco has requested that banks, brokerage firms and
other nominees who hold Tyco common shares on behalf
of the owners of the common shares (such owners are
often referred to as "beneficial shareholders" or
"street name holders") as of the close of business on
January , 2003 forward these materials,
together with a proxy card or voting instruction
card, to those beneficial shareholders. Tyco has
agreed to pay the reasonable expenses of the banks,
brokerage firms and other nominees for forwarding
these materials.
Finally, Tyco has provided for these materials to be
sent to persons who have interests in Tyco common
shares through participation in the company share
funds of the Tyco retirement savings plans and
employee share purchase plans. Such persons are not
eligible to vote directly at the Annual General
Meeting. They may, however, instruct the trustees of
such plans how to vote the common shares represented
by their interests. The enclosed proxy card will also
serve as voting instructions for the trustees of the
plans.
WHO IS ENTITLED TO VOTE? Each holder of record of Tyco common shares on the
date of the Annual General Meeting is entitled to
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the Annual General Meeting. A poll will be taken on
each proposal to be put to the Annual General
Meeting.
HOW MANY VOTES DO I HAVE? Every holder of a common share will be entitled to
one vote per share for each director to be elected at
the Annual General Meeting and to one vote per share
on each other matter presented at the Annual General
Meeting. On January 9, 2003, there were 1,995,890,462
common shares outstanding and entitled to vote at the
Annual General Meeting.
HOW DO I ATTEND THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING? All shareholders are invited to attend the Annual
General Meeting. For admission to the Annual General
Meeting, shareholders of record should come to the
Registered Shareholders check-in area, where their
ownership will be verified. Those who have beneficial
ownership of common shares held by a bank, brokerage
firm or other nominee should come to the Beneficial
Owners check-in area. To be admitted, beneficial
owners must bring account statements or letters from
their banks or brokers showing that they own Tyco
common shares. Registration will begin at 9:00 a.m.,
and the Annual General Meeting will begin at 10:00
a.m.
HOW DO I VOTE? You can vote in the following ways:
- BY MAIL: If you are a holder of record, you can
vote by marking, dating and signing your proxy card
and returning it by mail in the enclosed
postage-paid envelope. If you hold your common
shares in street name, please complete and mail the
voting instruction card.
- AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING: If you are planning
to attend the Annual General Meeting and wish to vote
your common shares in person, we will give you a
ballot at the meeting. Shareholders who own their
common shares in street name are not able to vote
at the Annual General Meeting. Beneficial
shareholders should instruct their broker or bank
how to vote on their behalf.
EVEN IF YOU PLAN TO BE PRESENT AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO COMPLETE AND MAIL THE
ENCLOSED CARD TO VOTE YOUR COMMON SHARES BY PROXY.
WHAT IF I RETURN MY PROXY OR VOTING Your common shares will be voted according to the
INSTRUCTION CARD BUT DO NOT MARK IT TO SHOW instructions you have indicated on your proxy or
HOW I AM VOTING? voting instruction card. If you sign and return the
card but do not indicate instructions for voting,
your common shares will be voted "FOR" the election
of all nominees to the Board of Directors named on
the proxy card, "FOR" proposals 2 and 3, "AGAINST"
proposals 4 through 9 and, with respect to any other
matter which may properly come before the Annual
General Meeting, at the discretion of the proxy
holders.
MAY I CHANGE OR REVOKE MY VOTE AFTER I RETURN You may change your vote at any time before it is
MY PROXY OR VOTING INSTRUCTION CARD? exercised in one of three ways:
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- Notify our Secretary in writing before the Annual
General Meeting that you are revoking your proxy;
- Submit another proxy card (or voting instruction
card if you hold your common shares in street name)
with a later date; or
- Vote in person at the Annual General Meeting.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN IF I RECEIVE MORE THAN ONE It means you have multiple accounts at the transfer
PROXY OR VOTING INSTRUCTION CARD? agent and/or with banks and stock brokers. Please
vote all of your common shares. Beneficial
shareholders sharing an address who are receiving
multiple copies of proxy materials and Annual Reports
will need to contact their broker, bank or other
nominee to request that only a single copy of each
document be mailed to all shareholders at the shared
address in the future. In addition, if you are the
beneficial owner, but not the record holder, of
Tyco's common shares, your broker, bank or other
nominee may deliver only one copy of the Proxy
Statement and Annual Report to multiple shareholders
who share an address unless that nominee has received
contrary instructions from one or more of the
shareholders. Tyco will deliver promptly, upon
written or oral request, a separate copy of the Proxy
Statement and Annual Report to a shareholder at a
shared address to which a single copy of the
documents was delivered. Shareholders who wish to
receive a separate copy of the Proxy Statement and
Annual Report, now or in the future, should submit
their request to Tyco by telephone at (441) 292-8674
or by submitting a written request to Tyco
Shareholder Services, Tyco International Ltd., The
Zurich Centre, Second Floor, 90 Pitts Bay Road,
Pembroke HM 08, Bermuda.
WHAT CONSTITUTES A QUORUM? Two holders of common shares present in person or by
proxy form a quorum for the conduct of business.
WHAT VOTE IS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO APPROVE The affirmative vote of a majority of the common
EACH PROPOSAL? shares represented and voting at the Annual General
Meeting is required for the election of directors,
the re-appointment of Tyco's independent auditors and
authorization for the Audit Committee of the Board of
Directors to set the auditors' remuneration, to
increase the number of authorized common shares and
to amend Tyco's Bye-Laws to reflect such increase,
and to approve any of the shareholder proposals, if
properly presented at the Annual General Meeting.
Pursuant to Bermuda law, (i) common shares
represented at the Annual General Meeting whose votes
are withheld on any matter, (ii) common shares which
are represented by "broker non-votes" (i.e., common
shares held by brokers which are represented at the
Annual General Meeting but with respect to which the
broker is not empowered to vote on a particular
proposal) and (iii) common shares which abstain from
voting on any matter are not included in the
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shares voting on such matter but are counted for
quorum purposes.
HOW WILL VOTING ON ANY OTHER BUSINESS BE Other than matters incident to the conduct of the
CONDUCTED? Annual General Meeting, including approval of the
minutes of the 2002 Annual General Meeting, we do not
know of any business or proposals to be considered at
the Annual General Meeting other than those set forth
in this Proxy Statement. Any Tyco shareholder who
wishes to receive a copy of the minutes of the 2002
Annual General Meeting may obtain
a copy at the Annual General Meeting or by contacting
Tyco
at (441) 292-8674. 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
according to their best judgment.
WHO WILL COUNT THE VOTES? Reid Management Ltd. will act as the scrutineer or
inspector of election and will tabulate the votes.
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RETURNING YOUR PROXY CARD
Tyco shareholders should complete and return the proxy card as soon as
possible. To be valid, the proxy card must be completed in accordance with the
instructions on it and received at any one of the addresses set forth below by
the times (being local times) and dates specified:
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IN BERMUDA: IN THE UNITED STATES:
by 8:00 a.m. on March , 2003 by hand or by 8:00 a.m. on March , 2003 by mail at:
mail at:
Tyco International Ltd. Tyco International Ltd.
The Zurich Centre c/o Mellon Investor Services
Second Floor, 90 Pitts Bay Road P.O. Box 3547
Pembroke HM 08, Bermuda South Hackensack, NJ 07606-9247
United States of America
IN THE UNITED KINGDOM: IN AUSTRALIA:
by 5:00 p.m. on March , 2003 by hand or by 5:00 p.m. on March , 2003 by hand or
mail at: mail at:
Tyco International Ltd. Tyco International Ltd.
c/o Tyco Holdings (UK) Limited c/o Tyco International Pty. Limited
5th Floor Level 6 12 Help Street
30-34 Moorgate Chatswood NSW 2067
London EC2R 6PJ Australia
United Kingdom
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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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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
We learned of instances of breakdowns of certain internal controls during
fiscal 2002. This began in January 2002, when our Board of Directors (sometimes
referred to herein as our "Board") learned of an unauthorized payment to our
former Lead Director, Frank E. Walsh, Jr., and eventually led to the Board
replacing our former senior corporate management team. These instances included
abuse of our employee relocation loan programs, unapproved bonuses, attempted
unauthorized credits to employee loans, undisclosed compensation arrangements,
unreported perquisites, self-dealing transactions and other misuses of corporate
trust, and have been widely reported in the press.
Our Board retained the law firm of Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP in
April 2002 to conduct an investigation. The scope of the investigation consisted
of a review and analysis of transactions between and among Tyco and its
subsidiaries and our directors and officers. The findings of the first phase
(Phase 1) were reported on September 17, 2002 in a Current Report on Form 8-K.
In connection with the Phase 1 findings and at the direction of the Board
and our new Chief Executive Officer, the investigation was expanded to a second
phase (Phase 2), which involved a more comprehensive review of Tyco's accounting
and financial reporting. The scope of the Phase 2 review included an examination
of Tyco's reported revenues, profits, cash flow, internal auditing and control
procedures, use of reserves, and non-recurring charges, as well as corporate
governance issues such as the personal use of corporate assets and the use of
corporate funds to pay personal expenses, and employee loan and loan forgiveness
programs. Phase 2 of the investigation was completed by the Boies firm in late
December 2002. These findings were reported on December 30, 2002 in a Current
Report on Form 8-K.
Additionally, our new senior management team in conjunction with our Board
reviewed overall company policies and procedures in areas that were viewed as
important. Specific areas of focus included acquisition accounting,
restructuring, financial and legal controls, reserve utilization, incentive
compensation and a number of other areas relevant to our financial statements.
New senior management determined that Tyco's existing policies and standards of
approval needed substantial improvement and found that there were instances in
which documentation of important financial reporting matters was substandard;
there had been limited review of bonuses and incentive compensation across Tyco;
and the manner in which former senior management managed Tyco did not reflect a
commitment to sound corporate governance nor the processes required to ensure
the highest standards of financial integrity and accounting rigor to which the
new senior management team and our Board is committed and our shareholders
deserve.
Over the past several months, Tyco has replaced its former senior corporate
management team with entirely new members and the Board determined not to
nominate or support for re-election any of the current members of the Board who
were Board members prior to the appointment of Tyco's new Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer in July 2002. John A. Krol, our new lead director, joined the
Board in August 2002. Four new directors, Jerome B. York, Mackey J. McDonald,
George W. Buckley and Bruce S. Gordon, joined the Board in recent months. To
assist and provide any necessary continuity to the new Board that will be
elected at the Annual General Meeting, two of the members of the Board who were
members prior to the appointment of our new Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
will serve as advisors to the Board and will be invited to attend meetings of
the Board and its Committees as requested by the Board, but will not be entitled
to vote on any matters presented for a vote at any such meetings.
Although a framework has been put in place to materially improve the control
structure of Tyco, it will take some time to realize all of the benefits from
our initiatives. Our Board and new senior corporate management are committed to
improving the state of our internal controls, corporate governance and financial
reporting. In this regard, new corporate governance principles have been
prepared and circulated, along with revised committee charters, to Tyco's Board
for their consideration and discussion and the position of Senior Vice President
of Corporate Governance has been established and staffed with a senior
executive. The full text of our corporate governance principles, along with all
our committee charters and
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our new employee code of conduct will be posted on Tyco's website at
WWW.TYCO.COM once they are adopted. A summary of the corporate governance
principles under consideration by Tyco's Board, as well as information about
Tyco's Board committees, is presented below. The charter of the audit committee
is attached as Exhibit A to this Proxy Statement.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PRINCIPLES
MISSION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The business of Tyco is managed under the direction of the Board. The
mission of the Board is to promote the long-term health of Tyco and grow
shareholder value.
BOARD RESPONSIBILITIES
The Board's responsibilities include:
- Recommending candidates to the shareholders for election to the Board.
- Selecting, monitoring, evaluating, compensating and, if necessary,
replacing, the chief executive officer and other senior executives, and
seeing that robust management development and succession plans are
maintained.
- Overseeing compliance with laws and regulations and setting an ethical
"tone at the top."
- Appraising Tyco's major risks and its risk management and seeing that
control procedures are in place.
- Reviewing and approving management's strategic and business plans.
- Reviewing and approving financial plans, objectives and actions, including
significant capital allocations and expenditures.
- Monitoring management performance of its plans and objectives.
- Assessing its own effectiveness.
BOARD ORGANIZATION
The Board consists of a substantial majority of independent directors who
meet a stringent definition of independence. The independent directors of the
Board, acting in executive session, elect a lead director to serve as chair of
the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. The lead director chairs an
executive session of the independent directors at each formal Board meeting. The
Board also maintains two other standing committees--Audit and Compensation. All
three committees are entirely composed of independent directors. Assignments to,
and chairs of, the committees are recommended by the Corporate Governance and
Nominating Committee and selected by the Board. All committees report on their
activities to the Board.
BOARD OPERATION
The Board normally meets six times annually and committee meetings are
normally held in conjunction with Board meetings. The Board and committee chairs
are responsible for conducting meetings and informal consultations in a fashion
that encourages informed, meaningful and probing deliberations. Directors
receive the agenda and materials in advance and may ask for additional
information from, or meet with, senior managers at any time. Strategic planning
and succession planning sessions are held annually at regular Board meetings.
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BOARD ADVISORS
The Board and its committees (consistent with their respective charters) may
retain their own advisors as they determine necessary to carry out their
responsibilities.
BOARD EVALUATION
The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee coordinates an annual
evaluation process by the directors of the Board's performance and procedures,
including evaluation of individual directors. The three standing committees each
conduct an annual evaluation of their performance and procedures, including the
adequacy of their charters.
BOARD COMPENSATION AND SHARE OWNERSHIP
Director compensation consists of cash and, for non-employee directors, an
award of stock options. The stock option component reflects the Board's belief
that director compensation should be tied to the performance of Tyco's common
shares. The Compensation Committee, in collaboration with the Corporate
Governance and Nominating Committee, periodically reviews the directors'
compensation and recommends changes as appropriate.
NEW DIRECTORS AND DIRECTOR NOMINEES
EDWARD D. BREEN Mr. Breen, age 46, has been our Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer since July 2002. Prior to joining Tyco, Mr. Breen was
President and Chief Operating Officer of Motorola from January 2002 to
July 2002; Executive Vice President and President of Motorola's Networks Sector
from January 2001 to January 2002; Executive Vice President and President of
Motorola's Broadband Communications Sector from January 2000 to January 2001;
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of General Instrument
Corporation from December 1997 to January 2000; and, prior to December 1997,
President of General Instrument's Broadband Networks Group. Mr. Breen also
serves as a director of McLeod USA Incorporated.
JOHN A. KROL Mr. Krol, age 66, joined our Board in August 2002. Mr. Krol
was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of E.I. DuPont de Nemours &
Company, where he spent his entire career until his retirement in 1998. E.I.
DuPont Nemours is a global research and technology-based company serving
worldwide markets, including food and nutrition, health care, agriculture,
fashion and apparel, home and construction, electronics and transportation.
Mr. Krol also serves as a director of Ace Ltd., Armstrong Holdings, Inc.,
MeadWestvaco Corporation and Milliken & Company. Mr. Krol graduated from Tufts
University where he received a B.S. and M.S. in chemistry.
JEROME B. YORK Mr. York, age 64, joined our Board in November 2002.
Mr. York is the Chairman, President and CEO of MicroWarehouse, Inc., a seller of
computer products through catalogs, the Internet and telemarketers. Before
Mr. York joined MicroWarehouse he was the Vice Chairman of Tracinda Corporation
from 1995 to 1999, Chief Financial Officer of IBM Corporation from 1993 to 1995
and held various positions at Chrysler Corporation from 1979 to 1993. Mr. York
graduated from the United States Military Academy, and received an M.S. from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from the University of
Michigan. Mr. York also serves as a director of Metro-Goldwyn Mayer, Inc. and
Apple Computer, Inc.
MACKEY J. MCDONALD Mr. McDonald, age 56, joined our Board in
November 2002. Mr. McDonald serves as the Chairman, President and CEO of VF
Corporation, a designer, manufacturer and marketer of jeanswear, intimate
apparel, playwear, workwear and daypacks. Mr. McDonald began his tenure at VF
Corporation in 1982 and was named Chairman, President and CEO in 1998. He also
was a Director, Operations at Hanes Corporation. Mr. McDonald graduated from
Davidson College and received his
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M.B.A. in Marketing from Georgia State University. Mr. McDonald also serves as a
director of Wachovia Corporation and Hershey Foods Corporation.
GEORGE W. BUCKLEY Mr. Buckley, age 55, joined our Board in December 2002.
He is the Chairman and CEO of Brunswick Corporation. Mr. Buckley joined
Brunswick in 1997 and has held the role of Chairman and CEO for over two years.
Prior to that time, he served as the Chief Technology Officer (for Motors,
Controls and Appliance Components) and President of two divisions throughout his
career at Emerson Electric Company from 1993 to 1997. Mr. Buckley did combined
postgraduate work at Huddersfield and Southampton Universities and received a
Ph.D. at the University of Huddersfield in 1977. Mr. Buckley also serves as a
director of Ingersoll Rand Co. Ltd. and Polaris Industries, Inc.
BRUCE S. GORDON Mr. Gordon, age 56, joined our Board in January 2003.
Mr. Gordon is the President of Retail Markets at Verizon Communications, Inc., a
provider of wireline and wireless communications. Prior to the merger of Bell
Atlantic Corporation and GTE, which formed Verizon in July 2000, Mr. Gordon
fulfilled a variety of positions at Bell Atlantic Corporation, including Group
President, Vice President, Marketing and Sales and Vice President, Sales.
Mr. Gordon graduated from Gettysburg College and received a M.S. from
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mr. Gordon also serves as a director of
Southern Company and Office Depot, Inc.
DENNIS C. BLAIR Admiral Blair (U.S. Navy, Ret.), age 55, has been nominated
to join our Board. Admiral Blair retired as Commander in Chief of the U.S.
Pacific Command in 2002 after more than 30 years of service in the armed forces.
Previously, Admiral Blair served as Vice Admiral and Director of the Joint Staff
and Associate Director of Central Intelligence for Military Support. Admiral
Blair graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and holds a masters degree from
Oxford University. Mr. Blair also serves as a director of EDO Corporation.
BRENDAN R. O'NEILL Mr. O'Neill, age 54, has been nominated to join our
Board. Mr. O'Neill is the Chief Executive Officer and a director of Imperial
Chemical Industries PLC ("ICI"). Prior to Mr. O'Neill's career at ICI, he held
numerous positions at Guinness PLC, including Chief Executive of Guinness
Brewing Worldwide Ltd, Managing Director International Region of United
Distillers, and Director of Financial Control. Mr. O'Neill also held positions
at HSBC Holdings PLC, BICC PLC and the Ford Motor Company. He has an M.A. from
the University of Cambridge and a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of East
Anglia.
SANDRA S. WIJNBERG Ms. Wijnberg, age 46, has been nominated to join our
Board. Ms. Wijnberg is a Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., a professional services firm with insurance
and reinsurance brokerage, consulting and investment management businesses.
Before joining Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. in January 2000, Ms. Wijnberg
served as a Senior Vice President and Treasurer of Tricon Global
Restaurants, Inc. and held various positions at PepsiCo, Inc., Morgan Stanley
Group, Inc. and American Express Company. Ms. Wijnberg is a graduate of the
University of California, Los Angeles and received an M.B.A. from the University
of Southern California.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Over the past several months, Tyco's Board has assembled a new senior
corporate management team. In addition to Mr. Breen, Tyco's new Chief Executive
Officer who also serves on the Board and whose biographical information is set
forth above, the executive officers of Tyco are:
DAVID J. FITZPATRICK Mr. FitzPatrick, age 48, has been our Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer since September 2002. Prior to joining
Tyco, Mr. FitzPatrick was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of
United Technologies Corporation from June 1998 to September 2002; and Vice
President and Corporate Controller for Eastman Kodak Company from March 1995 to
May 1998.
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WILLIAM B. LYTTON Mr. Lytton, age 54, has been our Executive Vice President
and General Counsel since September 2002. Prior to joining Tyco, Mr. Lytton was
Senior Vice President and General Counsel for International Paper Company from
January 1999 to September 2002; and Vice President and General Counsel for
International Paper from 1996 to 1999.
ERIC M. PILLMORE Mr. Pillmore, age 49, has been our Senior Vice President
of Corporate Governance since August 2002. Prior to joining Tyco, Mr. Pillmore
was Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Multilink
Technology Corporation from July 2000 to August 2002. From April 2000 to
May 2000, Mr. Pillmore was Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial
Officer of McData Corporation. From January 2000 to April 2000, Mr. Pillmore was
Senior Vice President of Finance and Director of Motorola's Broadband
Communications Sector. From December 1997 to January 2000, Mr. Pillmore was
Chief Financial Officer of General Instrument Corporation.
JERRY R. BOGGESS Mr. Boggess, age 58, has been President of Tyco Fire and
Security Services since August 1993. Mr. Boggess has been Vice President of Tyco
since February 1996 and associated with Tyco and its predecessors since 1968
(except from 1983 to 1989 when he was President of Cosco Fire Protection, a
division of Zurn Industries).
JUERGEN W. GROMER Mr. Gromer, age 58, has been President of Tyco
Electronics since April 1999. Mr. Gromer was Senior Vice President, Worldwide
Sales and Service, of AMP Incorporated (acquired by Tyco in April 1999) from
1998 to April 1999; President, Global Automotive Division, and Corporate Vice
President of AMP from 1996 to 1998; and Vice President and General Manager of
various divisions of AMP from 1990 to 1996.
ROBERT P. MEAD Mr. Mead, age 52, has been President of Tyco Engineered
Products and Services since April 2002. Mr. Mead has been a Vice President of
Tyco and its predecessors since August 1993. Mr. Mead was President of the Flow
Control Products segment from May 1993 to May 2001; and has been associated with
Tyco and its predecessors since 1973.
RICHARD J. MEELIA Mr. Meelia, age 53, has been President of Tyco Healthcare
and Specialty Products since 1995. Mr. Meelia has been Vice President of Tyco
since June 2000 and was Group President of Kendall Healthcare Products Company
(acquired by Tyco in October 1994) from January 1991 to 1995.
DAVID E. ROBINSON Mr. Robinson, age 43, has been President of Tyco Plastics
and Adhesives since November 2002. Prior to joining Tyco, Mr. Robinson was
President of Motorola's Broadband Communications Sector. Prior to Motorola,
Mr. Robinson spent over 15 years with General Instrument Corporation.
MARTINA HUND-MEJEAN Ms. Hund-Mejean, age 42, has been our Senior Vice
President, Treasurer since December 2002. Prior to joining Tyco, Ms. Hund-Mejean
served as Senior Vice President and Treasurer at Lucent Technologies, Inc. from
November 2000 to December 2002. During the previous 12 years, she held positions
of ascending importance at General Motors, including most recently Assistant
Treasurer, Treasurer's Office.
JOHN E. EVARD, JR. Mr. Evard, Jr., age 56, has been our Senior Vice
President, Tax since December 2002. Prior to joining Tyco, Mr. Evard was Vice
President, Tax of United Technologies Corporation. 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.
LAURIE SIEGEL Ms. Siegel, age 46, has been our Senior Vice President, Human
Resources since January 2003. Prior to joining Tyco, Ms. Siegel was at Honeywell
International, where she spent eight years in various roles, most recently as
Vice President, Human Resources, Specialty Materials.
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COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Board maintains three standing committees: Audit, Compensation, and
Corporate Governance and Nominating. The independent directors of the Board,
acting in executive session, elect a lead director to serve as chair of the
Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. The lead director chairs an
executive session of the independent directors at each formal Board meeting.
Assignments to, and chairs of, the committees are recommended by the Corporate
Governance and Nominating Committee and selected by the Board. All committees
report on their activities to the Board.
AUDIT COMMITTEE. The Audit Committee monitors the integrity of Tyco's
financial statements, the independence and qualifications of the independent
auditors, the performance of Tyco's internal auditors as well as the independent
auditors, Tyco's compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and the
effectiveness of Tyco's internal controls. The Audit Committee is also
responsible for retaining, evaluating, and, if appropriate, recommending the
termination of Tyco's independent auditors. The Audit Committee held twelve (12)
formal meetings during fiscal 2002 in addition to the numerous and extensive
informal meetings and teleconferences that the Audit Committee held since the
Board and the Audit Committee learned of instances of breakdowns of certain
internal controls in January 2002. See "Corporate Governance." If the nominees
for director are elected at the Annual General Meeting, Mr. O'Neill and Ms.
Wijnberg will join Mr. York (who was elected Chairman in January 2003) on the
Audit Committee.
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE. The Compensation Committee reviews and approves
compensation and benefits policies and objectives, determines whether Tyco's
officers, directors and employees are compensated according to these objectives,
and carries out the Board's responsibilities relating to the compensation of
Tyco's executives. The Compensation Committee held seventeen (17) meetings
during fiscal 2002. If the nominees for director are elected at the Annual
General Meeting, Mr. Blair will join Messrs. Buckley and McDonald (who were
elected to the Compensation Committee in January 2003) on the Compensation
Committee, with Mr. McDonald serving as Chairman.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND NOMINATING COMMITTEE. The Corporate Governance and
Nominating Committee is responsible for identifying individuals qualified to
become Board members, recommending to the Board the director nominees for the
annual general meeting of shareholders, developing and recommending to the Board
a set of corporate governance principles, and playing a general leadership role
in Tyco's corporate governance. The Committee will consider nominations
submitted by shareholders. To recommend a nominee, a shareholder should write to
Tyco's Secretary at Tyco's registered address in Pembroke, Bermuda. Any such
recommendation must include the name and address of the candidate, a brief
biographical description or statement of the qualifications of the candidate and
the candidate's signed consent to serve as a director if elected. The Corporate
Governance and Nominating Committee held three (3) meetings during fiscal 2002.
If the nominees for director are elected at the Annual General Meeting, the
members of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee will continue to be
Messrs. Gordon and Krol, with Mr. Krol serving as Chairman.
AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT
The Audit Committee of the Board was composed of three independent directors
during fiscal 2002. In January 2002, the Audit Committee, along with other Board
members, learned of instances of breakdowns of certain internal controls. This
began when the Board learned of an unauthorized payment to Tyco's former lead
director, Frank E. Walsh, Jr., that was purportedly made for his assistance in
arranging Tyco's acquisition of The CIT Group, Inc. These instances included
abuse of Tyco's employee relocation programs, unapproved bonuses, attempted
unauthorized credits to employee loans, undisclosed compensation arrangements,
unreported perquisites, self-dealing transactions and other misuses of corporate
trust, and have been widely reported in the press. Tyco's former Chief Executive
Officer resigned on June 3, 2002 and the former Chairman of the Audit Committee
replaced him on an interim basis. Tyco's former Chief Corporate Counsel was
dismissed on June 10, 2002 and the former Chief Financial Officer
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resigned on August 1, 2002. These members of Tyco's former senior corporate
management team have each been indicted by the State of New York for violations
of criminal law. In addition, Mr. Walsh was indicted by the State of New York
for violations of criminal law and, in December 2002, pled guilty to a felony
violation of New York law, and, as part of such plea, agreed to return the
unauthorized payment.
The Board, in conjunction with the Audit Committee, retained the law firm of
Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP to conduct an investigation consisting of a review
and analysis of transactions between and among Tyco and its subsidiaries and its
directors and officers. The Board, in conjunction with the Audit Committee and
Tyco's new senior corporate management team, subsequently expanded the scope of
the investigation to include a comprehensive review of Tyco's reported revenues,
profits, cash flow, internal auditing and control procedures, use of reserves,
and non-recurring charges, as well as corporate governance issues such as the
personal use of corporate assets and the use of corporate funds to pay personal
expenses, and employee loan and loan forgiveness programs. The two phases of
this investigation were reported on September 17, 2002 and December 30, 2002,
respectively, in Current Reports on Form 8-K.
The Audit Committee operates under a charter approved by the Board in
January 2003, which is attached to this Proxy Statement as Exhibit A. As more
fully described in its charter, the Audit Committee reviews Tyco's financial
reporting process on behalf of the Board. Management has the primary
responsibility for the financial statements and the reporting process. Tyco's
independent auditors are responsible for performing an audit of Tyco's
consolidated financial statements in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards and expressing an opinion on the conformity of the financial
statements to generally accepted accounting principles. The internal auditors
are responsible to the Audit Committee and the Board for testing the integrity
of the financial accounting and reporting control systems and such other matters
as the Audit Committee and Board determine.
In this context, the Audit Committee has met and held discussions with
management, the internal auditors and the independent auditors concerning the
consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2002.
Management represented to the Committee that Tyco's consolidated financial
statements were prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and the Committee has reviewed and discussed the consolidated
financial statements with management, the internal auditors and the independent
auditors. The Committee discussed with the independent auditors the matters
required to be discussed by Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61
(Communication with Audit Committees).
In addition, the Committee has discussed with the independent auditors the
auditors' independence from Tyco and its management, including the matters in
the written disclosures required by the Independence Standards Board Standard
No. 1 (Independence Discussions with Audit Committees). The Committee also has
considered whether the independent auditors' provision of information technology
and other non-audit services to Tyco is compatible with the auditors'
independence.
Based upon the Committee's review and discussions referred to above, the
Committee recommended that the Board include Tyco's audited consolidated
financial statements in Tyco's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended September 30, 2002 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Submitted by the Audit Committee,
Richard S. Bodman, Chairman
Wendy E. Lane
Dated January 15, 2003
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PROPOSALS FOR THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Tyco intends to present proposals numbered 1 through 3 for shareholder
consideration and voting at the Annual General Meeting. In addition,
shareholders of Tyco have informed us that they intend to present proposals
numbered 4 through 9 at the Annual General Meeting, in which case those
proposals will also be voted upon if properly presented at the Annual General
Meeting. Other than matters incident to the conduct of the Annual General
Meeting, including approval of the minutes of the 2002 Annual General Meeting,
Tyco does not know of any business or proposals to be considered at the Annual
General Meeting other than those set forth in this Proxy Statement. 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 according to their best judgment.
PROPOSAL NUMBER ONE--ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
The size of Tyco's Board is currently eleven directors. All of our directors
who were Board members prior to the appointment of Tyco's new Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer in July 2002 have determined not to stand for re-election. In
August 2002, John A. Krol joined the Board and became the new Chairman of the
Board's Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. On September 12, 2002,
the Board nominated Jerome B. York, Mackey J. McDonald, George W. Buckley, Bruce
S. Gordon and Sandra S. Wijnberg to fill vacancies created as directors resign.
On November 7, 2002, the Board nominated Dennis C. Blair, and on December 16,
2002, the Board nominated Brendan R. O'Neill, to fill additional vacancies
created as directors resign. Messrs. York and McDonald joined the Board to fill
vacancies created by the resignation of directors in November 2002, Mr. Buckley
joined the Board to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of a director in
December 2002 and Mr. Gordon joined the Board to fill a vacancy created by the
resignation of a director in January 2003. Upon the recommendation of the
Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, the Board has nominated for
election at the 2003 Annual General Meeting a slate of nine nominees:
Messrs. Breen, Krol, York, McDonald, Buckley and Gordon, all of whom are
currently serving on the Board, as well as Messrs. Blair and O'Neill and
Ms. Wijnberg. Biographical information regarding each of the nine nominees is
set forth beginning on page 7 above, under the caption "Directors and Director
Nominees." To the extent that any additional vacancies occur on the Board prior
to the date of the Annual General Meeting, they will be filled by one of the
nominees who does not currently serve on the Board.
The election of directors will take place at the Annual General Meeting.
Election of each director requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the
votes cast by the holders of common shares represented at the Annual General
Meeting in person or by proxy. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share
for each of the nine directors to be elected. If the nine nominees are elected,
the size of Tyco's Board will be set at nine directors. Tyco is not aware of any
reason why any of the nominees will not be able to serve if elected. Each of the
directors elected will serve until the 2004 Annual General Meeting and until
their successors, if any, are elected and qualified.
THE BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT SHAREHOLDERS VOTE FOR THE ELECTION OF THE NINE
(9) NOMINEES.
PROPOSAL NUMBER TWO--RE-APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS AND
AUTHORIZATION OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE TO SET THEIR REMUNERATION
In accordance with Section 89 of the Companies Act 1981 of Bermuda, Tyco's
shareholders have the authority to appoint Tyco's independent auditors and to
authorize the Audit Committee of the Board to set the auditors' remuneration. At
the meeting, shareholders will be asked to re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
as Tyco's independent auditors and to authorize the Audit Committee of the Board
to set their remuneration. Audit services performed by PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP for Tyco in fiscal 2002 included the examination of the consolidated
financial statements of Tyco and its subsidiaries. Appointment of the
independent auditors requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes
cast by the holders of common shares represented at the Annual General Meeting
in person or by proxy.
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In addition to retaining PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to audit the
consolidated financial statements of Tyco and its subsidiaries for fiscal 2002,
Tyco retained PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, as well as other accounting and
consulting firms, to provide various non-audit services in fiscal 2002. The
aggregate fees billed for professional services by PricewaterhouseCoopers in
fiscal 2002 for the various services they performed were:
- AUDIT FEES: $16.3 million for services rendered for the annual audit of
Tyco's consolidated financial statements for fiscal 2002 and the quarterly
reviews of the financial statements included in Tyco's Quarterly Reports
on Form 10-Q (all references to "$" in this Proxy Statement are to United
States dollars.);
- FINANCIAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION FEES:
$2.7 million for services rendered in connection with the design or
implementation of hardware or software systems that aggregate source data
or generate information that is significant to the financial statements
taken as a whole; and
- ALL OTHER FEES: A total of $31.9 million for all other services, including
$11.6 million for tax-related services; $11.3 million for non-financial
statement audit services such as due diligence procedures associated with
mergers and acquisitions, accounting consultation, SEC reviews and
registration statement-related work, benefit plan audits, etc.; and
$9.0 million for statutory audit work in non-U.S. countries unrelated to
the financial statement audit.
The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") has proposed rules to
redefine the types of services that are included as audit services and to create
new reporting categories for "audit-related services" and "tax services". If
these proposed rules were in place currently, certain of the fees categorized as
"All Other Fees," such as fees for statutory audit work, benefit plan audits,
due diligence procedures associated with mergers and acquisitions, and
tax-related services, would be categorized as Audit Fees, Audit-Related Fees or
Tax Fees.
Representatives of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP are expected to be at the
Annual General Meeting to present the independent auditors' report. They will
also be given the opportunity to make a statement if they desire to do so, and
they will be available to respond to appropriate questions.
THE BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT SHAREHOLDERS VOTE FOR THE RE-APPOINTMENT OF
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP AND THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE TO SET
THEIR REMUNERATION.
PROPOSAL NUMBER THREE--INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED COMMON SHARES AND
AMENDMENT TO TYCO'S BYE-LAWS TO REFLECT SUCH INCREASE
Shareholders are being asked to consider and approve an increase in the
number of authorized common shares from 2,500,000,000 to 4,000,000,000 and an
amendment to Tyco's Bye-Laws to reflect such increase. This proposal was
unanimously approved by Tyco's Board and recommended for approval by the
shareholders.
Our Board believes that it is in Tyco's best interest and the best interest
of Tyco's shareholders to increase the company's authorized common share capital
from 2,500,000,000 to 4,000,000,000 common shares. On January 9, 2003, there
were 1,995,890,462 common shares of Tyco outstanding. In addition, as of such
date, 356,071,235 common shares were reserved for issuance upon exercise of
convertible securities or under equity compensation plans. Accordingly, as of
January 9, 2003, only 148,038,303 common shares are otherwise available for
issuance. If this proposal is approved and effected, Tyco will have available
1,648,038,303 authorized but unissued and unreserved common shares.
Our Board believes that it is prudent to have additional common shares
available for general corporate purposes, including future public or private
offerings, acquisitions of other businesses or properties, stock splits or stock
dividends. Tyco has no current plans for the issuance of any common shares,
except under existing compensation plans and outstanding convertible securities.
As Tyco has a
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sufficient number of existing authorized and unissued common shares, approval of
this proposal is not necessary to satisfy these requirements.
Unless otherwise required by applicable law or regulation, all authorized
but unissued and unreserved common shares will be issuable, without any further
authorization by the shareholders, on the terms and for such consideration as
our Board may determine. Tyco does not expect that shareholder approval will be
sought, unless required by applicable law, regulation or exchange listing
standard as a condition to the issuance of common shares in any particular
transaction.
The sale of a substantial number of common shares to persons who have an
understanding with us concerning the voting of such common shares, or the
distribution or dividend of common shares (or the right to receive common
shares) to our shareholders, may have the effect of discouraging unsolicited
attempts to acquire control of Tyco. In addition, any issuance of additional
common shares could have the effect of diluting the earnings per share and book
value per share of existing common shares, and such additional common shares
could be used to dilute the share ownership of a person seeking to obtain
control of Tyco. Senior management and the Board have no knowledge of any effort
by any person to obtain control of Tyco, and the Board has no present intention
of issuing any common shares with the understanding that the purchasers would
vote their common shares in any particular way or of distributing common shares
or rights to Tyco's shareholders. Common shareholders do not have preemptive
rights to subscribe to additional securities that Tyco may issue, which means
that current shareholders do not have a prior right to purchase any new issue of
shares in order to maintain their proportionate ownership.
A copy of the form of amendment to the Bye-Laws is attached to this Proxy
Statement as Exhibit B.
This proposal has been unanimously approved by Tyco's Board and recommended
for approval by the shareholders. The affirmative vote of a majority of the
common shares represented and voting at the Annual General Meeting is required
for approval of this proposal.
THE BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE FOR THE RESOLUTION TO INCREASE THE NUMBER
OF AUTHORIZED COMMON SHARES AND TO AMEND TYCO'S BYE-LAWS TO REFLECT SUCH
INCREASE.
PROPOSAL NUMBER FOUR--SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REGARDING THE MANUFACTURE
OF PVC- OR PHTHALATE-CONTAINING MEDICAL SUPPLIES
Christian Brothers Investment Services, Inc., 90 Park Avenue, 29th Floor,
New York, NY 10016-1301, a shareholder that as of September 23, 2002 owned
68,518 common shares, has notified Tyco of its intention to propose the
resolution set forth below at the Annual General Meeting. Catholic Healthcare
West, 1700 Montgomery Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94111-1024, which, as
of September 24, 2002 owned 400 common shares and The Sisters of Mercy,
Burlingame, 2300 Adeline Drive, Burlingame, CA 94010-5599, which, as of
September 26, 2002, owned 200 common shares, have indicated their intention to
co-sponsor this proposal.
WHEREAS:
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic, the primary component in 25% of all
medical products, including IV, blood, enteral feeding bags and others,
creates dioxin in production and disposal.
Dioxin, a known human carcinogen, has been linked to endocrine (hormone
system) disruption, reproductive abnormalities, altered glucose tolerance,
testicular atrophy, neurological problems, infertility and other effects in
animals and humans.
The Environmental Protection Agency has determined that the U.S. population
already has bodily dioxin levels at or near levels which can cause adverse
effects in laboratory animals.
Large quantities of chemicals called "phthalates" are used to manufacture
flexible PVC medical products. Flexible PVC products may contain significant
amounts of di-ethylhexyl-phthalate (DEHP), a plasticizer that is a probable
reproductive toxicant and toxicant of the liver and kidney.
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DEHP has been found to leach out of medical devices and into fluids they are
carrying, putting vulnerable populations (e.g., premature infants, dialysis
patients and pregnant women) at risk of adverse health effects related to
DEHP exposure.
A National Toxicology Program's "Expert Panel" expressed "serious concern"
about DEHP exposures from PVC medical devices used in the treatment of
critically ill infants.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a public health notification
identifying a number of medical procedures that posed the highest patient
risk from DEHP exposure, including enteral nutrition, infants receiving
parenteral nutrition and exchange transfusions.
In its recent draft guidance document, FDA recommends that medical device
manufacturers help minimize patient exposure to DEHP by clearly indicating
"through user labeling" that devices contain DEHP, and by "replacing PVC
containing DEHP" with alternative materials.
An expert advisory panel's report to Health Canada recommended that PVC
devices containing DEHP should not be used in a number of circumstances
including: all newborns and pre-pubertal males; high exposure procedures
such as ECMO; some adults such as heart transplant patients; pregnant and
lactating women.
Other manufacturers have announced the development of cost-effective,
high-quality alternatives to PVC, responding to the growing market for
non-PVC medical supplies, although alternatives are not always available.
Eliminating potential risks and liabilities associated with the sale of PVC
medical devices may be consistent with efforts to restore investor
confidence in the company.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the shareholders request the Board of
Directors of Tyco International to adopt a policy of phasing out the
manufacture of PVC-containing or phthalate-containing medical supplies by
its Kendall Healthcare subsidiary where safe alternatives are available.
SUPPORTING STATEMENT
Establishing as a priority the manufacture of blood bags and tubing without
phthalate plasticizers would provide safer patient care in applications
which currently expose patients to the greatest health risks. To implement
this policy, the company might choose to: maintain an inventory of products
which contain PVC or DEHP; investigate and track the availability of
alternatives; establish policies for environmentally preferable
manufacturing; request suppliers and purchasers to aid in the development of
alternatives. By adopting these mechanisms, Tyco will demonstrate that there
is a market for such devices, encourage development and marketing of
additional alternative products, and demonstrate commitment to safe
products.
RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON PROPOSAL NUMBER FOUR
The Board believes that adopting a policy requiring Tyco to phase-out the
production of polyvinyl chloride ("PVC")-containing or phthalate-containing
medical supplies would not be in the best interest of patients, health care
providers, Tyco or its shareholders, and recommends that you vote "AGAINST" the
proposal.
As a supplier of health care products and services, Tyco is committed to
providing life-sustaining medical products and services that can safely and
effectively meet the needs of its health care customers and the patients who
rely on its products. The Board believes that Tyco should have the ability to
choose the most appropriate component materials for its products that would
enable it to achieve this goal. Tyco stays abreast of new developments and
relies on scientific research data to determine the safety of materials used in
its products. Tyco regularly explores alternative materials and will use them
when they are shown to be superior overall to materials currently used.
PVC and di-ethylhexyl-phthalate ("DEHP") have a history of over 40 years of
safe and effective use in a variety of medical products, such as tubing and
solution bags, and have undergone strict regulatory
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review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and many other governmental and
independent health agencies throughout the world. One recent study concerning
the use of PVC in medical products was the American Council on Science and
Health study published in 1999. This study was chaired by former U.S. Surgeon
General C. Everett Koop, and commissioned over 200 physicians and scientists. It
did not find a causal link between DEHP and human health risk. In addition,
numerous scientific studies by organizations such as the World Health
Organization demonstrate that PVC-and DEHP-containing medical products are safe.
Tyco is guided by and follows applicable FDA regulations concerning the medical
products that it manufactures. Tyco believes that the FDA is the proper agency
to determine the safety of such products, and Tyco is committed to the integrity
of that process.
Tyco uses PVC for certain of its medical products because of its clarity,
flexibility, kink-resistance and processability, as well as for its
cost-effectiveness. The disposable medical device industry has looked to PVC
since the 1950s to provide cost-effective engineered solutions for providing and
improving health care delivery. Environmental concerns relating to the
manufacture and disposal of PVC that have arisen in recent years are being
addressed with modern pollution control technologies. Tyco believes that this
combination of proven utility, cost-effectiveness, and environmental progress
are each important considerations in evaluating manufacturing alternatives for
the medical supplies it produces.
Tyco is aware that, in certain cases, alternatives to materials containing
PVC and DEHP may be appropriate for particular applications and therefore merit
investigation. For this reason, Tyco regularly evaluates a variety of materials
and allocates funding for the research and development of non-PVC alternative
polymers and commercial development of non-PVC medical products. Tyco believes
that substitute technology should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis, and, in
circumstances where an alternative material is proven to be superior overall to
PVC and regulatory clearance is obtained, Tyco will offer or convert to the
alternative. In the meantime, however, the Board believes that management must
have the flexibility to use the optimal materials available for any particular
application, consistent with evaluating their health and safety aspects. Tyco
should not be precluded from considering materials that have been found to be
safe, reliable and effective.
For all of these reasons, the Board recommends that you vote against
adopting a policy requiring Tyco to phase out the production of PVC-containing
and phthalate-containing medical supplies.
THE BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE AGAINST THIS SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL.
PROPOSAL NUMBER FIVE--SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REGARDING SHAREHOLDER
APPROVAL OF FUTURE SEVERANCE AGREEMENTS
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
(AFL-CIO) Reserve Fund, 815 Sixteenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006, a
shareholder that as of September 26, 2002 owned 1,200 common shares, has
notified the Tyco of its intention to propose the following resolution at the
Annual General Meeting:
RESOLVED: That the shareholders of Tyco International Ltd. ("Tyco" or the
"Company") urge the Board of Directors to seek shareholder approval for
future severance agreements with senior executives that provide benefits in
an amount exceeding 2.99 times the sum of the executive's base salary plus
bonus. "Future severance agreements" include employment agreements
containing severance provisions; retirement agreements; and agreements
renewing, modifying or extending existing such agreements. "Benefits"
include lump-sum cash payments and the estimated present value of periodic
retirement payments, fringe benefits, perquisites, and consulting fees to be
paid to the executive.
SUPPORTING STATEMENT
On January 22, 2001, Tyco entered into an employment agreement with Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer Dennis Kozlowski. Under this employment
agreement, Kozlowski was promised the
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following severance compensation should he be dismissed without cause or
following a change in control:
- A lump sum of three times his annual salary and bonus;
- Immediate vesting of all stock options and restricted stock;
- A lifetime consulting agreement with the Company;
- Welfare and fringe benefits including access to Company facilities;
- Credit for three additional years of pension service; and
- A tax gross up for any resulting excise taxes.
In our opinion, this severance agreement commonly known as a "golden
parachute" is excessive given the high levels of compensation previously
awarded Kozlowski. According to the Wall Street Journal, this severance
agreement would have paid Kozlowski about $135 million, plus a consulting
retainer of $3.4 million annually for the rest of his life. The Wall Street
Journal calculates that in the past three fiscal years, he has been paid
about $97 million by Tyco in cash, restricted stock and other compensation,
and has reaped $240 million by exercising stock options.
We believe that requiring shareholder approval of such agreements may have
the beneficial effect of insulating the Board of Directors from manipulation
in the event a senior executive's employment must be terminated by the
Company. Because it is not always practical to obtain prior shareholder
approval, the Company would have the option, if it implemented this
proposal, of seeking approval after the material terms of the agreement were
agreed upon.
We are concerned that severance agreements weaken the negotiating position
of the Board of Directors in the event of the need to replace senior
executives. Fortunately for shareholders, Kozlowski voluntarily resigned for
"personal reasons" thereby releasing Tyco from the terms of his severance
agreement. Under the terms of this agreement, Tyco could dismiss Kozlowski
"for cause" only if he was convicted of a "felony that is materially and
demonstrably injurious to the Company" and following a vote of
three-quarters of the entire Board of Directors.
The California Public Employees Retirement System, the Council of
Institutional Investors, and Institutional Shareholder Services generally
favor requiring shareholder approval of these types of severance agreements.
For these reasons we urge shareholders to vote FOR this proposal.
RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON PROPOSAL NUMBER FIVE
For the reasons described below, the Board believes that the shareholder
proposal is not in the best interests of Tyco and its shareholders and therefore
recommends a vote "AGAINST" the proposal.
The Board believes that compensation arrangements with executives, including
severance agreements, should continue to be the responsibility of the Board's
Compensation Committee and the Board as a whole. The Board believes that it is
important to retain the flexibility to enter into executive employment
arrangements, which typically include severance provisions, so that Tyco can
compete effectively in attracting and retaining qualified executives. However,
placing arbitrary ceilings or restrictions on what Tyco may offer as severance
payments or requiring shareholder approval of the terms of each severance
agreement, as would be required under the Proposal, would make it difficult to
attract new executives and to provide a new executive with a competitive
employment package. For example, if Tyco were to delay entering into employment
and severance agreements pending shareholder approval or ratification, highly
sought-after executives could choose to pursue other career opportunities and
competitors could seek to hire prospects away from Tyco. The Board also believes
that, as a practical matter, it is often necessary to maintain confidentiality
as to employment agreement negotiations in order to attract highly-skilled
executives, because potential candidates will not want their current employers
to learn of their job negotiations until they have finalized the terms of a new
employment agreement and Tyco would not want competitors to learn who it is
seeking to hire or the employment terms it is proposing to offer.
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Tyco is transitioning to a new Compensation Committee. The Compensation
Committee, on an ongoing basis, will devote considerable time and effort to
executive compensation issues, including the balance to be struck among various
objectives of Tyco's executive compensation programs. Given the challenges
currently facing Tyco, the Board believes that any requirement to cap the value
of severance provisions or to obtain shareholder approval of severance
provisions would unduly inhibit Tyco's ability to recruit and retain talented
executives by imposing a rigid limitation or a time-consuming procedural
requirement. The Board believes that it is ultimately in the shareholders' best
interests that the responsibility for this ongoing process continues to be
vested in the Compensation Committee and your Board.
THE BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE AGAINST THIS SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL.
PROPOSAL NUMBER SIX--SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REGARDING USE OF STOCK PRICE INDEXED
EXECUTIVE STOCK OPTIONS
United Brotherhood of Carpenters Pension Fund, 101 Constitution Avenue,
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001, a shareholder that as of September 30, 2002 owned
9,028 common shares, has notified Tyco of its intention to propose the following
resolution at the Annual General Meeting:
RESOLVED, that the shareholders of Tyco International Ltd. (the "Company")
request that the Board of Directors adopt an executive compensation policy
that all future stock option grants to senior executives shall be
performance-based. For the purposes of this resolution, a stock option is
performance-based if the option exercise price is indexed or linked to an
industry peer group stock performance index so that the options have value
only to the extent that the Company's stock price performance exceeds the
peer group performance level.
STATEMENT OF SUPPORT
As long-term shareholders of the Company, we support executive compensation
policies and practices that provide challenging performance objectives and
serve to motivate executives to achieve long-term corporate value
maximization goals. We believe that stock option grants can and do often
provide levels of compensation well beyond those merited. Further, we
believe that stock option grants without specific performance-based targets
often reward executives for stock price increases due solely to a general
stock market rise, rather than to extraordinary company performance.
The resolution advocates performance-based stock options. It defines
performance-based stock options as indexed options whose exercise price
moves with an appropriate peer group index composed of a company's primary
competitors. It should be noted that there are other forms of indexed
options that use other types of market indices. The resolution requests that
the Company's Board ensure that future Company stock option plans link the
options exercise price to an industry performance index associated with a
peer group of companies selected by the Board, such as those companies used
in the Company's proxy statement to compare 5 year stock price performance.
Implementing an indexed stock option plan would mean that our Company's
participating executives would receive payouts only if the Company's stock
price performance was better than that of the peer group average. By tying
the exercise price to a market index, indexed options reward participating
executives for outperforming the competition. Indexed options would have
value when our Company's stock price rises in excess of its peer group
average or declines less than its peer group average stock price decline. By
downwardly adjusting the exercise price of the option during a downturn in
the industry, indexed options remove pressure to reprice stock options. In
short, superior performance would be rewarded.
At present, stock options granted by the Company are not indexed to peer
group performance standards. As long-term owners, we feel strongly that our
Company would benefit from the
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implementation of a stock option program that rewarded superior long-term
corporate performance. We urge your support for this important governance
reform.
RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON PROPOSAL NUMBER SIX
Tyco's Board and Compensation Committee strongly support the concept of
performance-based compensation arrangements as a critical component of executive
compensation. However, for the reasons described below, the Board believes that
adopting a policy of linking all future executive stock options to an industry
peer group stock performance index would unduly restrict the Compensation
Committee's choice among performance-based compensation arrangements, and
therefore would not be in the best interests of Tyco's shareholders. The Board
therefore recommends that you vote "AGAINST" the proposal.
The Compensation Committee of the Board reviews, approves and oversees all
of the policies under which compensation is paid to Tyco's executives. The Board
believes that it is important to preserve the flexibility of its compensation
program so that the Compensation Committee can choose incentives that best
balance the variety of goals that Tyco seeks to pursue through its compensation
arrangements. Tyco is transitioning to a newly constituted Compensation
Committee that over the coming year will consider a variety of compensation
arrangements for its executives. In choosing what type of performance-based
compensation scheme to use for its executives, the Committee must consider a
variety of factors, such as what goals the Board has established for management,
tax consequences of various arrangements and competitive practice.
The proposal would limit the Compensation Committee's flexibility by
requiring that stock options be tied to a specific performance measure--a peer
group stock performance index--in a specific way (by tying the exercise price,
rather than amounts granted or the vesting schedules, to a performance measure).
As the Board evaluates Tyco's operations and business goals, the Board believes
that the Compensation Committee should have the flexibility to measure
performance by criteria other than relative stock price performance and to tie
options to these other criteria or to grant traditional fixed-price options and
tie other forms of annual or long-term compensation to performance criteria that
are varied from time to time, as Tyco's goals and challenges change.
In addition, the selection of performance criteria can affect whether
performance-based compensation qualifies for deductibility under
shareholder-approved performance criteria for purposes of Section 162(m) of the
Internal Revenue Code. Under Tyco's existing shareholder-approved compensation
plans, the type of options advocated in the proposal may not be deductible to
Tyco.
Finally, the Board believes that the Compensation Committee should have the
ability to establish compensation policies in light of the competitive
environment in which Tyco must compete for executive talent. Tyco's current
stock option program is the type used by the vast majority of corporations. The
Board believes that limiting the Compensation Committee's ability to design a
compensation system in line with that of other companies could place Tyco at a
competitive disadvantage in recruiting executives.
For all of these reasons, the Board recommends that you vote against
adopting a policy of limiting future stock option grants to price-indexed
options.
THE BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE AGAINST THIS SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL.
PROPOSAL NUMBER SEVEN--SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REGARDING CHANGING TYCO'S
JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
Employees Pension Plan, 1625 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036, a
shareholder that as of September 26, 2002 owned
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424,505 common shares, has notified Tyco of its intention to propose the
following resolution at the Annual General Meeting:
RESOLVED, that the shareholders of Tyco International Ltd. ("Tyco") urge
Tyco's Board of Directors to take the measures necessary to change Tyco's
jurisdiction of incorporation from Bermuda to Delaware.
SUPPORTING STATEMENT
Tyco and its shareholders would benefit if Tyco changed its jurisdiction of
incorporation from Bermuda to Delaware. First, Delaware's corporate laws are
updated to meet changing business needs and are more responsive than Bermuda
law to the needs of shareholders. Delaware is the state of incorporation for
60% of Fortune 500 companies, according to the Delaware Division of
Corporations. We believe that so many companies choose to incorporate in
Delaware because it has an advanced and flexible corporate law, expert
specialized courts dealing with corporate-law issues, a responsive state
legislature and a highly-developed body of case law that allows corporations
and shareholders to understand the consequences of their actions and plan
accordingly. We believe the stability, transparency and predictability of
Delaware's corporate-law framework are superior to Bermuda's and provide
advantages to shareholders.
Second, incorporation in Bermuda makes it more difficult for shareholders to
hold companies, their officers and directors legally accountable in the
event of wrongdoing. Recent events, we think, demonstrate how crucial it is
that, in the event of legal violations by officers or directors,
shareholders have the ability to pursue legal remedies. Unlike both U.S.
federal and Delaware law, class actions are generally not available under
Bermuda law. Under Bermuda law, shareholders have extremely limited ability
to sue officers and directors derivatively, on behalf of the corporation. By
contrast, under Delaware law, shareholders may sue derivatively for, among
other things, breach of fiduciary duty, corporate waste and actions taken in
violation of applicable law.
Third, Delaware law affords shareholders rights not provided under Bermuda
law. Unlike Delaware law, Bermuda law does not require shareholder approval
for a corporation to dispose of all or substantially all of its assets.
Bermuda law does not permit action by written consent of fewer than all
shareholders, while Delaware law does.
Fourth, incorporation in Bermuda may affect the enforceability of judgments
obtained in a U.S. court. A judgment for money damages based on civil
liability rendered by a U.S. court is not automatically enforceable in
Bermuda because the U.S. and Bermuda do not have a treaty providing for
reciprocal enforcement of judgments in civil matters. A Bermuda court may
not recognize a judgment of a U.S. court if it is deemed contrary to Bermuda
public policy, and Bermuda public policy may differ significantly from U.S.
public policy.
RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON PROPOSAL NUMBER SEVEN
The Board believes that it is appropriate to evaluate periodically whether
to reincorporate Tyco from Bermuda and into a different jurisdiction, such as
Delaware or another state in the U.S. To this end, the Board intends to evaluate
the potential benefits, costs and disadvantages of such a move. However, because
the Board presently is newly constituted and has not had the opportunity to
undertake this review, the Board is not in a position to endorse this proposal
to reincorporate into Delaware. Accordingly, the Board recommends that
shareholders vote "AGAINST" this proposal.
Tyco became a Bermuda company in July 1997 when its shareholders approved
its business combination with ADT Limited. ADT Limited was incorporated in
Bermuda in 1984. Although it is domiciled in Bermuda, Tyco is fully subject to
the U.S. securities laws and the rules and regulations of the SEC. Tyco is also
subject to the New York Stock Exchange requirements for listed companies,
including its
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corporate governance provisions. Tyco's extensive facilities and operations in
the U.S. mean that Tyco is not removed from the U.S. legal system: it is
possible for Tyco to be sued in the U.S. and for judgments to be enforced in the
U.S. Likewise, contrary to what is suggested in the proposal, Tyco's
jurisdiction of incorporation has not prevented class action lawsuits from being
asserted against Tyco.
A part of any review on whether to reincorporate into a different
jurisdiction would include evaluating the potential benefits, costs and
disadvantages of remaining a Bermuda company or reincorporating into a different
jurisdiction, the effect that jurisdiction of incorporation has on overall cost
and financial structure, as well as the costs involved in reincorporating into
another jurisdiction. Additional factors for review include any non-financial
implications of its state of incorporation, including the similarities and
differences, if any, of the rights and protections afforded shareholders under
Bermuda law and the laws of U.S.-based jurisdictions, including Delaware.
For the reasons discussed above, the Board recommends that you vote against
the resolution requesting Tyco to change Tyco's jurisdiction of incorporation.
THE BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE AGAINST THIS SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL.
PROPOSAL NUMBER EIGHT--SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REGARDING NON-EXECUTIVE INDEPENDENT
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
Amalgamated Bank LongView Collective Investment Fund and Amalgamated Bank
LongView 1500 Total Market Index Fund, 11-15 Union Square, New York, NY 10003,
shareholders that as of September 26, 2002 own 603,775 and 58,455 common shares,
respectively, have notified Tyco of their intention to propose the following
resolution at the Annual General Meeting:
RESOLVED: The shareholders of Tyco International, Ltd. ("Tyco" or the
"Company") urge the board of directors to amend the bylaws to require that,
effective upon the expiration of the existing employment agreement, an
independent director who has not served as chief executive officer ("CEO")
of the Company shall serve as chairman of the board of directors.
SUPPORTING STATEMENT
The primary purpose of the board of directors is to protect shareholders'
interests by providing independent oversight of management, including the
CEO. Such oversight is important, particularly in light of the recent
controversy surrounding Tyco's former chairman and CEO, L. Dennis Kozlowski.
We believe that separating the roles of chairman and CEO will promote
greater management accountability to Tyco shareholders.
Corporate governance experts have questioned how one person serving as both
chairman and CEO can effectively monitor and evaluate his or her own
performance. The NACD Blue Ribbon Commission on Director Professionalism has
recommended that an independent director should be charged with "organizing
the board's evaluation of the CEO and providing continuous ongoing feedback;
chairing executive sessions of the board; setting the agenda with the CEO,
and leading the board in anticipating and responding to crises."
Many institutional investors believe that a strong, objective board leader
can best provide the necessary oversight of management. Thus, CalPERS'
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CORE PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES states that "the
independence of a majority of the board is not enough" and that "the
leadership of the board must embrace independence, and it must ultimately
change the way in which directors interact with management."
We believe that formally separating the two positions will help enhance
investor confidence in Tyco, which we view as vital in light of the pending
criminal indictments of Mr. Kozlowski and Tyco's former
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chief financial and legal officers, as well as a pending SEC civil fraud
suit. The criminal cases charge Mr. Kozlowski and Mark H. Swartz, the former
CFO, with enterprise corruption, fraud, conspiracy, grand larceny, and other
crimes, and Mark A. Belnick, the former chief corporate counsel, with
falsification of business records.
Messrs. Kozlowski and Swartz are accused of granting themselves hundreds of
millions of dollars in secret low interest and interest-free loans that they
used for personal expenses and of causing Tyco to forgive tens of millions
of dollars, again without disclosure to investors as required by the federal
securities laws.
Tyco has filed its own suit, which is pending, and stated in an SEC filing
that the three former officials engaged in a "pattern of improper and
illegal conduct by which they enriched themselves at the expense of the
Company with no colorable benefit to the Company and concealed their conduct
from the Board and its relevant committees."
We believe that these events call into question the effectiveness of a
governance structure that combined the roles of CEO and chairman in one
person and that a bylaw creating an independent chairman will strengthen the
board's integrity and effectiveness.
We urge a vote FOR this resolution.
RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON PROPOSAL NUMBER EIGHT
The Board strongly endorses the view that one of its primary functions is to
protect shareholders' interests by providing independent oversight of
management, including the CEO. For this reason, the Board concurs with many of
the statements expressed by the proponents in their Supporting Statement above.
However, the Board does not believe that mandating a particular structure, such
as a separate chairman and CEO, is necessary to achieve effective oversight.
Accordingly, for the reasons discussed below, the Board believes that the
shareholder proposal is not in the best interests of Tyco and its shareholders
and therefore recommends a vote "AGAINST" the proposal.
The Board is committed to strong principles of corporate governance. In the
past several months, it has appointed a new senior management team, is
implementing new Board Governance Principles and is transitioning to a newly
constituted Board. The Board currently has a lead independent director and
expects to formalize this arrangement by providing that the independent
directors of the Board, acting in executive session, will elect a lead director,
who will be Chair of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and
facilitate executive sessions of the Board.
The Board believes that it should have the ability to select a style of
leadership, including whether to separate the position of CEO from Board chair,
that is appropriate depending on time and circumstances. Consistent with good
corporate governance principles, the Board expects that its Corporate Governance
and Nominating Committee will review the Board's organization annually and
recommend appropriate changes.
The Board also does not believe that Tyco's past Board structure caused, or
even necessarily contributed to, the irresponsible and deplorable conduct of
Tyco's former executives. Many of America's best-run and most respected
companies are chaired by either current or former executives of those companies,
which would be precluded by the proposal. The Board believes that success is
promoted by active and independent directors and loyal and hard-working
executives who act consistently with a strong set of corporate governance
ethics, rather than a particular Board structure. For the reasons described
above, the Board believes that it is not appropriate to impose an absolute rule
against a current or former chief executive officer serving as Board chairman
and, therefore, opposes the resolution.
THE BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE AGAINST THIS SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL.
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PROPOSAL NUMBER NINE--SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REGARDING OBTAINING ONLY
AUDIT SERVICES FROM TYCO'S INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Pension Benefit Fund, 1125
Fifteenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005, a shareholder that as of
September 27, 2002 owned 169,575 common shares, has notified Tyco of its
intention to propose the following resolution at the Annual General Meeting:
RESOLVED: The shareholders of Tyco International (the "Company") urge the
Board of Directors to adopt a policy that in the future the firm that is
appointed to be the Company's independent accountants will only provide
audit services to the Company and not provide any other services.
SUPPORTING STATEMENT
New disclosure requirements by the Securities and Exchange Commission
required corporations, starting in 2001, to disclose how much they were
paying their "independent" auditors for audit work and how much they were
paying them for "other" work.
The results were startling. Surveys by the Wall Street Journal and the
Investor Responsibility Research Center each found that, on the average,
corporations were paying their "independent" auditors three times more for
"other" work than for their audit work. That raised the obvious concern as
to how "independent" and objective the auditors really were. This concern
was heightened by the subsequent accounting scandals at Enron and WorldCom.
In response to these accounting concerns, President Bush signed into law the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which places restriction on the types of non-audit
services auditors can render in an effort to reduce the conflict of
interests. While the new law is certainly a step in the right direction, it
does contain a potential and serious loophole. The auditors can still render
tax and certain other services as long as they are pre-approved by the audit
committee.
According to this Company's 2002 proxy statement, it paid its auditors
$18.1 million for tax services and $13.2 million for audit services. Such a
disparity in fees does not provide comfort to shareholders concerned about
auditor conflicts of interest.
In light of past criticisms of the lack of transparency of the Company's
financial records and the scandals involving the Company's senior
executives, it is respectfully submitted that this new Board of Directors
could send a positive message to its investors and the public at large by
adopting a policy that in the future its auditors would do no other work for
the Company.
RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON PROPOSAL NUMBER NINE
The Board believes that this proposal would preclude Tyco's independent
auditors from performing services for Tyco even when the Board determines that
those services cannot be performed as effectively by other service providers and
that the services do not raise independence concerns. For the reasons discussed
below, the Board believes that the shareholder proposal is not in the best
interests of Tyco and its shareholders and therefore recommends a vote "AGAINST"
the proposal.
In July 2002, Congress enacted and President Bush signed into law the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. As part of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Congress
determined that independent auditors should not be permitted to provide certain
non-audit services to their audit clients. Yet, after carefully considering the
arguments for and against the provision of non-audit services by independent
auditors, Congress rejected an absolute ban on the provision of non-audit
services. Instead, Congress expressly determined that independent auditors may
provide non-audit services, other than those specifically prohibited, so long as
the services are approved in advance by the audit committee of a company's board
of directors. This determination is reflected in rules being implemented by the
SEC, which will permit independent auditors
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to provide many non-audit services to their clients, provided those services are
approved in advance by the audit committee of a company's board of directors.
Consistent with these provisions, Tyco's Audit Committee is developing
policies and procedures with respect to the pre-approval of any non-audit
services that it may request its independent auditors to provide. Further,
pursuant to existing standards, the Audit Committee and Tyco's independent
auditors periodically discuss the auditors' independence. Taking these
discussions into account, the Audit Committee specifically considers whether the
auditors' provision of non-audit services is compatible with maintaining the
auditors' independence. Moreover, Tyco annually discloses the amount of fees
paid to the independent auditors for non-audit services. The Board believes that
these procedures facilitate Audit Committee oversight and discussion on issues
that might impact the auditors' independence or objectivity.
The law thus provides the Audit Committee flexibility to determine the most
suitable vendor for various non-audit services that Tyco requires. In making
such determinations, the Audit Committee may consider a wide variety of factors,
such as an accounting firm's cost, efficiency, expertise, familiarity with
Tyco's business, and protection of trade secrets and other confidential
information, as well as any potential effects on the independence or objectivity
of Tyco's auditors.
In light of the ability of the Audit Committee to determine that, in some
circumstances, it can be appropriate to use Tyco's independent auditors to
provide non-audit services, as permitted by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and because
Tyco's Board and Audit Committee already monitor closely the independence of
Tyco's auditors, the Board believes it is not prudent for the shareholders to
adopt a comprehensive ban on the provision of all non-audit services. For all of
these reasons, the Board recommends that you vote against adopting a policy
requiring that Tyco's independent auditors provide only audit services to Tyco
and not provide any other services.
THE BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE AGAINST THIS SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL.
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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The following table sets forth the beneficial ownership of Tyco common
shares by (i) those persons known by Tyco to own beneficially more than 5% of
Tyco's outstanding common shares; (ii) each executive officer named in the
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE under "EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION" below; (iii) each
existing director or director nominee; and (iv) all existing directors and
executive officers of Tyco as a group.
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NUMBER OF
COMMON SHARES % OF OUTSTANDING
OWNED COMMON SHARES
BENEFICIAL OWNER BENEFICIALLY(1) OWNED BENEFICIALLY
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AXA Financial, Inc.(2)...................................... 116,829,620 5.9
NEW SENIOR CORPORATE MANAGEMENT TEAM:
Edward D. Breen............................................. 10 *
David J. FitzPatrick........................................ -- --
William B. Lytton........................................... 1,215 *
Eric M. Pillmore............................................ 45,000(3) *
BUSINESS SEGMENT EXECUTIVES:
Jerry R. Boggess............................................ 958,358(4) *
Juergen W. Gromer........................................... 934,967(5) *
Robert P. Mead.............................................. 1,272,858(6) *
Richard J. Meelia........................................... 1,519,512(7) *
FORMER EXECUTIVES:
L. Dennis Kozlowski......................................... 13,731,168(8) *
Mark H. Swartz.............................................. 8,844,745(9) *
CURRENT DIRECTORS:
Richard S. Bodman........................................... 227,913(10) *
George W. Buckley........................................... -- --
John F. Fort III............................................ 186,707(11) *
Stephen W. Foss............................................. 170,147(12) *
Bruce S. Gordon............................................. -- --
John A. Krol................................................ 100 *
Wendy E. Lane............................................... 59,070(13) *
Mackey J. McDonald.......................................... -- --
W. Peter Slusser............................................ 59,810(14) *
Jerome B. York.............................................. 35,000 *
DIRECTOR NOMINEES:
Dennis C. Blair............................................. -- --
Brendan R. O'Neill.......................................... -- --
Sandra S. Wijnberg.......................................... -- --
All current directors and executive officers as a group (18 5,470,667 *
persons)..................................................
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(1) The amounts shown are the number of common shares owned beneficially as of
October 31, 2002 (except for AXA Financial, Inc., where the amounts are as
of February 12, 2002, and Messrs. Kozlowski and Swartz, where the amounts
are as of the date they terminated employment with Tyco) based on
information furnished by the persons named, public filings and Tyco's
records. A person is deemed to be the beneficial owner of common shares if
such person, either alone or with others, has the power to vote or to
dispose of such common shares. Except as otherwise indicated below and
subject to applicable community property laws, each owner has sole voting
and sole investment authority with respect to the common shares listed. To
the extent indicated in the notes below, common shares beneficially owned by
a person include common shares of which the person has the right to acquire
beneficial ownership within 60 days, including under stock options that were
exercisable on October 31, 2002, or that become exercisable within 60 days
after October 31, 2002. There were 1,995,866,326 Tyco common shares
outstanding as of October 31, 2002.
(2) The amount shown and following information is derived from Amendment No. 4
to Schedule 13G dated February 12, 2002 filed jointly on behalf of AXA
Financial, Inc. and five French mutual insurance companies (AXA Assurances
I.A.R.D. Mutuelle, AXA Assurances Vie Mutuelle, AXA Conseil Vie Assurance
Mutuelle, AXA Courtage Assurance Mutuelle and AXA) as a group. According to
the Schedule 13G, each of the French mutual insurance companies and AXA has
sole voting power over 54,730,227 of such common shares, shared voting power
over 27,089,802 of such common shares, sole dispositive power over
116,581,703 of such common shares and shared dispositive power over 247,917
of such common shares. AXA Financial, Inc. has sole voting power over
50,928,674 of such common shares, shared voting power over 27,089,802 of
such common shares, sole dispositive power over 112,792,550 of such common
shares and shared dispositive power over 129,417 of such common shares. The
common shares are beneficially owned directly by AXA entities or
subsidiaries of AXA Financial, Inc. as follows: AXA (30,000 common shares),
AXA Investment Managers Paris (909,750 common shares), AXA Investment
Managers Hong Kong Ltd. (131,310 common shares), AXA Investment Managers
UK Ltd. (2,631,003 common shares), AXA Investment Managers Den Haag (87,090
common shares), AXA Rosenberg Investment Management LLC (118,500 common
shares), Alliance Capital Management L.P. (113,192,054 common shares, which
includes 1,486,100 common shares which may be acquired or disposed of upon
exercise of options) and The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United
States (1,291,013 common shares, which includes 75,000 common shares which
may be acquired or disposed of upon exercise of options). The address of AXA
is 25, avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris, France. In the Schedule 13G, each of
the French mutual insurance companies, collectively, and AXA expressly
declares that the filing shall not be construed as an admission that it is,
for purposes of Section 13(d), the beneficial owner of any securities, and
state that each of the AXA Financial, Inc. subsidiaries operates under
independent management and makes independent decisions. The addresses of the
French mutual companies are as follows: AXA Conseil Vie Assurance Mutuelle,
AXA Assurances I.A.R.D. Mutuelle and AXA Assurances Vie Mutuelle, 370, rue
Saint Honore, 75001 Paris, France; and AXA Courtage Assurance Mutuelle, 26,
rue Louis le Grand, 75002 Paris, France. The address of AXA Financial, Inc.
is 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10104.
(3) Includes 5,000 common shares and 40,000 restricted shares vesting one-third
on each of January 1, 2003, January 1, 2004 and January 1, 2005.
(4) Includes 159,464 common shares personally owned and options to purchase
798,894 common shares.
(5) Includes 286,326 common shares personally owned, including 41,390 unvested
restricted shares, and options to purchase 648,641 common shares.
(6) Includes 371,201 common shares personally owned, including 10,406 unvested
restricted shares, 2,498 common shares owned by Mr. Mead's spouse, and
options to purchase 899,159 common shares.
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(7) Includes 263,571 common shares personally owned, including 7,322 unvested
restricted shares, and options to purchase 1,255,941 common shares.
(8) Includes 1,068,436 common shares personally owned, 1,949,945 shares owned by
DCS Family Partnership L.P. and KFT Family Partnership LP, collectively, and
options to purchase 10,712,787 common shares. The information on
Mr. Kozlowski's beneficial ownership is as of June 3, 2002, and is based on
filings under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Tyco's
records. Tyco has not received information from Mr. Kozlowski as to his
beneficial ownership of common shares. We are seeking disgorgement of all
amounts received by Mr. Kozlowski during the periods shown in the SUMMARY
COMPENSATION TABLE below. See footnote 15 to SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
below.
(9) Includes 1,094,542 common shares personally owned, 469,463 shares owned by
KMS Family Partnership L.P. and by Mr. Swartz's minor children,
collectively, and options to purchase 7,280,740 common shares. The
information on Mr. Swartz's beneficial ownership is as of August 1, 2002,
and is based on filings under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 and Tyco's records. Tyco has not received information from Mr. Swartz
as to his beneficial ownership of common shares. We are seeking disgorgement
of all amounts received by Mr. Swartz during the periods shown in the
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE below. See footnote 16 to SUMMARY COMPENSATION
TABLE below.
(10) Includes 157,260 common shares personally owned and options to purchase
70,653 common shares.
(11) Includes 125,647 common shares personally owned, an aggregate of 7,005
common shares owned by Mr. Fort's spouse, daughter and stepdaughter and
options to purchase 54,055 common shares.
(12) Includes 56,347 common shares personally owned, an aggregate of 52,856
common shares owned by the A.S. Foss Foundation and the Foss Mfg. Co.
pension and options to purchase 60,944 common shares.
(13) Includes 13,152 common shares personally owned and options to purchase
45,918 common shares.
(14) Includes 8,107 common shares personally owned, including 1,794 common
shares owned through the Tyco directors trust and options to purchase 51,703
common shares.
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DIRECTOR AND EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION
DIRECTORS' COMPENSATION
FISCAL 2002 COMPENSATION
The fiscal 2002 compensation package for non-employee directors (other than
Mr. Krol who joined the Board on August 6, 2002) consisted of $80,000 in cash
and 20,000 stock options that vest one year after issuance. Mr. Krol was
entitled to a pro-rata cash fee of $13,333.33 and a pro-rata grant of 3,333
stock options. Directors who are also employees receive no additional
remuneration for services as a director.
For fiscal 2002, directors could make an irrevocable election to receive
some or all of their annual cash remuneration in one or more of the following
forms:
- phantom Tyco common shares under a deferred compensation plan;
- interest in a trust that is invested in Tyco common shares; or
- Tyco stock options.
Under the deferred compensation plan, a director's account is credited with
an amount equal to the dividends on the phantom common shares in the account as
if they were owned. Payments from the account are made in cash in either a lump
sum or up to ten annual installments at the prior election of the director.
Installments may begin at termination of service or, if the director is under
age 70, at a later date not to exceed age 70. In addition, a director may elect
to receive a lump sum payment at least five years after deferral, even if he
remains a director.
Under the trust arrangement, a director is the owner of the common shares
credited to the director's account. The director may vote these common shares,
and the director may withdraw the common shares from the account or sell the
common shares at any time. Any common shares remaining in the account at the
time the director terminates his service on the Board will be distributed to him
at that time.
Under the option-in-lieu-of-fee arrangement, a director is granted a number
of options with a value equal to the amount of cash remuneration foregone by the
director, calculated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.
The fiscal 2002 option grant was made on October 1, 2001, and the options
have an exercise price of $44.70 per share. Mr. Bodman, Mr. Foss, Ms. Lane,
Mr. Slusser and our former directors Lord Ashcroft, Joshua M. Berman, James S.
Pasman, Jr., Frank E. Walsh, Jr. and Joseph F. Welch elected to receive some or
all of their cash retainer for fiscal 2002 in stock options and were granted
options to purchase 4,660 Tyco common shares (2,330 for Mr. Slusser) at an
exercise price of $44.70 per share. Mr. Krol received his pro-rata option grant
of 3,333 options on August 6, 2002, and the options have a vesting date of
August 6, 2003. In addition, Mr. Krol elected to receive his pro-rata cash
remuneration in the form of an award of 777 options (100% vested but not
exercisable until August 6, 2003). These options have an exercise price of
$12.97. Under the terms of the director restoration option described below,
Mr. Walsh received 13,105 options on December 18, 2001 with an exercise price of
$56.09 and an expiration date equal to that of the options they restored.
Mr. Foss also received a restoration option grant for 10,471 options on
September 21, 2001 with an exercise price of $40.77 and an expiration date equal
to that of the options they restored. Mr. Slusser also received a restoration
option grant for 2,467 options on December 13, 2001 with an exercise price of
$54.35 and expiration date equal to that of the options they restored. Upon his
departure from the Board effective February 21, 2002, the grant of 20,000
options for Mr. Walsh was cancelled.
All options are granted under the Tyco International Ltd. Long Term
Incentive Plan and, except in the case of restoration options, have a term of
ten years from date of grant. Each option provides for an automatic grant of a
restoration option to the extent the director uses Tyco common shares towards
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payment of his/her option exercise price. Restoration options have a term ending
on the expiration date of the options they restore.
In fiscal 2002, some of the Board members had taxable compensation for
personal use of company aircraft. If the personal use was to take their spouse
to a Board meeting at the invitation of Tyco, Tyco approved the gross-up of this
income; otherwise, the amount was not grossed-up. The taxable income amounts are
as follows: Mr. Berman: $1,466.58 and gross-up of $542.43; Mr. Foss: $3,978.99
and gross-up of $443.71; Ms. Lane: $1,348.57 and gross-up of $498.79; and
Mr. Slusser: $600.37 and gross-up of $222.05.
For the period from June 3, 2002 through the appointment of Tyco's new
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in July 2002, Mr. Fort assumed
responsibility for the duties of an interim chief executive officer. Mr. Fort
was not an employee on Tyco's payroll, but the Board voted to pay Mr. Fort
$600,000 for his service and for his on-going work during a transition period
after Mr. Breen was named Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Berman was a director of Tyco until December 5, 2002. From March 1, 2000
through July 31, 2002, Mr. Berman was engaged to render legal and other
services. During this period, Tyco compensated Mr. Berman at an annual rate of
$360,000 and provided Mr. Berman with health benefits, secretarial assistance, a
cell phone and electronic security services for his homes.
FISCAL 2003 COMPENSATION
Board remuneration for fiscal 2003 was set at $80,000, payable at the
monthly rate of $6,666.66 for each full month on the Board and pro-rated for the
number of days on the Board if the director begins or ends Board service during
the month, and 20,000 stock options that will vest one year after issuance. On
October 2, 2002, Mr. Krol was granted a stock option with respect to
compensation for fiscal 2003 at an exercise price of $13.45 per share. On
January 15, 2003, Messrs. McDonald, Buckley, York and Gordon received stock
options for fiscal 2003 at an exercise price of $17.80. Directors who join the
Board after January 15, 2003 will be granted their stock options with respect to
compensation for fiscal 2003 on the date they become Board members. All options
granted to Board members will have an exercise price equal to the average of the
high and low sale price of a Tyco common share reported for the date of grant.
Directors who are not standing for re-election were not given option grants for
fiscal 2003. The Board may in the future determine to grant additional options
or other equity compensation as a component of director compensation and/or to
adjust directors' cash remuneration.
FISCAL 2002 BOARD MEETINGS
The Board of Directors held sixteen (16) meetings during fiscal 2002. During
the periods that he or she served, each director attended at least 75% of the
aggregate of: (1) the number of Board meetings held during the period in which
he or she was a director and (2) the number of meetings of all committees on
which he or she served.
BOARD COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Fiscal 2002 was a difficult, yet pivotal, year for Tyco. On June 3, 2002, L.
Dennis Kozlowski resigned as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Tyco on the
eve of his indictment. On September 17, 2002, Tyco reported on a Form 8-K that
its former Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Corporate
Counsel had engaged in improper conduct that was concealed from the Board and
this Committee. The actions taken by, and the compensation of, Tyco's former
management have been the subject of both internal and external investigations.
Actions taken by Tyco to address these issues include legal proceedings against
its former Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer for breach of
fiduciary duties, fraud and other wrongful conduct, and against the former Chief
Corporate Counsel for breach of fiduciary duty and other wrongful conduct,
including using company funds for personal gain.
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During fiscal 2002 and the beginning of fiscal 2003, an entirely new senior
corporate management team has been put in place. Edward D. Breen became Tyco's
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer effective July 25, 2002. The
Board selected Mr. Breen for, among other reasons, his record of proven
leadership, as well as his ability to handle complex and difficult business
challenges, to create effective problem-solving strategies, and to take decisive
action. Subsequent to Mr. Breen's joining Tyco, the following executive officers
also joined Tyco during fiscal 2002: David J. FitzPatrick, Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer; William B. Lytton, Executive Vice
President and General Counsel; and Eric M. Pillmore, Senior Vice President,
Corporate Governance. In addition, Mackey J. McDonald, who was appointed a
director of Tyco on November 18, 2002, has been named by the Board to be the new
chair of the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee is confident
that the new leadership team will restore Tyco as a strong, viable company that
adheres to strict corporate governance.
COMPENSATION FOR FISCAL 2002
During fiscal year 2002, the elements of Tyco's compensation program for its
senior executives were base salary, annual incentive bonus opportunity and
long-term equity-based incentive compensation. The annual incentive bonus
opportunities for division presidents were based upon the Compensation
Committee's and senior management's assessment of the respective divisions'
financial performance, evaluated in terms of earnings before interest and taxes
("EBIT") and free cash flow. As in prior years, a portion of annual bonuses was
paid in shares and a portion was payable in cash. Cash bonuses were determined
after Tyco filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2002 so that final
bonus determinations reflected any required adjustments to the financial
statements. In some instances, annual bonuses were reduced by the Compensation
Committee in consultation with new management based on subjective assessments of
performance. The Compensation Committee also approved or awarded certain
discretionary bonuses to division executives in recognition of special
achievement. The cash bonuses paid to the new senior corporate management team
for fiscal 2002 were primarily in the form of (i) sign-on bonuses designed to
compensate these executives for awards and other compensation that they
forfeited under their prior employers' programs when they determined to join
Tyco, and (ii) minimum guaranteed bonuses under their employment agreements that
were provided in recognition of the fact that there may be a delay before
long-term corporate performance reflects their contributions to Tyco.
In 2002, the Compensation Committee utilized a number of long-term
equity-based incentive compensation arrangements. The Compensation Committee
believes equity-based incentive compensation ties executive interests to
shareholder interests in several ways: (i) the lapse of restrictions on
restricted shares and the number of shares earned can be correlated to
achievement of performance objectives, (ii) the use of a multi-year vesting
schedule for equity awards encourages executive retention and emphasizes
long-term growth, and (iii) the value of the equity award is ultimately
determined by the future performance of Tyco as reflected by its share price. In
addition, the Compensation Committee believes that by paying a significant
portion of management's compensation in Tyco equity, management has a strong
interest in increasing shareholder value. Stock option and restricted share
awards for executive officers and divisional presidents in fiscal 2002 are
generally reflective of salary level, position and individual contribution,
taking into account share awards to executives at comparable positions at other
large diversified manufacturing companies. For awards to new executive officers
who were hired during the year, option grants consisted of both sign-on grant
and annual grant components, based on the same considerations reflected in their
bonuses. In addition, in lieu of restricted share grants, Tyco granted deferred
share units to Messrs. Breen, Fitzpatrick and Lytton. As explained further under
"Chief Executive Officer Compensation" below, these awards are designed to focus
management on both obtaining and maintaining long-term corporate performance.
The Compensation Committee exercises subjective judgment and discretion in
applying the above criteria and its general compensation objectives and policies
to determine individual equity awards.
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The Compensation Committee has retained outside consultants to complete a
formal review of compensation levels and strategy that will take into account
current cash compensation, annual incentive bonuses, and long-term equity-based
incentive compensation. Tyco is committed to hiring and retaining the best
executive talent, and paying competitively to keep and motivate its talented
executives when such pay is merited by performance.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION
In connection with Mr. Breen's employment, Tyco entered into the employment
agreement described on page 44. The terms and conditions of the employment
agreement were unanimously approved by the Compensation Committee and Board
after consideration of Mr. Breen's qualifications and experience, his previous
compensation levels, foregone awards and other compensation at his prior
employer, and the competitive marketplace for executive talent at large
industrial companies. The Compensation Committee and Board also took into
consideration the unique challenges facing Tyco's new Chief Executive Officer,
and the need to name an executive who had both a strong record of success and
whose reputation for personal and professional integrity were unassailable.
Under the employment agreement, Mr. Breen is entitled to an annual salary of
$1,500,000, and for fiscal 2002 to a pro-rated bonus of $279,452. In addition,
Mr. Breen received a one-time sign-on bonus of $3,500,000. For fiscal 2003,
Mr. Breen is entitled to a minimum cash bonus of $1,500,000. Mr. Breen was also
provided the equity awards described on page 40 of 7,350,000 stock options, with
vesting of 3,350,000 options over a period of three years and the balance over a
period of five years, and 1,350,000 deferred share units, with vesting of
350,000 units over a period of three years and the balance over a period of five
years. The vesting of equity awards over a period of three to five years is
designed to encourage retention and an emphasis on long-term growth. In
addition, Mr. Breen's options were granted with an exercise price approximately
18% above the average of the high and low sale price reported for the date of
grant, to further the goal of long-term stock price appreciation. The deferred
share units awarded to Mr. Breen and other members of senior management also are
designed to further the goal of aligning Tyco's senior management team with
long-term shareholders. Once the deferred share units have vested, they are
settled through the issuance of shares only upon the executive's termination of
employment, thereby motivating management to both achieve and maintain long-term
stock price performance. The Compensation Committee believes the substantial
equity awards were warranted and necessary in order to attract an executive of
the highest caliber, and to provide a strong incentive to increase shareholder
value.
For fiscal 2002, Mr. Kozlowski was paid $1,327,500 pursuant to the Retention
Agreement described on page 48. Mr. Kozlowski was also granted the equity award
described on page 40, which include a grant of 600,000 performance-based
restricted shares on October 1, 2001, and, in accordance with the Retention
Agreement, a grant of 800,000 time-based restricted shares on January 22, 2002.
Mr. Kozlowski forfeited 1,105,065 of these shares upon termination of his
employment. Mr. Kozlowski also received an option grant for 3,000,000 shares on
October 1, 2001, which was forfeited on his termination of employment. These
payments and awards were made before the improper conduct of the former Chief
Executive Officer and his related misuse of company funds became known to
members of the Compensation Committee.
Some of the amounts and benefits received or obtained by Mr. Kozlowski and
by Mark H. Swartz, our former Chief Financial Officer, were obtained without
authorization from the Board or this Compensation Committee, or may have been
obtained without proper documentation under then-existing company policies. Tyco
has filed a civil complaint against Mr. Kozlowski for breach of fiduciary duty
and other wrongful conduct. The action alleges that Mr. Kozlowski
misappropriated millions of dollars from our Key Employee Loan Program and
relocation program; awarded millions of dollars in unauthorized bonuses to
himself and other Tyco employees; engaged in improper self-dealing real estate
transactions involving Tyco assets; and conspired with certain other former Tyco
employees in committing these acts. Tyco also has filed an arbitration claim
against Mr. Swartz. The action alleges that Mr. Swartz breached his fiduciary
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duties and otherwise engaged in wrongful conduct relating to his employment by
Tyco and misappropriated Tyco funds and other assets and seeks to recover from
Mr. Swartz all damages suffered by Tyco as a result of such breach, wrongful
conduct and misappropriation. In these proceedings, we are seeking disgorgement
of all amounts received by Messrs. Kozlowski and Swartz during the periods shown
in the SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE. More information with respect to these
unauthorized payments and benefits was reported on September 17, 2002 in a
Current Report on Form 8-K and is set forth in Item 3 "Legal Proceedings" of our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2002 and in
the caption entitled "Related Party Transactions" below.
For the period of June 3, 2002 to July 25, 2002, John F. Fort III, who was
serving as Lead Director of the Board, also acted as interim chief executive
officer of Tyco. Mr. Fort was not an employee on Tyco's payroll but received
compensation from Tyco of $600,000 for serving in this position and for
providing subsequent transition services.
CERTAIN OTHER EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
In connection with recruiting and hiring Messrs. FitzPatrick, Lytton and
Pillmore, Tyco entered into the employment agreements described starting on page
44. The terms and conditions of the employment agreements were unanimously
approved by the Compensation Committee and the Board, and by Mr. Breen. The
employment agreements provide these executives with sign-on bonuses and equity
awards for the reasons noted above.
APPLICABLE TAX CODE PROVISION
Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code limits the amount of
compensation that may be deducted by Tyco with respect to each named officer to
$1,000,000, except that this limitation does not apply to compensation that is
considered to be performance-based and does not apply to an executive after the
executive ceases to be employed. Tyco's Long Term Incentive Plan, as amended
May 12, 1999 and approved by Tyco's shareholders, has been structured so that
compensation realized by executives upon their exercise of options granted under
that plan can qualify as performance-based compensation. The employment
agreements for Messrs. Breen, FitzPatrick, Lytton and Pillmore provide for
minimum guaranteed bonuses for fiscal 2003 and other awards and payments that
are not considered performance-based, which, as noted above, the Compensation
Committee believes were necessary to attract these executives to Tyco. The
Compensation Committee believes that in light of the circumstances affecting
Tyco in fiscal 2002, and taking into account the non-deductibility of those
arrangements, it was in the best interest of Tyco and its shareholders to pay
executive compensation the Committee deemed necessary and appropriate to attract
outstanding executives who are well equipped to address the challenges facing
Tyco.
Submitted by the Compensation Committee
Stephen W. Foss, Chairman
W. Peter Slusser
Dated January 15, 2003
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COMPENSATION POLICY FOR FISCAL 2003 AND SUBSEQUENT YEARS
The Board is taking this opportunity to initiate a policy of periodically
reviewing, evaluating and enhancing Tyco's governance processes. As part of this
process, it is expected that the Board will review and update the written
charter for the Compensation Committee that will clearly set forth the
Committee's objectives and responsibilities. The Compensation Committee is
already in the process of reviewing Tyco's overall compensation philosophy, and
proposing new short-term and long-term incentive compensation programs for
senior executives of Tyco and its subsidiaries that reflect the values and goals
of the new Tyco. Consistent with this overall philosophy, it is expected that
significant changes will be implemented for fiscal 2003. While overall
compensation will continue to be competitive on an industry-wide basis, it is
anticipated that there will be a reduction in the targeted level of annual cash
incentive awards.
The Compensation Committee will be guided by the principle that its total
compensation program must be competitive, and must provide significant rewards
for outstanding financial performance while establishing clear consequences for
under-performance. It is anticipated that future bonus awards for divisional
executives will take into account Tyco's overall performance as well as
divisional and individual objectives and that long-term awards will be aligned
to shareholder return. Annual bonus and long-term awards for senior corporate
management will take into account not only objective financial goals and
enhanced shareholder value, but also individual performance goals that reinforce
core values of the new Tyco.
Mackey J. McDonald, Chair Designate
Dated January 15, 2003
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION
Messrs. Foss, Pasman, Slusser and Welch served as members of the
Compensation Committee during fiscal 2002. Mr. Foss is the owner of a corporate
aircraft that Tyco leased from him starting in May 2001 after seeking
competitive bids, of which Mr. Foss's bid was considered the most competitive
given anticipated usage. Tyco paid Mr. Foss and a company of which he is
president an aggregate of $587,000 in lease payments for Tyco's use of the
aircraft and its pilots in fiscal 2002. These leasing arrangements were
terminated as of September 30, 2002.
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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
The table below presents the annual and long-term compensation for services
in all capacities to Tyco and its subsidiaries for the periods shown for our new
senior management team, our executives who oversee our business segments and
certain former executive officers (collectively, the "Named Officers"). As
detailed below, some of the amounts and benefits received or obtained by L.
Dennis Kozlowski, our former Chief Executive Officer, and Mark H. Swartz, our
former Chief Financial Officer, were obtained without authorization from our
Board or Compensation Committee, and thus do not constitute compensation
properly paid to such former executive officers for services to Tyco and its
subsidiaries, or may have been obtained without proper documentation under then
existing company policies. More information with respect to these unauthorized
payments and benefits was reported on September 17, 2002 in a Current Report on
Form 8-K and is set forth in Item 3 "Legal Proceedings" of our Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2002 and in the caption
entitled "Related Party Transactions" below.
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ANNUAL COMPENSATION(1) LONG TERM COMPENSATION
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COMMON
SHARES
UNDERLYING
RESTRICTED STOCK STOCK OPTIONS
NAME & PRINCIPAL OTHER ANNUAL /STOCK UNITS (# OF COMMON
POSITION YEAR SALARY(2) BONUS(3) COMPENSATION(4) ($VALUE)(5) SHARES)
- ---------------- -------- ---------- ------------- ------------------ ----------------- -----------------
NEW SENIOR CORPORATE
MANAGEMENT TEAM
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Edward D. Breen(7)........ 2002 $ 278,846 $ 3,779,452 $ 17,314 $ 11,427,750 7,350,000
CHAIRMAN & CEO, TYCO
INTERNATIONAL LTD.
David J. FitzPatrick(8)... 2002 $ 25,962 $ 500,000 $ 405 $ 3,257,000 1,650,000
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
AND CFO, TYCO
INTERNATIONAL LTD.
William B. Lytton(9)...... 2002 $ 2,500 $ 250,000 -- $ 2,064,750 665,000
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
AND GENERAL COUNSEL,
TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD.
Eric M. Pillmore(10)...... 2002 $ 66,987 $ 220,832 $ 7,453 $ 495,800 300,000
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE,
TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD.
BUSINESS SEGMENT
EXECUTIVES
- --------------------------
Jerry R. Boggess.......... 2002 $ 650,000 $ 2,201,230 $ 164,669 -- 641,796
PRESIDENT, TYCO FIRE & 2001 $ 600,000 7,946,791 101,726 -- 408,218
SECURITY SERVICES 2000 $ 550,000 874,083 79,224 -- 500,644
Juergen W. Gromer(11)..... 2002 $ 695,500 $ 3,392,059 -- -- 600,000
PRESIDENT, TYCO 2001 $ 660,000 $ 6,857,575 -- -- 424,261
ELECTRONICS 2000 $ 625,000 $ 12,886,945 -- -- 474,380
Robert P. Mead(12)........ 2002 $ 550,000 $ 2,157,638 $ 15,097 -- 620,000
PRESIDENT, TYCO
ENGINEERED PRODUCTS &
SERVICES
Richard J. Meelia......... 2002 $ 669,135 $ 4,330,199 $ 233,788 -- 696,970
PRESIDENT, TYCO 2001 $ 624,519 $ 11,887,909 $ 151,578 -- 264,607
HEALTHCARE & SPECIALTY 2000 $ 600,000 $ 1,574,878 $ 174,075(18) -- 128,800
PRODUCTS
FORMER EXECUTIVES(13)
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John F. Fort III(14)...... 2002 $ 600,000 -- -- -- --
FORMER LEAD DIRECTOR,
TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD.
L. Dennis Kozlowski(15)... 2002 $1,327,500 -- $ 2,719,133 $ 66,991,000 3,404,000
FORMER CHAIRMAN & CEO 2001 $1,650,000 $ 4,000,000(17) $ 3,385,837(19) $ 30,398,880 1,439,135
TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD. 2000 $1,350,000 $ 2,800,000 $ 2,320,650(19) $ 21,207,540 5,357,798
Mark H. Swartz(16)........ 2002 $ 971,122 -- $ 1,271,897 $ 38,486,500 1,703,186
FORMER EXECUTIVE VICE 2001 $ 968,750 $ 2,500,014(17) $ 1,535,151(20) $ 15,199,440 788,425
PRESIDENT & CFO TYCO 2000 $ 768,750 $ 1,400,000 $ 632,836(20) $ 10,603,770 2,692,649
INTERNATIONAL LTD.
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LONG TERM COMPENSATION
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NAME & PRINCIPAL ALL OTHER
POSITION COMPENSATION (6)
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NEW SENIOR CORPORATE
MANAGEMENT TEAM
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Edward D. Breen(7)........ $ 19,014
CHAIRMAN & CEO, TYCO
INTERNATIONAL LTD.
David J. FitzPatrick(8)... $ 449
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
AND CFO, TYCO
INTERNATIONAL LTD.
William B. Lytton(9)...... --
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
AND GENERAL COUNSEL,
TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD.
Eric M. Pillmore(10)...... $ 8,271
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE,
TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD.
BUSINESS SEGMENT
EXECUTIVES
- --------------------------
Jerry R. Boggess.......... $ 601,498
PRESIDENT, TYCO FIRE & $ 87,774(21)
SECURITY SERVICES $ 8,708,533(21)
Juergen W. Gromer(11)..... --
PRESIDENT, TYCO $ 256
ELECTRONICS --
Robert P. Mead(12)........ $ 208,790
PRESIDENT, TYCO
ENGINEERED PRODUCTS &
SERVICES
Richard J. Meelia......... $ 615,797
PRESIDENT, TYCO $ 79,462
HEALTHCARE & SPECIALTY $ 221,400
PRODUCTS
FORMER EXECUTIVES(13)
- --------------------------
John F. Fort III(14)...... --
FORMER LEAD DIRECTOR,
TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD.
L. Dennis Kozlowski(15)... $ 5,595,619
FORMER CHAIRMAN & CEO $ 2,742,363(22)
TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD. $ 387,547(22)
Mark H. Swartz(16)........ $ 37,246,867
FORMER EXECUTIVE VICE $ 1,297,478(23)
PRESIDENT & CFO TYCO $ 122,195(23)
INTERNATIONAL LTD.
</Table>
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(1) Under the Tyco Deferred Compensation Plan, the total amount of salary and
bonus that has been deferred for fiscal 2002 is as follows:
Mr. Boggess--$325,276; Mr. Meelia--$231,490; and Mr. Swartz-$564,375 (which
was distributed to Mr. Swartz pursuant to his severance agreement described
below under the subcaption entitled "--Employment, Retention and Severance
Agreements"). The amounts shown in the table include the amounts deferred.
We are seeking disgorgement of all amounts received by Mr. Swartz during the
periods shown in this table. See footnote 16 below.
(2) The salaries shown for Messrs. Breen, FitzPatrick, Lytton and Pillmore are
the amounts paid or accrued from the date of hire through September 30,
2002.
(3) The bonus amounts shown in the table for Messrs. Breen and Pillmore include
a sign-on bonus and a pro-rated fiscal 2002 bonus, each of which was paid
pursuant to the terms of their employment agreement. The bonus amounts shown
in the table for Messrs. FitzPatrick and Lytton are sign-on bonuses.
Mr. Pillmore's sign-on bonus includes a gross-up of $55,763 so that the net
payment was $100,000. The bonus amounts shown for Messrs. Boggess, Mead,
Meelia and Dr. Gromer for fiscal 2002 reflect payments based on the
performance during fiscal 2002 of the segment headed by the executives, and,
in the cases of Mr. Boggess and Dr. Gromer, as reduced by the Compensation
Committee in consultation with new management. A portion of the bonus
amounts for Messrs. Boggess, Mead, Meelia and Dr. Gromer for fiscal 2002 was
paid in the form of Tyco common shares. The number of common shares earned
for fiscal 2002 was based on quarterly business segment performance. The
total number of bonus common shares earned by each business segment
president for fiscal 2002 is as follows: Mr. Boggess--22,631 common shares;
Dr. Gromer--25,610 common shares; Mr. Mead--29,185 common shares; and
Mr. Meelia--47,702 common shares. The amounts listed in the table include
the fair market value of the common shares on the dates such common shares
vested ($47.945 on January 15, 2002; $21.585 on April 25, 2002; $11.43 on
July 23, 2002 and $17.80 on January 15, 2003). Dr. Gromer's bonus for fiscal
2001 includes a bonus of $4,000,000 paid in November 2001 and 35,000 shares
vested in January 2002 that were initially categorized as a special bonus
for retention purposes and for managing a significant cost reduction program
for Tyco's electronics segment during fiscal 2001, but was part of his
fiscal 2001 performance bonus. The value of the share bonus is based on the
fair market value of shares on January 30, 2002 of $31.645.
(4) Includes various perquisites and personal benefits if the amount exceeds
$50,000 in any year, in addition to specifically noting tax gross-up
payments and interest credited on deferred compensation in excess of 120% of
the applicable federal long-term rate. Messrs. Breen, FitzPatrick and
Pillmore received tax gross-ups for living expenses in New York (see ALL
OTHER COMPENSATION column). The amounts shown represent their respective
estimated tax gross-ups for the period through the end of fiscal 2002. The
amounts shown in the table for fiscal 2002 include the personal use of
company cars and aircraft of $107,114 for Mr. Kozlowski and $100,827 for
Mr. Swartz valued at the rates prescribed under applicable IRS regulations;
interest credited on deferred compensation in excess of 120% of the
applicable federal long-term rate of $160,136 for Mr. Boggess, $15,097 for
Mr. Mead, $211,158 for Mr. Meelia, $166,464 for Mr. Kozlowski and $101,347
for Mr. Swartz; tax gross-ups related to perquisites of $4,533 for
Mr. Boggess and $22,631 for Mr. Meelia; reimbursement for New York state
taxes of $450,000 for Mr. Kozlowski and $419,287 for Mr. Swartz; tax
gross-ups on a portion of the executive life insurance premiums shown in the
ALL OTHER COMPENSATION column of $915,608 for Mr. Kozlowski and $480,534 for
Mr. Swartz; use and maintenance of apartments in New York in the amount of
$649,217 for Mr. Kozlowski and $130,661 for Mr. Swartz; and other
miscellaneous perquisites or other personal benefits for Mr. Kozlowski of
$430,730 and for Mr. Swartz of $39,241. We are seeking disgorgement of all
amounts received by Mr. Kozlowski and Mr. Swartz during the periods shown in
this table. See footnotes 15 and 16 below.
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(5) Amounts set forth in the restricted share awards column include grants of
restricted shares and deferred share units. Under the terms of his
employment agreement, Mr. Breen was granted awards of deferred share units
("DSU") corresponding to 1,000,000 and 350,000 common shares. The larger
award vests one-fifth on each anniversary of the grant date and the other
award vests one-third on each anniversary of the grant date.
Messrs. FitzPatrick and Lytton were also awarded DSU's corresponding to
200,000 and 150,000 common shares respectively. These awards vest one-third
on each anniversary of the grant date. DSU's are credited with dividend
equivalents on the same date and amount as dividends are paid on Tyco common
shares. The value of the dividend equivalents will be used to credit
additional DSU's to the executive's DSU account. DSU's are settled by
issuance of common shares upon the executive's termination of employment.
The amount listed in the table reflects the fair market value of the DSU's
on the date they were granted (based on a share price of $8.465 on July 25,
2002 for Mr. Breen, $16.285 on September 18, 2002 for Mr. FitzPatrick, and
$13.765 on September 30, 2002 for Mr. Lytton). Mr. Pillmore was granted
40,000 restricted shares vesting one-third on each of January 1, 2003,
January 1, 2004, and January 1, 2005. The amount listed in the table
reflects the fair market value of the common shares on the date they were
granted (based on a common shares price of $12.395 on August 12, 2002).
Dividends are payable on the restricted shares. The fiscal year-end value of
DSU's and restricted share holdings calculated using the share price of
$13.765, which is the average of the high and low sale price of Tyco common
shares on September 30, 2002, is $18,582,750 for Mr. Breen, $2,753,000 for
Mr. FitzPatrick, $2,064,750 for Mr. Lytton and $550,600 for Mr. Pillmore.
Messrs. Kozlowski and Swartz, respectively, were granted 600,000 and 300,000
performance-based restricted shares on October 1, 2001. Common shares were
issued under the restricted share program whereby specific performance
criteria determine the number of common shares that vest for the fiscal
year. If the performance criteria are not met, resulting in some or all of
the common shares not being earned (I.E., not vesting) within a three-year
period, those common shares are forfeited and must be returned to Tyco. In
addition, in accordance with their retention agreements, Messrs. Kozlowski
and Swartz were granted 800,000 and 500,000 time-based restricted shares on
January 22, 2002. The value shown is the fair market value on the dates of
the grants ($45.105 for the October 1, 2001 grant and $49.91 for the
January 22, 2002 grant). Mr. Kozlowski forfeited 1,105,065 of these common
shares upon termination of his employment. Under the terms of his retention
agreement, Mr. Swartz would have vested in all remaining common shares upon
a resignation for good reason (as defined therein). We are seeking
disgorgement of all amounts received by Messrs. Kozlowski and Swartz during
the periods shown in the table. See footnotes 15 and 16 below.
(6) The total amounts shown in the table for fiscal 2002 for Messrs. Breen,
FitzPatrick and Pillmore represent amounts paid by Tyco or reimbursed to
these executives for living expenses in the New York area while working in
the New York office. The amounts shown in the table for Messrs. Boggess,
Mead, Meelia, Kozlowski and Swartz reflect Tyco contributions made on their
behalf under Tyco's qualified and non-qualified defined contribution plans,
as follows:
<Table>
<Caption>
COMPANY MATCHING CONTRIBUTION COMPANY CONTRIBUTION
NAME (QUALIFIED PLAN) (NON-QUALIFIED PLAN)
- ---- ----------------------------- --------------------
Mr. Boggess.................................... $16,000 $581,992
Mr. Mead....................................... $16,000 $190,990
Mr. Meelia..................................... $13,681 $598,469
Mr. Kozlowski.................................. $16,000 $443,200
Mr. Swartz..................................... $ 7,431 $243,657
</Table>
The amount shown in the table for Mr. Boggess also includes an Employee
Stock Purchase Plan company match of $2,700, taxable life insurance of $422 and
the economic value of split dollar life insurance of $384. The amount shown in
the table for Mr. Mead also includes an Employee Stock Purchase Plan company
match of $1,800. The amount shown in the table for Mr. Meelia also includes an
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Employee Stock Purchase Plan company match of $1,950 and taxable life insurance
premium of $1,697. The amounts shown in the table for Messrs. Kozlowski and
Swartz also include executive life insurance premiums of $5,136,419 and
$2,610,452, respectively. In addition, in fiscal 2002 Mr. Swartz received a lump
sum payment of $24,554,078, which represented a buy-out of the future funding
obligation under the executive life insurance policy (See "Former Executive Life
Insurance" on page 44), $756,250 in consulting fees and $9,075,000 in severance.
See the description of Mr. Swartz's severance agreement under the subcaption
"Employment, Retention and Severance Agreements" on page 49. We are seeking
disgorgement of all amounts received by Messrs. Kozlowski and Mr. Swartz during
the periods shown in the table. See footnotes 15 and 16 below.
(7) Mr. Breen became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Tyco on July 25,
2002.
(8) Mr. FitzPatrick became Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
of Tyco on September 18, 2002.
(9) Mr. Lytton became Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Tyco on
September 30, 2002.
(10) Mr. Pillmore became Senior Vice President of Corporate Governance of Tyco
on August 12, 2002.
(11) Dr. Gromer's salary and bonus are set in US Dollars, but are converted into
and paid in Euros. For fiscal 2002, Dr. Gromer's base salary was $695,500,
which at the time it was set converted into E790,409.
(12) Mr. Mead was named as an executive officer in July 2002. The amount in the
table reflects his compensation for all of fiscal 2002.
(13) Executive compensation reported for fiscal 2000 did not include
compensation paid to, and amounts received or obtained by, Mark A. Belnick,
our former Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Counsel. Tyco has
alleged that Messrs. Kozlowski and Belnick conspired to manipulate internal
documents so as to avoid disclosing Mr. Belnick's compensation for fiscal
2000. Had such amounts been included in our proxy statement for fiscal 2000,
they would have been as follows: Salary--$737,500; Bonus--$4,000,000; Other
Annual Compensation--$200,254 (including executive life insurance premiums
of $2,769 and a tax gross-up on forgiveness of mortgage loans of $197,485);
Restricted Share Grant $14,009,000 (representing the value of an aggregate
of 300,000 restricted shares calculated using the average of the high and
low sale prices of Tyco common shares on the dates of grant); Common Shares
Underlying Options--211,012 Tyco options and 100,000 options to purchase
shares of Tycom Ltd.; and All Other Compensation--$293,115 (including a
qualified plan contribution of $8,500 and a non-qualified plan contribution
of $102,750, forgiveness on mortgage loans in the amount of $179,990 and an
award of 50 common shares having a fair market value of $1,875 on the date
of grant). We have filed a civil complaint against Mr. Belnick for breach of
fiduciary duty and other wrongful conduct. The action alleges that
Mr. Belnick solicited and accepted cash and stock bonuses without Board
approval; took interest-free loans from our relocation program without Board
approval; failed to disclose to the Board and to the SEC his retention
agreement and compensation; failed to advise the Board of the improper
conduct of other officers; refused to cooperate with internal
investigations; and engaged in other improper conduct. We are seeking
disgorgement of all amounts received by Mr. Belnick during such period. More
information with respect to this action was reported on September 17, 2002
in a Current Report on Form 8-K and is set forth in Item 3 "Legal
Proceedings" of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
September 30, 2002 and in the caption entitled "Related Party Transactions"
below.
(14) Mr. Fort was Tyco's Lead Director until August 2002. He assumed
responsibility for the duties of an interim chief executive officer from
June 3, 2002 until the appointment of Tyco's new Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer in July 2002 and performed other services during a
transition period from July 25, 2002 to September 30, 2002. Mr. Fort was not
an employee on Tyco's payroll, but the Board voted to compensate Mr. Fort at
the rate of $150,000 per month for each full or partial month he
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acted as an interim chief executive officer or provided transition services.
The amount shown in the table, which does not include the Board remuneration
described in "Directors' Compensation" on page 28, represents the amount
paid to Mr. Fort in this capacity.
(15) Mr. Kozlowski ceased to be employed by Tyco in June 2002. We have filed a
civil complaint against Mr. Kozlowski for breach of fiduciary duty and other
wrongful conduct. The action alleges that Mr. Kozlowski misappropriated
millions of dollars from our Key Employee Loan Program and relocation
program; awarded millions of dollars in unauthorized bonuses to himself and
certain other Tyco employees; engaged in improper self-dealing real estate
transactions involving our assets; and conspired with certain other former
Tyco employees in committing these acts. We are seeking disgorgement of all
amounts received by Mr. Kozlowski during the periods shown in the table.
More information with respect to this action was reported on September 17,
2002 in a Current Report on Form 8-K and is set forth in Item 3 "Legal
Proceedings" our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
September 30, 2002 and in the caption entitled "Related Party Transactions"
below.
(16) Mr. Swartz ceased to be employed by Tyco in August 2002. We have filed an
arbitration claim against Mr. Swartz. The action alleges that Mr. Swartz
breached his fiduciary duties and otherwise engaged in wrongful conduct
relating to his employment by Tyco and misappropriated Tyco funds and other
assets and seeks to recover from Mr. Swartz all damages suffered by Tyco as
a result of such breach, wrongful conduct and misappropriation. We are
seeking disgorgement of all amounts received by Mr. Swartz during the
periods shown in the table. More information with respect to this
arbitration claim was reported on October 8, 2002 in a Current Report on
Form 8-K and is set forth in Item 3 "Legal Proceedings" of our Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2002 and in the caption
entitled "Related Party Transactions" below.
(17) Does not include unauthorized bonuses of $700,000 received by
Mr. Kozlowski and $350,000 received by Mr. Swartz in fiscal 2001 for which
Tyco has brought claims against Mr. Kozlowski and Mr. Swartz. See footnotes
15 and 16 above.
(18) The amount in the table reflecting Mr. Meelia's OTHER ANNUAL COMPENSATION
for fiscal 2000 has been revised. The amounts shown include, among other
items, a cash payment of the unused portion of a perquisite entitlement of
$21,031, a tax gross-up on such entitlement of $16,838 and the personal use
of a company car and related maintenance of $20,218, as well as interest
credited on deferred compensation in excess of 120% of the applicable
federal long-term rate of $114,510.
(19) The amounts in the table reflecting Mr. Kozlowski's OTHER ANNUAL
COMPENSATION for fiscal 2001 and 2000 have been revised. The amounts shown
include: the personal use of company cars and aircraft of $152,770 for
fiscal 2001 and $103,737 for fiscal 2000 valued at rates prescribed under
applicable IRS regulations; interest credited on deferred compensation in
excess of 120% of the applicable federal long-term rate of $219,543 for
fiscal 2001 and $143,652 for fiscal 2000; a tax gross-up of the executive
life insurance premium of $1,571,190 for fiscal 2001; use and maintenance of
an apartment in New York in the amount of $947,613 for fiscal 2001 and
$485,634 for fiscal 2000; imputed interest of $16,528 in fiscal 2001 and
$1,053,713 in fiscal 2000; and other miscellaneous perquisites or other
personal benefits of $478,192 for fiscal 2001 and $533,914 for fiscal 2000.
The amounts shown do not include unauthorized tax gross-ups of $6,768,338 in
fiscal 2001 and $13,536,676 in fiscal 2000 on forgiveness of mortgage loans
and for which Tyco has brought a claim against Mr. Kozlowski. See footnote
15 above.
(20) The amounts in the table reflecting Mr. Swartz's OTHER ANNUAL COMPENSATION
for fiscal 2001 and 2000 have been revised. The amounts shown include: the
personal use of company car and aircraft of $154,862 for fiscal 2001 and
$81,619 for fiscal 2000 valued at rates prescribed under applicable IRS
regulations; interest credited on deferred compensation in excess of 120% of
the applicable federal long-term rate of $277,856 for fiscal 2001 and
$171,039 for fiscal 2000; a tax gross-up of the executive life insurance
premium of $811,942 for fiscal 2001; use and maintenance of an apartment in
New York
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in the amount of $256,399 for fiscal 2001 and $65,926 for fiscal 2000;
imputed interest on an interest free loan of $299,009 in fiscal 2000; and
other miscellaneous perquisites or other personal benefits of $34,091 for
fiscal 2001 and $15,234 for fiscal 2000. The amounts shown do not include
unauthorized tax gross-ups of $3,409,344 in fiscal 2001 and $6,818,687 in
fiscal 2000 on forgiveness of mortgage loans for which Tyco has brought a
claim against Mr. Swartz. See footnote 16 above.
(21) The amounts in the table reflecting Mr. Boggess's ALL OTHER COMPENSATION
for fiscal 2001 and 2000 have been revised. For fiscal 2001, the table
includes $2,602 in taxable life insurance and excludes $18,179 in financial
planning reimbursement that appears in the "OTHER ANNUAL COMPENSATION"
column. For fiscal 2000, the table includes forgiveness of mortgage loans
and the related tax gross-up in the combined amount of $8,481,764 for 2000.
(22) The amounts in the table reflecting Mr. Kozlowski's ALL OTHER COMPENSATION
for fiscal 2001 and 2000 have been revised. The amounts include a qualified
plan matching contribution of $13,600 in fiscal 2001 and $11,900 in fiscal
2000, a non-qualified plan contribution of $397,450 in fiscal 2001 and
$306,600 in fiscal 2000, director fees of $75,000 in fiscal 2001 and $65,00
in fiscal 2000, an executive life insurance premium of $2,256,313 for fiscal
2001 and taxable life insurance of $4,047 in fiscal 2000. The amounts shown
do not include unauthorized forgiveness of mortgage loans in the amount of
$9,719,696 in fiscal 2001 and $19,439,392 in fiscal 2000 for which Tyco has
brought a claim against Mr. Kozlowski. See footnote 15 above.
(23) The amounts in the table reflecting Mr. Swartz's ALL OTHER COMPENSATION for
fiscal 2001 and 2000 have been revised. The amounts include a qualified plan
matching contribution of $5,185 in fiscal 2001 and $8,073 in fiscal 2000, a
non-qualified plan contribution of $126,300 in fiscal 2001 and $113,375 in
fiscal 2000, an executive life insurance premium of $1,165,993 for fiscal
2001 and taxable life insurance of $747 in fiscal 2000. The amounts shown do
not include unauthorized forgiveness of mortgage loans of $4,896,000 in
fiscal 2001 and $9,792,000 in fiscal 2000 for which Tyco has brought a claim
against Mr. Swartz. See footnote 16 above.
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OPTION GRANTS IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
The following table shows all grants of stock options to the Named Officers
during fiscal 2002 under the Tyco International Ltd. Long Term Incentive Plan
("LTIP"). Mr. Fort is not included in this table as the only options he received
were options granted to Board members and are described in "Directors'
Compensation" beginning on page 28.
<Table>
<Caption>
INDIVIDUAL GRANTS
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NO. OF SECURITIES PERCENT OF TOTAL
UNDERLYING OPTIONS GRANTED TO EXERCISE
OPTIONS EMPLOYEES IN PRICE EXPIRATION GRANT DATE
GRANTED(1) FISCAL YEAR(2) ($/SHARE)(3) DATE PRESENT VALUE(4)
----------------- ------------------ ------------ ------------------- ----------------
NEW SENIOR CORPORATE
MANAGEMENT TEAM
Edward D. Breen.............. 4,000,000(5) 6.67% $10.0000(14) 7/24/2012 $16,680,000
3,350,000(5) 5.58% $10.0000(14) 7/24/2012 $14,371,500
David J. FitzPatrick......... 1,650,000(5) 2.75% $16.2440 9/17/2012 $14,586,000
William B. Lytton............ 665,000(5) 1.11% $13.7516 9/29/2012 $ 4,940,950
Eric M. Pillmore............. 300,000(5) 0.50% $12.6900 8/11/2012 $ 2,052,000
BUSINESS SEGMENT EXECUTIVES
Jerry R. Boggess............. 400,000(6) 0.67% $44.7000 9/30/2011 $ 6,540,000
41,796(7) 0.07% $50.5925 10/25/2011 $ 840,518
200,000(8) 0.33% $23.8345 2/4/2012 $ 1,858,000
Juergen W. Gromer............ 400,000(6)(9) 0.67% $44.7000 9/30/11 - 10/30/11 $ 6,540,000
200,000(9)(8) 0.33% $23.8345 2/4/12 - 3/4/12 $ 1,858,000
Robert P. Mead............... 400,000(6) 0.67% $44.7000 9/30/2011 $ 6,540,000
20,000(7) 0.03% $50.5925 10/25/2011 $ 402,200
200,000(8) 0.33% $23.8345 2/4/2012 $ 1,858,000
Richard J. Meelia............ 400,000(6) 0.67% $44.7000 9/30/2011 $ 6,540,000
96,970(7) 0.16% $50.5925 10/25/2011 $ 1,950,067
200,000(8) 0.33% $23.8345 2/4/2012 $ 1,858,000
FORMER EXECUTIVES
L. Dennis Kozlowski.......... 3,000,000(10) 5.00% $44.7000 forfeited $ 0
189,065(11) 0.32% $50.5925 6/3/2003 $ 1,998,417
20,000(11) 0.03% $60.0000 6/3/2003 $ 249,000
194,935(11) 0.32% $58.1440 6/3/2003 $ 2,269,043
Mark H. Swartz............... 1,500,000(8)(12) 2.50% $44.7000 9/30/2011 $32,865,000
105,719(12)(13) 0.18% $50.5925 10/25/2011 $ 2,763,495
97,467(12)(13) 0.16% $58.1440 12/31/2011 $ 3,061,438
</Table>
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(1) Certain options granted to the Named Officers include a restoration feature
whereby participants receive options to replace exercised options or common
shares if the common shares or share proceeds (i) are used to pay the
exercise price of stock options, (ii) are applied to satisfy tax withholding
obligations or repay indebtedness to Tyco or (iii) are sold by trusts for
tax planning purposes ("restoration options"). In certain cases, restoration
options are granted to an executive who has sold vested restricted shares to
Tyco or a subsidiary thereof, enabling the executive to maintain the level
of his equity interest in Tyco. The Restoration Option Program was
discontinued by Tyco during fiscal 2002.
(2) Represents the percentage of all options granted in fiscal 2002 under Tyco's
option plans: the LTIP and the Tyco International Ltd. Long Term Incentive
Plan II.
(3) Options were granted at an exercise price equal to the fair market value of
the Tyco common shares on the date of grant (except for options granted to
Mr. Breen, which were granted with an exercise price above the average high
and low sale price). Fair market value was determined based on either the
average of the high and low reported sale price of Tyco common shares on the
date of grant, the volume weighted average sale price, the closing price,
the low reported sale price of Tyco common shares on the date of grant or,
in the case of restoration options, the sale price of the Tyco common shares
that gave rise to such grant.
(4) Tyco chose to use the Black-Scholes option pricing model to value the
options. The Black-Scholes model is a method of calculating the hypothetical
value of the options on the date of grant. With the exception of
Mr. Breen's option grants, all options were granted at an exercise price
equal to the fair market value of Tyco's common shares on the date of grant
(see footnotes 3
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and 14). The following assumptions were used in calculating the
Black-Scholes values: The value shown on the table for the options: expected
life of five years (except for Mr. Kozlowski, for which the actual life is
until June 3, 2003--see footnote 11); interest rates of 2.24%-4.72%; assumed
annual volatility of underlying common shares of 39.15%-67.56%; and the
vesting schedule listed for the option grant. For all of the above, the
interest rates represent the yield of a zero coupon Treasury strip with a
maturity date similar to the assumed exercise price; and the assumed annual
volatility and dividend yield of underlying common shares was calculated
based on 36 months of historical Tyco share price movement and the dividend
payments. In addition, the value has been discounted for risk of forfeiture
based on the vesting schedule of the grant, by 3% for options which vest
after one year, by 8.7% for options which vest after three years, by 5.9%
for options which vest in equal installments over three years and by 8.6%
for options which vest in equal installments over five years.
(5) Options vest one-third per year on each anniversary of the grant date,
except for Mr. Breen's grant of options on 4,000,000 common shares, which
vest 20% per year on each anniversary of the grant date. Option vesting is
subject to acceleration upon the executive's termination of employment by
Tyco other than for "cause" or following a "change in control" or by the
executive for "good reason" (in each case as defined in the executive's
employment agreement or option agreement) and in the case of Mr. Breen, upon
a change in control. Options have a ten year term, subject in certain cases
to earlier expiration following termination of employment.
(6) Options vest 100% on the third anniversary of the grant date. Options have a
ten year term, subject in certain cases to earlier expiration following
termination of employment.
(7) Represents restoration options which are fully vested on the grant date,
granted at fair market value and have a ten year term, subject in certain
cases to earlier expiration following termination of employment.
(8) Options vests one-third per year on each anniversary of the grant date.
Options have a ten year term, subject in certain cases to earlier expiration
following termination of employment. In the case of Mr. Swartz, we are
seeking disgorgement of all amounts received by Mr. Swartz during the
periods shown in the SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE. See footnote 16 to SUMMARY
COMPENSATION TABLE above.
(9) The portion of Dr. Gromer's options that are allocated to his Swiss
compensation expire ten years and one month from the date of grant.
(10) Option vests one-third per year on each anniversary of the grant date.
Option has a ten-year term, subject in certain cases to earlier expiration
following termination of employment. The value of $0 shown on the table
reflects that this option grant was cancelled as a result of
Mr. Kozlowski's termination of employment. The grant date present value for
this option grant using a term of three years (the original estimated period
of exercise) was $49,560,000. We are seeking disgorgement of all amounts
received by Mr. Kozlowski during the periods shown in the SUMMARY
COMPENSATION TABLE. See footnote 15 to SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE above.
(11) Represents restoration options which are fully vested on the grant date but
not exercisable for a period of two months from the grant date, granted at
fair market value and have a ten year term, subject in certain cases to
earlier expiration following termination of employment. The values in the
table shown for these grants reflect their actual expiration date of
June 3, 2003, which is a shortened term due to Mr. Kozlowski's termination
of employment. The grant date present value for these options using a term
of three years (the original estimated period of exercise) would be
$3,722,690, $483,800, and $4,577,074, respectively. We are seeking
disgorgement of all amounts received by Mr. Kozlowski during the periods
shown in the SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE. See footnote 15 to SUMMARY
COMPENSATION TABLE above.
(12) Under the terms of his retention agreement, Mr. Swartz would have vested in
all options upon a resignation for good reason (as defined therein). We are
seeking disgorgement of all amounts received by Mr. Swartz during the
periods shown in the table. See footnote 16 to SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
above.
(13) Represents restoration options which are fully vested on the grant date but
not exercisable for a period of two months from the grant date, granted at
fair market value and have a ten year term, subject in certain cases to
earlier expiration following termination of employment. We are seeking
disgorgement of all amounts received by Mr. Swartz during the periods shown
in the SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE. See footnote 16 to SUMMARY COMPENSATION
TABLE above.
(14) Options granted with an exercise price of $10.00, which is $1.535 (18.13%)
higher than the average high and low sale price reported for the grant date.
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AGGREGATE OPTION EXERCISES IN LAST FISCAL YEAR AND YEAR-END OPTION VALUES
Shown below is information with respect to aggregate option exercises by the
Named Officers in the fiscal year ended September 30, 2002 and with respect to
unexercised stock options held by them at September 30, 2002. Mr. Fort is not
included in this table. Options he received for service as a Board member are
described in "Directors' Compensation" beginning on page 28.
<Table>
<Caption>
NUMBER OF NO. OF SECURITIES UNDERLYING VALUE OF UNEXERCISED
COMMON UNEXERCISED OPTION AT FISCAL IN-THE-MONEY OPTIONS HELD
SHARES YEAR END AT FISCAL YEAR END(1)
ACQUIRED VALUE ------------------------------ ---------------------------
ON EXERCISE REALIZED EXERCISABLE UNEXERCISABLE EXERCISABLE UNEXERCISABLE
----------- ----------- ----------- ------------- ----------- -------------
NEW SENIOR CORPORATE
MANAGEMENT TEAM
Edward D. Breen............... -- -- -- 7,350,000 -- $27,672,750
David J. FitzPatrick.......... -- -- -- 1,650,000 -- $ 0
William B. Lytton............. -- -- -- 665,000 -- $ 8,911
Eric M. Pillmore.............. -- -- -- 300,000 -- $ 322,500
BUSINESS SEGMENT EXECUTIVES
Jerry R. Boggess.............. -- -- 398,894 1,450,000 -- --
Juergen W. Gromer............. -- -- 648,641 1,450,000 -- --
Robert P. Mead................ 50,000 $ 1,944,195 499,159 1,050,000 -- --
Richard J. Meelia............. -- -- 1,255,941 900,000 -- --
FORMER EXECUTIVES
L. Dennis Kozlowski........... -- -- 10,712,787(2) 0 -- --
Mark H. Swartz................ -- -- 7,280,740(2) 0 -- --
</Table>
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(1) Based on $13.765, which is the average of the high and low sale price of
Tyco common shares on September 30, 2002.
(2) We are seeking disgorgement of all amounts received by Messrs. Kozlowski and
Swartz during the periods shown in the SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE above. See
footnotes 15 and 16 to SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE above.
RETIREMENT PLANS
Messrs. Breen, FitzPatrick, Lytton, Pillmore and Dr. Gromer participate in
defined benefit or actuarial retirement plans ("pension plans") maintained by
Tyco or a subsidiary, as described below.
As part of his employment agreement, Mr. Breen is provided with a
Supplemental Retirement Benefit. Commencing at age 60, Mr. Breen will receive a
monthly annuity based upon 50% of his highest average earnings from Tyco during
any consecutive 36-month period within the 60-month period prior to his
termination. This monthly annuity is offset by any benefits provided under a
defined benefit plan maintained by any prior employer and his benefits
attributable to the company match under Tyco's 401(k) and supplemental plans,
adjusted to reflect earnings. At his current pay level, Mr. Breen will have a
lifetime benefit of $95,782 per month, commencing at his normal retirement age
of 60. One-half of this amount will continue to his surviving spouse in the
event of his death. Retirement benefits are available at an earlier age but
would be reduced by .25% for each month that the benefit commences prior to age
60 and could result in a forfeiture of any unvested portion. Mr. Breen may elect
to receive the actuarial equivalent of his annuity in the form of a lump sum
payment.
As part of his employment agreement, Mr. FitzPatrick is provided with a
Supplemental Retirement Benefit. Commencing at age 62, Mr. FitzPatrick will
receive a monthly annuity based upon 2% multiplied by his years of service plus
an additional 10% multiplied by his highest average earnings from Tyco during
any consecutive 36-month period within the 60-month period prior to his
termination. This monthly annuity is offset by any benefits provided under a
defined benefit plan maintained by his immediately preceding employer and his
benefits attributable to the company match under Tyco's 401(k) and supplemental
plans, adjusted to reflect earnings. At his current pay level, Mr. FitzPatrick
will have a
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lifetime benefit of $34,794 per month, commencing at his normal retirement age
of 62. One-half of this amount will continue to his surviving spouse in the
event of his death. Retirement benefits are available at an earlier age but
would be reduced by .25% for each month that the benefit commences prior to age
62 and could result in a forfeiture of any unvested portion. Mr. FitzPatrick may
elect to receive the actuarial equivalent of his annuity in the form of a lump
sum payment.
As part of his employment agreement, Mr. Lytton is provided with a
Supplemental Retirement Benefit. Commencing at age 62, Mr. Lytton will receive a
monthly annuity based upon 6.25% of his highest average earnings from Tyco
during any consecutive 36-month period within the 60-month period prior to his
termination multiplied by his years of service with Tyco. This monthly annuity
is offset by any benefits provided under a defined benefit plan maintained by
his immediately preceding employer and his benefits attributable to the company
match under Tyco's 401(k) and supplemental plans, adjusted to reflect earnings.
At his current pay level, Mr. Lytton will have a lifetime benefit of $48,779 per
month, commencing at his normal retirement age of 62. One-half of this amount
will continue to his surviving spouse in the event of his death. Retirement
benefits are available at an earlier age but would be reduced by .25% for each
month that the benefit commences prior to age 62 and could result in a
forfeiture of any unvested portion. Mr. Lytton may elect to receive the
actuarial equivalent of his annuity in the form of a lump sum payment.
As part of his employment agreement, Mr. Pillmore is provided with a
Supplemental Retirement Benefit. Commencing at age 62, Mr. Pillmore will receive
a monthly annuity based upon 2% of his highest average earnings from Tyco during
any consecutive 36-month period within the 60-month period prior to his
termination multiplied by his years of service with Tyco. This monthly annuity
is offset by his benefits attributable to the company match under Tyco's 401(k)
and supplemental plans, adjusted to reflect earnings. At his current pay level,
Mr. Pillmore will have a lifetime benefit of $12,716 per month, commencing at
his normal retirement age of 62. Retirement benefits are available at an earlier
age but would be reduced by .25% for each month that the benefit commences prior
to age 62 and could result in a forfeiture of any unvested portion.
Mr. Pillmore may elect to receive the actuarial equivalent of his annuity in the
form of a lump sum payment.
At the time of Tyco's acquisition of AMP in 1999, Dr. Gromer was a
participant in a defined benefit pension plan that covered eligible AMP
employees in Germany. As a result, Dr. Gromer is entitled to receive from Tyco
upon retirement at age 65 a defined pension benefit that is determined primarily
based on his annual base salary as of three years prior to the date of his
retirement and his years of service with Tyco at the time of his retirement. The
following table sets forth the estimated annual benefits payable under the Tyco
Electronics (formerly AMP) pension plan for the compensation amounts and the
years of credited service specified in the table, assuming benefits are paid in
the form of a single life annuity upon normal retirement at age 65:
<Table>
<Caption>
YEARS OF CREDITED SERVICE AND RELATED ESTIMATED
ANNUAL BENEFITS PAYABLE UPON RETIREMENT
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COMPENSATION 15 20 25 30
- ------------ ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
$717,223 $255,101 $357,615 $468,041 $586,301
753,084 272,586 380,750 496,727 620,433
788,945 290,460 404,300 525,799 654,874
824,807 308,722 428,264 555,259 689,629
860,668 327,351 452,642 585,107 724,728
</Table>
CONVERTED FROM EUROS USING A CONVERSION RATIO OF $1.00 TO E0.9768.
The compensation of Dr. Gromer covered by the pension plan would be the base
salary amount that is noted in the "Salary" column of the SUMMARY COMPENSATION
TABLE above, less statutory payments for specified holiday and vacation time.
Dr. Gromer's current covered compensation, designated in Euro is E700,584, which
converts to $717,223 using a conversion ratio of $1.00 to E0.9768. Under the
pension plan, no more than a maximum of 30 years of credited service may be
recognized for benefit accrual purposes. As of September 30, 2002, for purposes
of calculating benefits accrued under the pension plan, Dr. Gromer had 24 years
and 9 months of credited service with Tyco.
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Dr. Gromer is a beneficiary under another AMP pension benefit funded through
an insurance policy. At September 30, 2002, Dr. Gromer had accrued a taxable
pension of $3,849 per year payable at retirement through this insurance. This
amount is subject to increase in future periods only to the extent of dividends
on the insurance policy.
Messrs. Kozlowski and Swartz participated in individual Executive Retirement
Arrangements maintained by Tyco (the "ERA"). Under the ERA, Mr. Kozlowski has a
fixed lifetime benefit commencing at his normal retirement age of 65 that has a
present value of $372,708 monthly. Mr. Swartz's fixed lifetime benefit at his
normal retirement age of 65 has a present value of $167,446 monthly. Retirement
benefits are available at earlier ages and alternative forms of benefits can be
elected. Any such variations would be actuarially equivalent to the fixed
lifetime benefit starting at age 65. We are seeking disgorgement of all benefits
to Messrs. Kozlowski and Swartz under their ERAs. See footnotes 15 and 16 to
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE above.
FORMER EXECUTIVE LIFE INSURANCE
Tyco purchased executive life insurance policies for Messrs. Kozlowski and
Swartz and agreed to pay premiums of a specified amount for these insurance
policies for an 11-year period beginning in fiscal 2001. In the event the
policies do not earn specified interest amounts, Tyco agreed to make specified
supplemental premium payments. The amounts paid for premiums in fiscal 2002 and
2001 are included under the caption ALL OTHER COMPENSATION in the SUMMARY
COMPENSATION TABLE above. In conjunction with Mr. Swartz's termination of
employment, a lump sum payment of $24,554,077.14, which represented the value of
the annual premium amounts for the remainder of the eleven-year period, was made
to Mr. Swartz and in return Mr. Swartz waived Tyco's obligation to continue
making the premium payments. Tyco discontinued making premium payments for
Mr. Kozlowski's insurance policy as of October 1, 2002. We are seeking
disgorgement of all benefits to Messrs. Kozlowski and Swartz under their
executive life insurance policies. See footnotes 15 and 16 to SUMMARY
COMPENSATION TABLE above.
EMPLOYMENT, RETENTION AND SEVERANCE AGREEMENTS
Tyco has entered into employment agreements with Messrs. Breen, FitzPatrick,
Lytton and Pillmore. Tyco is also party to a retention agreement with
Mr. Meelia.
Our employment agreement with Mr. Breen is dated as of July 25, 2002 and is
filed as an exhibit to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
ended June 30, 2002. The agreement provides for Mr. Breen to serve as our
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman for an initial term of three
years and, thereafter, for additional successive terms of one year each unless
terminated by us or Mr. Breen at the end of the initial term or any additional
term. Under the agreement, Mr. Breen is entitled to an annual base salary of at
least $1,500,000, a sign-on bonus of $3,500,000, a guaranteed pro-rated annual
bonus for fiscal 2002 based upon his base salary and a guaranteed annual bonus
for fiscal 2003 of at least 100% of his base salary. Thereafter, Mr. Breen is
eligible to earn an annual bonus of at least 100% of his base salary, based upon
Tyco's satisfaction of objective financial performance criteria to be determined
by the Board. Mr. Breen is required to return a pro rata portion of the net
after-tax amount of his sign-on bonus in the event that his employment is
terminated by us for cause or by him without good reason (each as defined in the
agreement) prior to the one year anniversary of the agreement. Under the
agreement, Mr. Breen is entitled to receive a sign-on option to purchase
3,350,000 common shares of Tyco at an exercise price of $10 per share and a
sign-on grant of 350,000 deferred share units, both of which vest in three equal
annual installments over the first three anniversaries of the agreement, as well
as an option to purchase 4,000,000 common shares of Tyco at an exercise price of
$10 per share and a grant of 1,000,000 deferred share units, both of which vest
in five equal annual installments over the first five anniversaries of the
agreement. All of the awards vest in full in the event of a change in control of
Tyco or the termination of Mr. Breen's employment due to death or disability, by
us other than for cause or disability or by Mr. Breen for good reason (each as
defined therein). Mr. Breen is also entitled to participate in all of our
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employee benefit plans available to senior executives at a level commensurate
with his position, and to receive a term life insurance policy, supplemental
retirement benefits, certain tax gross-up payments, including a gross-up payment
for any taxes he must pay as a result of receiving compensation that is
contingent upon a change in control, and certain relocation, travel and other
perquisites. In the event that Mr. Breen's employment is terminated by us other
than for cause or by Mr. Breen for good reason, then, provided that Mr. Breen
executes a general release in favor of Tyco in the form provided in the
agreement, Tyco is obligated to pay Mr. Breen a lump sum of three times his base
salary and target annual bonus (or, if higher, his most recent annual bonus), as
well as a pro rata portion of any annual bonus for the year in which such
termination occurs, and to offer him continued participation in our health and
welfare plans for a period of three years. "Good reason" includes any
termination by the executive during the 30-day period immediately following the
first anniversary of the date of a change in control or the breach of the
following representation made by us if such breach has a material adverse impact
on Tyco. Tyco has represented in Mr. Breen's employment agreement that, as of
the effective date of the agreement, all financial statements for each quarter
and fiscal year since October 1, 1999 fairly present in all material respects
Tyco's financial position in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles as of the applicable reporting dates, except as reported in the notes
to those financial statements. The agreement restricts Mr. Breen from soliciting
Tyco's employees and customers or competing with Tyco during the term of his
employment and for a period of one year following termination. Both Tyco and
Tyco International (US) Inc. have agreed, pursuant to the agreement, to
indemnify Mr. Breen to the fullest extent permitted by law and under Tyco's
bye-laws.
Our employment agreement with Mr. FitzPatrick is dated as of September 18,
2002 and is filed as an exhibit to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended September 30, 2002. The agreement provides for Mr. FitzPatrick to
serve as our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for an initial
term of two years and, thereafter, for additional successive terms of one year
each unless terminated by us or Mr. FitzPatrick at the end of the initial term
or any additional term. Under the agreement, Mr. FitzPatrick is entitled to an
annual base salary of at least $750,000, a sign-on bonus of $500,000 and a
guaranteed annual bonus for fiscal 2003 of at least 100% of his base salary.
Thereafter, Mr. FitzPatrick is eligible to earn an annual bonus of at least 100%
of his base salary, based upon Tyco's satisfaction of objective financial
performance criteria to be determined by the Board. Under the agreement,
Mr. FitzPatrick is entitled to receive a sign-on option to purchase 1,150,000
common shares of Tyco at an exercise price of $16.24 per share and a sign-on
grant of 90,000 deferred share units, both of which vest in three equal annual
installments over the first three anniversaries of the agreement, as well as an
option to purchase 500,000 common shares of Tyco at an exercise price of $16.24
per share and a grant of 110,000 deferred share units, both of which vest in
three equal annual installments over the first three anniversaries of the
agreement. All of the awards vest in full in the event of the termination of
Mr. FitzPatrick's employment due to death or disability, by us other than for
cause or disability or by Mr. FitzPatrick for good reason (each as defined
therein). Mr. FitzPatrick is also entitled to participate in all of our employee
benefit plans available to senior executives at a level commensurate with his
position, and to receive a universal life insurance policy, supplemental
retirement benefits and certain relocation, travel, tax gross-up, financial and
tax planning and other perquisites. In the event that Mr. FitzPatrick's
employment is terminated by us other than for cause or by Mr. FitzPatrick for
good reason, then, provided that Mr. FitzPatrick executes a general release in
favor of Tyco in the form provided in the agreement, Tyco is obligated to pay
Mr. FitzPatrick a lump sum of two times his base salary and target annual bonus
(or, if higher, his most recent annual bonus), as well as a pro rata portion of
any annual bonus for the year in which such termination occurs, to credit him
with two additional years of service for purposes of calculating his
supplemental retirement benefits and to offer him continued participation in our
health and welfare plans for a period of three years. In the event that
Mr. FitzPatrick's employment is terminated in connection with or following a
change in control (as defined therein), then Tyco is obligated to pay
Mr. FitzPatrick a lump sum of three times his base salary and target annual
bonus (or, if higher, his most recent annual bonus), to provide him a gross-up
payment for any taxes he must pay as a result of receiving compensation that is
contingent upon a change in control, to credit him with three additional years
of
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service for purposes of calculating his supplemental retirement benefits and all
of his outstanding equity awards will vest. "Good reason" includes any
termination by the executive during the 30-day period immediately following the
15-month anniversary of the date of a change in control or the breach of the
following representation made by us if such breach has a material adverse impact
on Tyco. Tyco has represented in Mr. FitzPatrick's employment agreement that, as
of the effective date of the agreement, all financial statements for each
quarter and fiscal year since October 1, 1999 fairly present in all material
respects Tyco's results of operations, financial position and cash flows in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles as of the applicable
reporting dates, except as reported in the notes to those financial statements.
The agreement restricts Mr. FitzPatrick from soliciting Tyco's employees and
customers or competing with Tyco during the term of his employment and for a
period of one year following termination. Both Tyco and Tyco International
(US) Inc. have agreed, pursuant to the agreement, to indemnify Mr. FitzPatrick
to the fullest extent permitted by law and under Tyco's bye-laws.
Our employment agreement with Mr. Lytton is dated as of September 30, 2002
and is filed as an exhibit to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended September 30, 2002. The agreement provides for Mr. Lytton to serve as our
Executive Vice President and General Counsel for an initial term of two years
and, thereafter, for additional successive terms of one year each unless
terminated by us or Mr. Lytton at the end of the initial term or any additional
term. Under the agreement, Mr. Lytton is entitled to an annual base salary of at
least $650,000, a sign-on bonus of $250,000 and a guaranteed annual bonus for
fiscal 2003 of at least 100% of his base salary. Thereafter, Mr. Lytton is
eligible to earn an annual bonus of at least 100% of his base salary, based upon
Tyco's satisfaction of objective financial performance criteria to be determined
by the Board. Under the agreement, Mr. Lytton is entitled to receive a sign-on
option to purchase 315,000 common shares of Tyco at an exercise price of $13.75
per share and a sign-on grant of 73,000 deferred share units, both of which vest
in three equal annual installments over the first three anniversaries of the
agreement, as well as an option to purchase 350,000 common shares of Tyco at an
exercise price of $13.75 per share and a grant of 77,000 deferred share units,
both of which vest in three equal annual installments over the first three
anniversaries of the agreement. All of the awards vest in full in the event of
the termination of Mr. Lytton's employment due to death or disability, by us
other than for cause or disability or by Mr. Lytton for good reason (each as
defined therein). Mr. Lytton is also entitled to participate in all of our
employee benefit plans available to senior executives at a level commensurate
with his position, and to receive supplemental retirement benefits and certain
relocation, travel, tax gross-up, financial and tax planning and other
perquisites. In the event that Mr. Lytton's employment is terminated by us other
than for cause or by Mr. Lytton for good reason, then, provided that Mr. Lytton
executes a general release in favor of Tyco in the form provided in the
agreement, Tyco is obligated to pay Mr. Lytton a lump sum of two times his base
salary and target annual bonus (or, if higher, his most recent annual bonus), as
well as a pro rata portion of any annual bonus for the year in which such
termination occurs, to credit him with two additional years of service for
purposes of calculating his supplemental retirement benefits and to offer him
continued participation in our health and welfare plans for a period of three
years. In the event that Mr. Lytton's employment is terminated in connection
with or following a change in control (as defined therein), then Tyco is
obligated to pay Mr. Lytton a lump sum of three times his base salary and target
annual bonus (or, if higher, his most recent annual bonus), to provide him a
gross-up payment for any taxes he must pay as a result of receiving compensation
that is contingent upon a change in control, to credit him with three additional
years of service for purposes of calculating his supplemental retirement
benefits and all of his outstanding equity awards will vest. "Good reason"
includes any termination by the executive during the 30-day period immediately
following the 15-month anniversary of the date of a change in control or the
breach of the following representation made by us if such breach has a material
adverse impact on Tyco. Tyco has represented in Mr. Lytton's employment
agreement that, as of the effective date of the agreement, all financial
statements for each quarter and fiscal year since October 1, 1999 fairly present
in all material respects Tyco's results of operations, financial position and
cash flows in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles as of the
applicable reporting dates, except as reported in the notes to those financial
statements. The agreement restricts Mr. Lytton from soliciting Tyco's employees
and customers or competing with Tyco during the term of his employment and
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for a period of one year following termination. Both Tyco and Tyco International
(US) Inc. have agreed, pursuant to the agreement, to indemnify Mr. Lytton to the
fullest extent permitted by law and under Tyco's bye-laws.
Our employment agreement with Mr. Pillmore is dated as of August 12, 2002.
The agreement provides for Mr. Pillmore to serve as our Senior Vice President,
Corporate Governance for an initial term of three years and, thereafter, for
additional successive terms of one year each unless terminated by us or
Mr. Pillmore at the end of the initial term or any additional term. Under the
agreement, Mr. Pillmore is entitled to an annual base salary of at least
$475,000, a sign-on bonus of $100,000 (net after tax), a guaranteed pro-rated
annual bonus for fiscal 2002 based upon his base salary and a guaranteed annual
bonus for fiscal 2003 of at least 100% of his base salary. Thereafter,
Mr. Pillmore is eligible to earn an annual bonus of at least 100% of his base
salary, based upon Tyco's satisfaction of objective financial performance
criteria to be determined by the Board. Under the agreement, Mr. Pillmore is
entitled to receive a sign-on option to purchase 300,000 common shares of Tyco
at an exercise price of $12.69 per share, which vests in three equal annual
installments over the first three anniversaries of the agreement, and a sign-on
grant of 40,000 restricted shares, which vests in three equal annual
installments on January 1, 2003, January 1, 2004 and January 1, 2005, and, in
fiscal 2003, an option to purchase 225,000 common shares of Tyco at an exercise
price equal to the fair market value of Tyco common shares on the grant date,
and a grant of 30,000 deferred share units, both of which will vest in three
equal annual installments over the first three anniversaries of the agreement.
All of the awards vest in full in the event of the termination of
Mr. Pillmore's employment due to death or disability, by us other than for cause
or disability or by Mr. Pillmore for good reason (each as defined therein).
Mr. Pillmore is also entitled to participate in all of our employee benefit
plans available to senior executives at a level commensurate with his position,
and to receive supplemental retirement benefits and certain relocation, travel,
tax gross-up, financial and tax planning and other perquisites. In the event
that Mr. Pillmore's employment is terminated by us other than for cause or by
Mr. Pillmore for good reason, then, provided that Mr. Pillmore executes a
general release in favor of Tyco in the form provided in the agreement, Tyco is
obligated to pay Mr. Pillmore a lump sum of two times his base salary and target
annual bonus (or, if higher, his most recent annual bonus), as well as a pro
rata portion of any annual bonus for the year in which such termination occurs,
to credit him with two additional years of service for purposes of calculating
his supplemental retirement benefits and to offer him continued participation in
our health and welfare plans for a period of two years. In the event that
Mr. Pillmore's employment is terminated in connection with or in the 16-month
period following a change in control (as defined therein), then Tyco is
obligated to pay Mr. Pillmore a lump sum of three times his base salary and
target annual bonus (or, if higher, his most recent annual bonus), to provide
him a gross-up payment for any taxes he must pay as a result of receiving
compensation that is contingent upon a change in control, pay him a lump sum
representing the present value of the increase in the supplemental retirement
benefits that he would have accrued assuming he had been credited with three
additional years of service and all of his outstanding equity awards will vest.
"Good reason" includes any termination by the executive during the 30-day period
immediately following the 15-month anniversary of the date of a change in
control or the breach of the following representation made by us if such breach
has a material adverse impact on Tyco. Tyco has represented in Mr. Pillmore's
employment agreement that, as of the effective date of the agreement, all
financial statements for each quarter and fiscal year since October 1, 1999
fairly present in all material respects Tyco's results of operations, financial
position and cash flows in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles as of the applicable reporting dates, except as reported in the notes
to those financial statements. The agreement restricts Mr. Pillmore from
soliciting Tyco's employees and customers or competing with Tyco during the term
of his employment and for a period of one year following termination. Both Tyco
and Tyco International (US) Inc. have agreed, pursuant to the agreement, to
indemnify Mr. Pillmore to the fullest extent permitted by law and under Tyco's
bye-laws.
Tyco is party to a retention agreement with Richard J. Meelia, which is
filed as an exhibit to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
ended December 31, 2001. Under the agreement, if Mr. Meelia is terminated by us
without cause or upon disability or Mr. Meelia resigns for good reason
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(each as defined in the agreement) prior to February 28, 2005, then he is
entitled to receive a lump sum payment equal to three times the sum of his
annual base salary, average cash bonus during the prior four fiscal years and
the greater of 10% of his base salary or $20,000, as well as a pro rata portion
of the maximum annual bonus that he would have been eligible for in the year of
termination. Mr. Meelia would also be entitled to receive certain welfare,
fringe, and other benefits comparable to those provided to him prior to
termination for a period of three years from his termination date. Additionally,
all options and restricted shares owned by Mr. Meelia and not already vested
would continue to vest for a period of three years from termination. Under the
agreement, if Mr. Meelia is terminated by us without cause or upon disability at
any time after February 28, 2005, Mr. Meelia may elect to receive the same
severance benefits if he agrees not to disparage or compete with us or to
solicit managerial level employees or customers of Tyco for a period of three
years following his termination. The payments provided for in the agreement are
subject to additional gross-up payments in the event that such payments are
subject to federal excise tax. All of Mr. Meelia's unvested options and
restricted shares vest in full immediately upon a change in control of Tyco (as
defined therein).
On January 22, 2001, Tyco entered into a retention agreement with
Mr. Kozlowski. The agreement, as amended on August 1, 2001, was not properly
approved, but purported to provide for an award of 800,000 restricted shares to
be made on January, 22, 2002, with 1/8 of the common shares vesting each year
beginning in January 2002 and full vesting upon Mr. Kozlowski's 62nd birthday on
November 16, 2008. The agreement further provided that Mr. Kozlowski could sell
the restricted shares to Tyco once the common shares vest at the fair market
value on the date he elects to do so. The agreement provided that Mr. Kozlowski
could retire at any time after November 16, 2008, and, with the consent of
Tyco's Board, could retire before that date. If Mr. Kozlowski were terminated
for "cause" or voluntarily resigned without "good reason" (each as defined in
the retention agreement) prior to November 16, 2008, the agreement provided that
he would receive no retirement payments under the agreement and any remaining
common shares would not vest. However, if Mr. Kozlowski were terminated by the
Board without cause or left for good reason, the agreement provided that he
would receive a lump sum payment equal to three times the sum of his annual base
salary and highest annual incentive compensation earned within the prior eight
year period. Additionally, all options and restricted shares under the agreement
or any company program not already vested would become vested at that time. The
agreement also provided that he would receive payment for his services as a
consultant annually in the amount of 1/12 of the sum of his last annual base
salary and highest annual incentive compensation. The agreement provided that
Mr. Kozlowski would continue to receive welfare, fringe, and other benefits
comparable to those provided prior to retirement including, among other
benefits, access to company facilities and services, and would receive three
additional years of credits under the nonqualified retirement plan.
Mr. Kozlowski resigned on June 3, 2002. Tyco has taken the position that the
agreement is not valid or enforceable because of Mr. Kozlowski's fraudulent
misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty and other misconduct. In addition,
Tyco has brought an action against Mr. Kozlowski seeking disgorgement of all
compensation and forfeiture of all benefits to him under the retention
agreement. See footnote 15 to the SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE above.
On January 22, 2001, Tyco entered into a retention agreement with
Mr. Swartz. The agreement, as amended on August 1, 2001, was not properly
approved, but purported to provide for an award of 500,000 restricted shares to
be made on January, 22, 2002, with full vesting of the common shares on
January 22, 2006. The agreement further provided that Mr. Swartz could sell the
restricted shares to Tyco once the common shares vest at their fair market value
on the date he elects to do so. If Mr. Swartz were terminated for "cause" or
voluntarily resigned without "good reason" (each as defined in the retention
agreement) prior to January 22, 2006, the agreement provided that he would
receive no retirement payments under the agreement and any remaining common
shares would not vest. However, if Swartz were terminated by the Board without
cause or left for good reason, the agreement provided that he would receive a
lump sum payment equal to three times the sum of his annual base salary and
highest annual incentive compensation earned within the prior six year period.
Additionally, all options and restricted shares under the agreement or any
company program not already vested would become vested at that time. The
agreement also
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provided that he would receive payment for his services as a consultant annually
for a period of three years in the amount of 1/12 of the sum of his last annual
base salary and highest annual incentive compensation. The agreement provided
that Mr. Swartz would continue to receive welfare, fringe, and other benefits
comparable to those provided prior to retirement including, among other
benefits, access to company facilities and services, and would receive three
additional years of credits under the nonqualified retirement plan. Mr. Swartz
resigned in August 2002.
On August 1, 2002, Tyco entered into a severance agreement with Mr. Swartz
which provided that Mr. Swartz would waive his rights under the August 1, 2001
amendment to his retention agreement and that Tyco would treat Mr. Swartz's
leaving Tyco as if it were a resignation for good reason. The severance
agreement provided that Tyco would pay Mr. Swartz amounts due Mr. Swartz under
Tyco's Deferred Compensation Plan, the current value of Mr. Swartz's Executive
Life Insurance Program, amounts due to Mr. Swartz under his 401(k) plan and
amounts due to Mr. Swartz under his Supplemental Executive Retirement Program.
In connection with the severance agreement, Mr. Swartz retained his claim to any
amounts owned to him under his Executive Retirement Agreement. The agreement
also provided that all disputes between Tyco and Mr. Swartz arising from or
concerning his employment at Tyco would be subject to binding arbitration. Tyco
has filed an arbitration claim against Mr. Swartz seeking disgorgement of all
compensation and forfeiture of all benefits to him under the retention agreement
and severance agreement. See footnote 16 to the SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
above.
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Tyco has amounts due related to loans and advances issued to employees under
Tyco's Key Employee Loan Program, relocation programs and other advances made to
executives. Loans were provided to employees under Tyco's Key Employee Loan
Program for the payment of taxes upon the vesting of common shares granted under
our restricted share ownership plans. The loans are unsecured and bear interest,
payable annually, at a rate based on the six month LIBOR rate, calculated
annually as the average of the 12 rates in effect on the first day of the month.
Loans are generally repayable in ten years, except that earlier payments are
required under certain circumstances. In addition, Tyco made loans secured by
mortgages to certain employees under employee relocation programs. These loans
are generally payable in 15 years and are secured by the underlying property.
During fiscal 2002, the maximum amount outstanding under these programs was
$117.5 million. Loans receivable under these programs, as well as other
unsecured advances outstanding, were $88.1 and $93.4 million at September 30,
2002 and 2001, respectively. Certain of the above loans totaling $30.3 million
and $33.7 million at September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively, are non-interest
bearing. Interest income on interest bearing loans totaled $5.5 million,
$1.3 million, and $3.7 million in fiscal 2002, fiscal 2001 and fiscal 2000,
respectively.
During fiscal 2002, Mr. Kozlowski had outstanding loans from Tyco. The rate
of interest charged on such loans was 1.91%. The maximum amount outstanding
under these loans during fiscal 2002 was $51.0 million plus accrued interest of
$3.2 million, and the amount outstanding at September 30, 2002 was
$47.0 million. During fiscal 2001 and 2000, Mr. Kozlowski had outstanding loans
from Tyco under our Key Employee Loan Program. The maximum amount of such loans
previously reported in each of fiscal 2001 and 2000 were understated by
approximately $25 million, plus accrued interest at the time. In addition,
during fiscal 2001 and fiscal 2000, Mr. Kozlowski received $9,719,696 and
$19,439,392 in unauthorized mortgage loans that were later forgiven without
proper approval. Mr. Kozlowski also received an unauthorized gross-up payment to
cover taxes payable due to income associated with such forgiveness. See footnote
21 to the SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE set forth in the caption entitled
"Executive Compensation" above.
During fiscal 2002, Mr. Swartz had outstanding loans from Tyco. The rate of
interest charged on such loans was 2.11%. The maximum amount outstanding under
these loans during fiscal 2002 was $25.0 million plus accrued interest of
$1.6 million and such loans were repaid in full prior to September 30, 2002.
During fiscal 2001 and 2000, Mr. Swartz had outstanding loans from Tyco under
our Key Employee Loan Program.
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The maximum amount of such loans previously reported in each of fiscal 2001 and
2000 were understated by approximately $12.5 million, plus accrued interest at
the time. In addition, during fiscal 2001 and fiscal 2000, Mr. Swartz received
$4,896,000 and $9,792,000, respectively, in unauthorized mortgage loans that
were later forgiven without proper approval. Mr. Swartz also received an
unauthorized gross-up payment to cover taxes payable due to income associated
with such forgiveness. See footnote 22 to the SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE set
forth in the caption entitled "Executive Compensation" above.
During fiscal 2002, Mr. Belnick had outstanding loans from Tyco. The maximum
amount outstanding under these loans during fiscal 2002 was $16.5 million and
the amount outstanding at September 30, 2002 was $14.8 million. Of the
$14.8 million, $14.5 million is a non-interest bearing mortgage loan and
$0.3 million is in the form of an interest bearing promissory note. The interest
rate on the promissory note was 2.78% for fiscal 2002. We have filed a civil
complaint against Mr. Belnick for breach of fiduciary duty and other wrongful
conduct. More information with respect to this action was reported on
September 17, 2002 in a Current Report on Form 8-K and is set forth in Item 3
"Legal Proceedings" of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
September 30, 2002.
During fiscal 2002, Mr. Boggess had an outstanding loan under the Key
Employee Loan Program. The rate of interest charged on such loan was 2.03%. The
maximum amount outstanding under this loan during fiscal 2002 was $0.4 million
and such loan was repaid in full prior to September 30, 2002.
During fiscal 2002, Mr. Mead had an outstanding loan under the Key Employee
Loan Program. The rate of interest charged on such loan was 2.03%. The maximum
amount outstanding under this loan during fiscal 2002 was $0.9 million and such
loan was repaid in full prior to September 30, 2002.
During fiscal 2002, Mr. Meelia had an outstanding loan under the Key
Employee Loan Program. The rate of interest charged on such loan was 2.06%. The
maximum amount outstanding under this loan during fiscal 2002 was $1.7 million
and the amount outstanding at September 30, 2002 was $18,200.
During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2002, the Board and our new senior
management team adopted a policy under which no new loans are allowed to be
granted to any officers of Tyco and existing loans are not allowed to be
extended or modified.
Certain Tyco directors and executive officers owned TyCom Ltd. common shares
or options, which were converted to Tyco common shares and Tyco options upon the
amalgamation of a subsidiary of Tyco with TyCom Ltd. on December 18, 2001 at the
exchange ratio applicable to all holders of TyCom Ltd. common shares and
options.
Joshua M. Berman was a director of Tyco until December 5, 2002. From
March 1, 2000 through July 31, 2002, Tyco also engaged Mr. Berman to render
legal and other services. During this period, Tyco compensated Mr. Berman at an
annual rate of $360,000 and provided Mr. Berman with health benefits,
secretarial assistance, a cell phone and electronic security services for his
homes. Tyco also reimbursed Mr. Berman for legal fees and expenses incurred by
him in connection with matters relating to Tyco pursuant to indemnification
provisions applicable to all directors of Tyco. Mr. Berman is a retired counsel
to the law firm Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, which provided legal
services to us in fiscal 2002.
Mr. York is a director of Tyco. Mr. York is the Chief Executive Officer, and
owns approximately 5.5% of the outstanding common stock, of
MicroWarehouse, Inc., a specialty catalog and online retailer and direct
marketer of brand name computers and related technology. MicroWarehouse sells
products to Tyco and its subsidiaries. Tyco and its subsidiaries paid
MicroWarehouse approximately $1.5 million for products in 2002.
As previously reported in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarter ended June 30, 2002, and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
period ended September 30, 2002, Tyco and certain of our current and former
directors are defendants in four pending actions purporting to bring suit
derivatively on behalf of Tyco against certain former officers and certain
current and former directors of
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Tyco and against Tyco as a nominal defendant in connection with alleged improper
conduct of former officers of Tyco relating to the use of our funds, our Key
Employee Loan Program and assets. The ultimate resolution of these actions is
not yet determinable.
As previously reported on September 17, 2002 and October 8, 2002 in our
Current Reports on Form 8-K, Tyco has filed civil complaints against
Mr. Kozlowski and Mr. Belnick, and an arbitration claim against Mr. Swartz, for
breach of fiduciary duty and other wrongful conduct relating to alleged abuses
of our Key Employee Loan Program and relocation program, unauthorized bonuses,
unauthorized payments, self-dealing transactions or other improper conduct.
As previously reported on September 17, 2002 in our Current Report on
Form 8-K, on June 17, 2002, Tyco filed a civil complaint against our former
director Frank E. Walsh, Jr. for breach of fiduciary duty, inducing breaches of
fiduciary duty and related wrongful conduct involving a $20 million payment by
Tyco, $10 million of which went to Mr. Walsh with the balance going to a charity
of which Mr. Walsh is trustee. The payment was purportedly made for Mr. Walsh's
assistance in arranging our acquisition of The CIT Group, Inc. On December 17,
2002, Mr. Walsh pleaded guilty to a felony violation of New York law in the
Supreme Court of the State of New York, (New York County) and settled a civil
action for violation of federal securities laws brought by the Securities and
Exchange Commission in United States District Court for the Southern District of
New York. Both the felony charge and the civil action were brought against
Mr. Walsh based on such payment. The felony charge accused Mr. Walsh of
intentionally concealing information concerning the payment from Tyco's
directors and shareholders while engaged in the sale of Tyco securities in the
State of New York. The SEC action alleged that Mr. Walsh knew that the
registration statement covering the sale of Tyco securities as part of the CIT
acquisition contained a material misrepresentation concerning fees payable in
connection with the acquisition. Pursuant to the plea and settlement, Mr. Walsh
paid $20 million in restitution to Tyco on December 17, 2002. Our claims against
Mr. Walsh are still pending.
Tyco has filed a civil complaint against Messrs. Kozlowski and Swartz
pursuant to Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for
disgorgement to Tyco of short-swing profits from transactions in our common
shares believed to exceed $40 million. The action seeks disgorgement of profits,
interest, attorneys' fees and costs.
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SHAREHOLDER RETURN PERFORMANCE PRESENTATION
Set forth below is a graph comparing the cumulative total shareholder return
on Tyco common shares against the cumulative total return of the S&P 500 Index
and the Dow Jones Industrial-Diversified Index, assuming investment of $100 on
September 30, 1997, including re-investment of dividends. The graph below shows
the cumulative total return as of the fiscal years ended September 30, 1998,
1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002.
EDGAR REPRESENTATION OF DATA POINTS USED IN PRINTED GRAPHIC
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TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD...................................... 100.00 134.90 252.41 253.91 222.93 69.26
S & P 500................................................... 100.00 109.05 139.37 157.88 115.85 94.88
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL-DIVERSIFIED............................ 100.00 106.14 157.44 194.50 143.33 100.92
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OTHER MATTERS
COSTS OF SOLICITATION
The cost of solicitation of proxies will be paid by Tyco. Tyco has engaged
MacKenzie Partners, Inc. as the proxy solicitor for the Annual General Meeting
for an approximate fee of $9,500. In addition to the use of the mails, certain
directors, officers or employees of Tyco may solicit proxies by telephone or
personal contact. Upon request, Tyco will reimburse brokers, dealers, banks and
trustees, or their nominees, for reasonable expenses incurred by them in
forwarding proxy materials to beneficial owners of common shares.
SECTION 16(A) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires Tyco's
officers and directors and persons who beneficially own more than ten percent of
Tyco's common shares to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership of
such common shares with the SEC and the New York Stock Exchange. These persons
are required by SEC regulations to furnish Tyco with copies of all
Section 16(a) forms they file. As a matter of practice, Tyco's administrative
staff assists Tyco's officers and directors in preparing initial reports of
ownership and reports of changes in ownership and files those reports on their
behalf. Based solely on Tyco's review of the copies of such forms it has
received and written representations from certain reporting persons confirming
that they were not required to file Forms 5 for specified fiscal years, Tyco
believes that all of its officers, directors and beneficial owners of more than
ten percent of its common shares complied with Section 16(a) during Tyco's
fiscal year ended September 30, 2002, except for (i) Mr. Fort who reported one
transaction six months late, (ii) Mr. Welch who reported one transaction eight
months late and another transaction seven months late, (iii) Mr. Breen who
reported his initial statement of beneficial ownership on Form 3 four days late,
(iv) Mr. FitzPatrick who reported his initial statement of beneficial ownership
on Form 3 14 days late and one transaction 20 days late, (v) Mr. Lytton who
reported four transactions eight days late (these transactions occurred on the
same day), (vi) Mr. Kozlowski who failed to report approximately 12 transactions
and (vii) Mr. Swartz who failed to report approximately 14 transactions.
PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
In accordance with Section 84 of the Companies Act 1981 of Bermuda, Tyco's
audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended
September 30, 2002 will be presented at the Annual General Meeting. These
statements have been approved by Tyco's directors. There is no requirement under
Bermuda law that such statements be approved by shareholders, and no such
approval will be sought at the Annual General Meeting.
REGISTERED AND PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES
The registered and principal executive offices of Tyco are located at The
Zurich Centre, Second Floor, 90 Pitts Bay Road, Pembroke HM 08, Bermuda. The
telephone number there is (441) 292-8674.
SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS FOR THE 2004 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
In accordance with the rules established by the SEC, any shareholder
proposal submitted pursuant to Rule 14a-8 intended for inclusion in the Proxy
Statement for next year's annual general meeting of shareholders must be
received by Tyco no later than , 2003. Such proposals should be
sent to Tyco's Secretary at The Zurich Centre, Second Floor, 90 Pitts Bay Road,
Pembroke HM 08, Bermuda. To be included in the Proxy Statement, the proposal
must comply with the requirements as to form and substance established by the
SEC and must be a proper subject for shareholder action under Bermuda law.
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A shareholder may otherwise propose business for consideration or nominate
persons for election to the Board in compliance with U.S. federal proxy rules,
Bermuda law and other legal requirements, without seeking to have the proposal
included in Tyco's proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8. Bermuda law provides
that only Tyco shareholders holding not less than 5% of the total voting rights
or 100 or more registered Tyco shareholders together may require a proposal to
be submitted to an annual general meeting. Under SEC Rule 14a-4, proxies may be
voted on matters properly brought before a meeting under these procedures in the
discretion of the Chairman without additional proxy statement disclosure about
the matter unless Tyco is notified about the matter at least 45 days before the
first anniversary of the date on which this proxy statement is first mailed to
shareholders and the proponents otherwise satisfy the requirements of
Rule 14a-4. The deadline under Rule 14a-4 for next year's meeting is
, 2003.
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION REPORTS
Copies of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
September 30, 2002, as filed with the SEC, are available to shareholders free of
charge on our Internet website at HTTP://INVESTORS.TYCOINT.COM/ EDGAR.CFM
(without exhibits) or by writing to Tyco International Ltd., The Zurich Centre,
Second Floor, 90 Pitts Bay Road, Pembroke HM 08, Bermuda.
GENERAL
The enclosed proxy is solicited on behalf of Tyco's Board. Unless otherwise
directed, proxies held by the Chairman will be voted at the Annual General
Meeting (or an adjournment or postponement thereof) FOR the election of all
nominees to the Board named on the proxy card, FOR re-appointing the auditors
and authorizing the Audit Committee of the Board to set the auditors'
remuneration, FOR the increase in the number of authorized common shares and the
amendment to Tyco's Bye-Laws to reflect such increase, AGAINST the shareholder
proposal regarding the manufacture of PVC- or Phthalate-containing medical
supplies, AGAINST the shareholder proposal regarding shareholder approval of
future severance agreements, AGAINST the shareholder proposal regarding use of
stock price indexed executive stock options, AGAINST the shareholder proposal
regarding changing Tyco's jurisdiction of incorporation, AGAINST the shareholder
proposal regarding a non-executive independent Chairman of the Board and AGAINST
the shareholder proposal regarding obtaining only audit services from Tyco's
independent auditors. If any matter other than those described in this Proxy
Statement properly comes before the Annual General Meeting, or with respect to
any adjournment or postponement thereof, the Chairman will vote the common
shares represented by such proxies in accordance with his best judgment.
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EXHIBIT A
AUDIT COMMITTEE CHARTER
I. PURPOSE. The Audit Committee is appointed by the Board to assist the Board
in monitoring: (A) the integrity of the financial statements of the Company,
(B) the outside auditor's independence and qualifications, (C) the
performance of the Company's internal and external auditor, (D) the
compliance by the Company with legal and regulatory requirements, and
(E) the effectiveness of the Company's internal controls. The Audit
Committee also is responsible for (1) preparing the report required by the
rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") to be included in
the Company's annual proxy statement, and (2) overseeing the Company's
policies, practices and compliance regarding its Code of Conduct.
II. AUTHORITY. The audit committee has authority to conduct or authorize
investigations into any matters within its scope of responsibility. Such
authority includes but is not limited to:
- Retain outside counsel, accountants, outside advisors, consultants, or
others to assist in the conduct of an investigation or as it determines
appropriate to advise or assist in the performance of its functions.
- Seek any information it requires from employees or external parties.
Employees and external parties will be directed to cooperate and comply
with the committee's requests.
- Meet with the senior internal auditor, company officers, external
auditors, or outside counsel, as necessary.
III. COMPOSITION. The Audit Committee shall have at least three members, each of
whom shall meet the independence and experience requirements of the New York
Stock Exchange, as determined by the Board. The Board, after due
consideration of the recommendation of the Corporate Governance and
Nominating Committee, shall appoint the members of the Audit Committee and
designate its chair.
IV. MEETINGS. The Audit Committee shall meet at least six times a year, and may
meet additionally as it deems necessary or appropriate in its judgment,
either in person or telephonically. The Audit Committee shall meet at least
quarterly with management, the senior internal auditor, and the external
auditor in separate executive sessions.
V. RESPONSIBILITIES. The Audit Committee will carry out the following
responsibilities:
A. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. Review the annual audited and quarterly financial statements,
including the "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations" with management, the internal
auditor, and the outside auditor.
2. Discuss, including with the internal and outside auditor, corporate
policies with respect to earnings press releases, as well as
financial information and earnings guidance provided to analysts and
rating agencies.
3. Review from time to time (but in no event less often than annually)
with the outside auditor and management, as appropriate:
- Significant financial reporting issues and judgments made in
connection with the preparation of the Company's financial
statements;
- Major issues regarding the Company's accounting and auditing
principles and practices, including critical accounting policies,
and major changes in auditing and accounting principles and
practices suggested by the outside auditor, internal auditor or
management;
- Matters required to be discussed by Statement on Auditing Standards
No. 61 relating to the conduct of the audit;
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- The results of the audit, which should include a review of any
audit problems or difficulties encountered by the outside auditor
in the course of the audit work, including any restrictions on the
scope of activities or access to required personnel or information,
and any disagreements with management; and
- Principles of accounting proposed or promulgated by regulatory
accounting authorities.
B. EXTERNAL AUDIT
1. Annually retain, subject to the approval of the shareholders,
evaluate, and, if appropriate, recommend termination of the Company's
outside auditor. The Audit Committee shall be directly responsible,
in its capacity as a committee of the Board, for the appointment,
compensation, oversight, and evaluation of performance of the work of
the outside auditor. The Audit Committee shall approve in advance all
audit engagement fees and the terms of all audit services to be
provided by the outside auditor. The Audit Committee shall establish
policies and procedures for the engagement of the outside auditor to
provide permissible non-audit services, which shall include
pre-approval of such services.
2. At least annually, obtain and review a report from the outside
auditor describing any relationships between the auditor and the
Company and any other relationships that may adversely affect the
auditor's independence, consider the independence of the outside
auditor, and otherwise take appropriate action to satisfy itself of
the independence of the auditor, including considering whether the
provision of non-audit services by the outside auditor is compatible
with the auditor's independence.
3. Establish policies for the hiring of employees and former employees
of the outside auditor.
4. At least annually, review the external auditor's proposed audit scope
and approach, including coordination of audit effort with internal
audit, to ensure the completeness of coverage and reduction of
redundant efforts.
5. At least annually, obtain and review a report by the outside auditor
describing its own internal quality-control procedures; any material
issues raised by its most recent quality-control review or peer
review; and any inquiry or investigation by governmental or
professional authorities respecting any of its audits within the past
five years, together with any steps taken to deal with any such
issues.
6. On a regular basis, meet separately with the external auditors to
discuss any matters that the committee or auditors believe should be
discussed privately.
C. INTERNAL AUDIT
1. Select, monitor, evaluate, compensate, and if necessary, replace the
internal audit director.
2. Review with management and the senior internal auditor the charter,
scope, responsibilities, plans, budget, staffing, organizational
structure, thefts and defalcations and results of the internal audit
function.
3. The senior internal auditor will regularly attend all audit committee
meetings. At least quarterly, meet separately with the senior
internal auditor to discuss any matters that the committee or
internal audit believes should be discussed privately.
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D. COMPLIANCE
1. Selecting, monitoring, evaluating, compensating, and if necessary
replacing the Corporate Ombudsman.
2. Advise the Board with respect to the Company's Code of Conduct, and
annually review and assess the adequacy of the Code of Conduct and
recommend any proposed changes to the Board. Specifically, the Audit
Committee shall discuss with management, the Company's senior
internal auditor, and the Senior Vice President--Corporate
Governance, their compliance with the Company's Code of Conduct,
including any insider and affiliated party transactions, and the
Company's procedures to monitor compliance throughout the Company
with the Code of Conduct.
3. Advise the Board with respect to the Company's policies and
procedures regarding compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
4. Review the effectiveness of procedures for the receipt, retention,
resolution and treatment of complaints received by the Company
regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing
matters and for employees to make confidential and anonymous
submissions of concern regarding questionable accounting or auditing
matters. This should also include a review of management follow-up,
including disciplinary action, for any actions of noncompliance.
E. INTERNAL CONTROLS
1. Meet periodically with management to review the Company's major
financial risk exposures and the steps management has taken to
monitor and control such exposures.
2. Periodically review the adequacy and effectiveness of the Company's
disclosure controls and procedures and the Company's internal
controls, including any significant deficiencies and significant
changes in internal controls.
3. Consider the effectiveness of the company's internal control over
annual and interim financial reporting, including information
technology security and control.
4. Understand the scope of internal and external auditor's review of
internal control over financial reporting, and obtain reports on
significant findings and recommendations, together with management
responses.
F. REPORTING
1. Regularly report to the Board about committee activities, issues and
related recommendations.
2. Report annually to the shareholders, describing the committee's
composition, responsibilities, and how they were discharged, and any
other information required by regulators.
G. OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Assess annually the Audit Committee's and individual members'
performance of the duties specified in this Charter and report its
findings to the Board.
2. Annually review and assess the adequacy of this Charter and recommend
any proposed changes to the Board.
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EXHIBIT B
AMENDMENT TO TYCO'S BYE-LAWS TO REFLECT INCREASE
IN NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED COMMON SHARES
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
(Amendment to Section (1) of Schedule)
"SCHEDULE
(1) The authorised share capital of the Company is U.S. $925,000,000 divided
into 4,000,000,000 Common Shares of the nominal value of U.S. $0.20 each
("Common Shares") and 125,000,000 Preference Shares of the nominal value of
U.S. $1.00 each (the "Preference Shares")."
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TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD.
THIS PROXY IS BEING SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Proxy Card for use at the 2003 Annual General Meeting (the "Meeting") of
Shareholders of Tyco International Ltd., a company organized under the laws of
Bermuda ("Tyco"), to be held on March , 2003 at 10:00 a.m., local time, at the
Fairmont Hamilton Princess Hotel, 76 Pitts Bay Road, Pembroke HM 08, Bermuda.
The undersigned, being a holder of common shares of Tyco, hereby appoints as
his/her proxy at the Meeting, Edward D. Breen, failing whom John A. Krol,
failing whom the Chairman of the Meeting, or any of them with full power of
substitution, and directs such proxy to vote (or abstain from voting) at the
Meeting as indicated on the reverse of this card or, to the extent that no such
indication is given, as set forth herein and authorizes such proxy to vote in
his discretion on such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or
any adjournment or postponement thereof.
Please indicate on the reverse of this card how your common shares are to be
voted. If this card is returned duly signed but without any indication as to how
your common shares are to be voted in respect of any of the resolutions
described on the reverse, you will be deemed to have directed the proxy to vote
FOR the election of all nominees to the Board of Directors, FOR proposals
numbered 2 and 3 and AGAINST proposals numbered 4 through 9.
In order to be effective, completed proxy cards should be received at one of
the addresses and by the time (being local time) specified below:
IN BERMUDA: Tyco International Ltd., The Zurich Centre, Second Floor, 90
Pitts Bay Road, Pembroke HM 08, Bermuda, by 8:00 a.m. on , 2003;
IN THE UNITED KINGDOM: Tyco International Ltd., c/o Tyco Holdings (UK)
Limited, 5th Floor, 30-34 Moorgate, London EC2R 6PJ, United Kingdom, by
5:00 p.m. on , 2003;
IN AUSTRALIA: Tyco International Ltd., c/o Tyco International Pty. Limited,
Level 6, 12 Help Street, Chatswood NSW 2067, Australia, by 5:00 p.m. on
, 2003;
IN THE UNITED STATES: Tyco International Ltd., c/o Mellon Investor Services,
P.O. Box 3547, South Hackensack, New Jersey 07606-9247, United States of
America, by 8:00 a.m. on , 2003.
(CONTINUED AND TO BE SIGNED ON REVERSE SIDE)
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Please indicate with an "X" in the appropriate space how you wish your votes to
be cast. IF NO INDICATION IS GIVEN, PROXIES WILL BE VOTED FOR THE ELECTION OF
ALL NOMINEES TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, FOR PROPOSALS NUMBERED 2 AND 3 AND
AGAINST PROPOSALS NUMBERED 4 THROUGH 9.
Please mark your votes as indicated in this example /X/
The Board of Directors recommends a vote "FOR" the following proposals:
1. Election of the 9 nominees listed below to the Board of Directors
/ / FOR / / WITHHOLD AUTHORITY / / FOR ALL EXCEPT*
Edward D. Breen, John A. Krol, Dennis C. Blair, George W. Buckley, Bruce S.
Gordon, Mackey J. McDonald, Brendan R. O'Neill, Sandra S. Wijnberg, Jerome B.
York
To vote for all nominees, mark the "For" box. To withhold voting for all
nominees, mark the "Withhold Authority" box. To withhold voting for a particular
nominee (or nominees), mark the "For All Except" box and enter the name(s) of
the exception(s) in the space provided.
* Exceptions: _________________________________________________________________
2. Re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as Tyco's independent auditors and
authorization for the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors to set the
auditors' remuneration.
/ / FOR / / AGAINST / / ABSTAIN
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3. Increase in number of Tyco's authorized common shares and / / FOR / / AGAINST / / ABSTAIN
amendment to Tyco's Bye-Laws to reflect such increase.
4. Shareholder proposal regarding the manufacture of PVC- or / / FOR / / AGAINST / / ABSTAIN
Phthalate-containing medical supplies.
5. Shareholder proposal regarding shareholder approval of / / FOR / / AGAINST / / ABSTAIN
future severance arrangements.
6. Shareholder proposal regarding use of stock price indexed / / FOR / / AGAINST / / ABSTAIN
executive stock options.
7. Shareholder proposal regarding changing Tyco's jurisdiction / / FOR / / AGAINST / / ABSTAIN
of incorporation.
8. Shareholder proposal regarding non-executive independent / / FOR / / AGAINST / / ABSTAIN
Chairman of the Board.
9. Shareholder proposal regarding obtaining only audit services / / FOR / / AGAINST / / ABSTAIN
from Tyco's independent auditors.
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Note:
1. In the case of a corporation, this proxy must be under its common seal or
signed by a duly authorized officer or director whose designation must be
stated.
2. In the case of joint holders, any holder may sign, but the vote of the senior
who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy, will be accepted to the
exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders and for this purpose seniority
will be determined by the order in which the names stand in the Register of
Shareholders.
3. Please sign as name appears hereon. When signing as attorney, executor,
administrator, trustee or guardian, please give full title as such.
Signature _______________ Signature/Title ______________ Date __________________