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TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD v L DENNIS KOZLOWSKI Click to find out why . . .



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CaseNo: TILVLDK228619, CourtName: MISC 3, Plaintiff: TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD, State: NV Nevada, UniqueCaseRef: LCD>TILVLDK228619, Kozlowski, Compensation, Executives, Tyco, Executive Officers, Directors, Compensation Committee, Money, Assets, Amount, Loans, Managers, Hereto, Relocation, Misappropriating, Kel, Fiduciary Duties, Purported Compensation, Key Managers, Dennis Kozlowski, Retention Agreement, Bermuda Corporation, Forgiveness, Representations, Senior Executives, Proxy Statement, Resignation, Florida Relocation, Transactions , ContentID: 120253782

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1 2002-09-12 COMPLAINT
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1 . COMPLAINT

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
COMPENSATION
EXECUTIVES
TYCO
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
DIRECTORS
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
PLAINTIFFS
MONEY
ASSETS
AMOUNT
LOANS
MANAGERS
HERETO
RELOCATION
MISAPPROPRIATING
KEL
FIDUCIARY DUTIES
PURPORTED COMPENSATION
KEY MANAGERS
DENNIS KOZLOWSKI
RETENTION AGREEMENT
BERMUDA CORPORATION
FORGIVENESS
REPRESENTATIONS
SENIOR EXECUTIVES
PROXY STATEMENT
RESIGNATION
FLORIDA RELOCATION
TRANSACTIONS
I     UNITED  STATES  DISTRICT             COURT
      SOUTHERN  DISTRICT            OF  NEW  YORK


      TYCO  INTERNATIONAL              LTD.,                                      No.
      a Bermuda  corporation,  and
      TYCO  INTERNATIONAL              (US)  INC.,
      a Nevada  corporation,

                                       Plaintiffs,

                       V.                                                         COMPLAINT

      L.  DENNIS  KOZLOWSKI,

                                       Defendant.



              Plaintiffs  Tyco  International  Ltd.  and Tyco  International  (US)  Inc. 

      "Tyco"  or  "the  Company"),  by their  undersigned  counsel Boies,  Schiller  &  Flexner 

      as and  for  their  Complaint  against Defendant  L. Dennis  Kozlowski  (LLKozlowski"), 

      as follows  upon  information  and belief  as to all matters:

                                       NATURE  OF  THE  ACTION

              1.  Kozlowski  was the Chairman  and Chief  Executive  Officer  of  Tyco  from

      July  1992 through  June  3,2002  when  the Board  sought and received  his resignation.

      During  that time  he gained  a reputation  as one of  the best managers  in  Corporate

      America.  He was also one of  the highest,  if  not the highest, compensated  executive  in

      country.  Despite  that substantial compensation,  Kozlowski,  beginning  at least as early 

      1995, contrived  a scheme. to abuse the trust that had been placed  in him  by Tyco's  Board

I     of  Directors  by misappropriating  money  and  assets from  the  Company,  and  engaging  in

      concerted  pattern  of  conduct to conceal his larcenous  acts from  the Board.

              2.     In  addition  to his own  wrongful  conduct, Kozlowski  also induced  and


conspired  with  certain  other  senior  officers  and agents of  Tyco  to breach  their  own
SNIPPETS:
  • Plaintiffs Tyco International Ltd. and Tyco International Inc. (collectively
  • as and for their Complaint against Defendant L. Dennis Kozlowski,
  • July 1992 through June 3,2002 when the Board sought and received his resignation.
  • During that time he gained a reputation as one of the best managers in Corporate
  • Despite that substantial compensation, Kozlowski, beginning at least as early as
  • in his misappropriations of money and assets, also without notice to or approval by the
  • Company's Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors,
  • attached hereto) into a special program for senior executives that permitted
  • approval of the 1995 relocation program,
  • relocation that allowed select executives to acquire multiple residences (see
  • $12.5 million of Swartz's KEL loans and $1 million of an event planner's
  • executives and key managers;
  • Kozlowski agreed and conspired to breach their fiduciary duties.
  • Misappropriating for himself over $100 million that he was not
  • The total amount of damages proximately caused by Kozlowski's
  • Unauthorized "TvCom Bonus" - forgiveness of Florida Relocation Loans
  • Unauthorized ProDer& Transactions:
  • Plaintiff Tyco International Ltd. is a Bermuda corporation with its principal
  • executive officers circumvented the appropriate approvals required by the Compensation
  • Proxy Statement, Form DEF 14A, filed Feb. 20, 1998 at 12),
  • As with the "TyCom" unauthorized bonus, other senior executives were led
  • sign a retention agreement "to ensure the continued leadership by Tyco's CEO until
  • Another Kozlowski deception about his purported compensation in 2001
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