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## ITEM 4A. ExECuTIvE OFFICErs OFTHE rEgIsTrANT 

The executive officers are elected by the Board of Directors normally for a term of one year and until the election of their successors. All executive officers have been employed by Timken or by a subsidiary of the Company during the past five-year period. The executive officers of the Company as of February 17, 2012 are as follows: 

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