People: Lexmark International Inc (LXK.N)

Mr. Stephen R. Hardis is an Independent Director of Lexmark International Inc. In July 2000, Mr. Hardis retired as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Eaton Corporation, which he joined in 1979 as Executive Vice President — Finance and Administration. He was elected Vice Chairman and designated Chief Financial and Administrative Officer in 1986. He became Chief Executive Officer of Eaton Corporation in September 1995 and Chairman in January 1996. Mr. Hardis has also served as a director of the following companies during the past five years: American Greetings Corporation from 1999 to 2008, Axcelis Technologies, Inc. since 2000, Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. from 1998 to 2011, Nordson Corporation from 1984 to 2010, The Progressive Corporation since 1988, and STERIS Corporation from 2000 to 2007. Mr. Hardis has more than 20 years of executive management experience, including more than five years as chief executive officer and nearly ten years as chief financial officer of a Fortune 500 company that is publicly-traded on the New York Stock Exchange; international experience gained as an executive officer of Eaton Corporation, a diversified power management company with more than 70,000 employees that sells its products to customers in more than 150 countries; educational background with a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and a master’s degree in Public and International Affairs from Princeton University.