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PART III
Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the
Registrant
Directors
The information required
by this Item 10 with respect to directors, including Mr. Sutherland, is
included in our definitive proxy statement and incorporated herein by
reference. IPSCOs definitive proxy statement will be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission within 120 days of the end of our most recent fiscal
year.
Executive Officers
Set forth below is information concerning IPSCOs
executive officers, excluding the President and Chief Executive Officer, David
Sutherland:
Vicki
L. Avril, 52, was appointed Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer in May 2004. Prior to joining IPSCO, Ms. Avril
was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Wallace Computer
Services Inc. (January 2001 to May 2003) and Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer for Inland Steel Co. (now known as Ispat Inland Inc.) (1998-1999).
David
L. Britten, 46, was appointed Vice President of
Corporate Development in November 2004 and prior to that had been Vice
President and General Manager, Tubulars Products since 1999.
Gregory
R. Burnett, 44, was appointed Corporate Treasurer in December 2005.
Prior to joining IPSCO Mr. Burnett was Director of Treasury (June 2005
to December 2005), Treasury Manager (March 2003 to May 2005) and
ManagerTreasury Operations (July 2000 to February 2003) for United
States Cellular Corporation.
Leslie
T. Lederer, 58, was appointed Vice President, General
Counsel and Corporate Secretary in March 2005. Prior to joining IPSCO, Mr. Lederer
was Counsel to Winston & Strawn LLP (October 2004 to February 2005),
Vice PresidentStrategic Investments of Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation
(1998 to December 2003) and Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
of Stone Container Corporation (1987 to 1998).
Peter
E. MacPhail, 58, was appointed Vice President of
Primary Operations in February 2003 and prior to that he held other
executive positions in the Company, including Vice President and General
Manager, Canadian Steel Operations (April 2000 to January 2003) and
Vice President (1996 to 2000).
E.
Greg Maindonald, 54 was appointed Vice President of
Operations Services in March 2003. Prior to such appointment, Mr. Maindonald
was President of General Scrap Partnership (February 2000 to March 2003)
and prior to that, he served IPSCO in various other executive capacities.
Philip
M. Marusarz, 53, was appointed Corporate Controller in
March 2004 and prior to that served also as Treasurer for the Company
since joining IPSCO in March of 2001. Prior to joining IPSCO, Mr. Marusarz
was Vice President, Finance of Invensys Inc. (October 2000 to February 2001).
Raymond
J. Rarey, 58, was appointed Vice President and Chief
Human Resources Officer in 2000. Prior to joining IPSCO, Mr. Rarey served
as the Vice President, Human Resources for Berg Electronics Group (1996 to
1999).
Joseph
D. Russo, 59, was appointed Senior Vice President and
Chief Technical Officer in 2001. Mr. Russo has had other executive
positions with IPSCO since becoming an officer of the Company in 1988.
John R. Tulloch, 59,
was appointed Executive Vice PresidentSteel and Chief Commercial Officer in
2004. Mr. Tulloch has also served as Senior Vice President and Chief
Commercial Officer (2000 to 2004) and has had other executive positions with
the Company since becoming an officer in 1985.
Audit
Committee/Audit Committee Financial Expert
We have a separately designated standing Audit
Committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the
Exchange Act. The members of the Audit Committee are Ms. Hinshaw and Messrs. Wallace,
Grandin, Olson, Sim and Zaozirny. The Audit Committee is chaired by Mr. Wallace.
Our Board of Directors has
determined that Mr. Wallace is an audit committee financial expert as
defined by Item 401(h) of Regulation S-K of the Exchange Act and is
independent within the meaning of Item 7(d)(3)(iv) of Schedule 14A of the
Exchange Act and NYSE listing standards.
Section 16(a) Beneficial
Ownership Reporting Compliance
The information required
by this Item is incorporated by reference to, and will be contained in the Section 16(a) Beneficial
Ownership Reporting Compliance section of our definitive proxy statement for
the 2006 Annual and Special Meeting of Shareowners, which will be filed within
120 days of the end of our most recent fiscal year.
Code of Ethics
IPSCO has a Code of
Business Conduct, as well as a Conflicts of Interest Policy applicable to all
directors, officers and employees of the Company that, together, constitute a code
of ethics as set forth in the SECs rules. Both the Code of Business Conduct
and the Conflicts of Interest Policy may be viewed on IPSCOs website
(www.ipsco.com). During the period covered by this report there have been no
amendments to, nor waivers of, either the Code of Business Conduct or the
Conflicts of Interest Policy applicable to IPSCOs principal executive officer,
principal financial officer or principal accounting officer. In the event IPSCO
makes any amendment to, or grants any waiver of, a provision of the Code of
Business Conduct or the Conflicts of Interest Policy, that applies to the noted
officers and that requires disclosure under applicable SEC rules, IPSCO intends
to disclose such amendment or waiver, the nature of and reasons for it, along
with the name of the person to whom it was granted and the date on its internet
website.
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