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Name Preacquisition Title Postacquisition Title
William P. Brink Corporate vice president, Vice president, chief
financial
controller officer and controller
Charles W. Denny Executive vice president, Executive vice president,
chief
electrical distribution operating officer
sector
Philip H. Francis Corporate vice president, Vice president, corporate
corporate technology technology and quality
center
Dexter S. Free Corporate vice president, Corporate vice president,
treasurer and assistant treasurer and assistant
secretary secretary
John C. Garrett Executive vice president, Executive vice president,
industrial sector industrial controls
Charles L. Hite Corporate vice president, Corporate vice president,
human resources human resources
Walter W. Kurczewski Corporate vice president, Corporate vice president,
general counsel and general counsel and
secretary secretary
David L. Pugh Vice president, general Vice president, general
manager,
manager, power equipment equipment business unit
business
Chris C. Richardson Vice president, general Vice president, general
manager,
manager, utilities utilities business
business, and president,
Anderson Prods.
Clive N. Thompson Vice president, distribution Vice president, distribution
equipment business unit equipment business unit
Robert D. Williams Vice president, general Vice president, general
manager
manager, transformer transformer business
business
C. Importance of Schneider’s Retaining Petitioner’s Key
Executives
One of Schneider’s top priorities after its acquisition of
petitioner was to retain key executives of petitioner in order to
assure petitioner’s continued successful business operations and
protect Schneider’s $2.25 billion investment. Schneider had been
advised by a management consultant that retaining petitioner’s
current management would be critical to the company’s continued
success in the event it was acquired by Schneider. Moreover,
Schneider’s management did not believe it could feasibly replace
petitioner’s existing management team with French executives from
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