Mr. Lindemann, 51, is a new director-nominee. He is Executive Vice President
of Emerson Electric Co., a publicly traded manufacturing company based in
St. Louis, Missouri. Mr. Lindemann joined Emerson in 1977, where he held a
number of increasingly responsible engineering and marketing positions with its
Specialty Motor division. In 1992, he was named President of Commercial Cam,
and in 1995, he was named President of the Emerson Appliance Motor division.
In 1996, Mr. Lindemann was promoted to Chairman and CEO of the Emerson
Motor Co. He was named Senior Vice President of Emerson in 1999 and
Executive Vice President in 2000. Mr. Lindemann has served on the Emerson
Advisory Board since 2000 and has been a board member of the CEO Forum
since 2003. |