Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers Election of Directors
On May 21, 2009, by vote of the Board of Directors of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (the "Company"), Thomas J. Lynch and Tyler Jacks, PhD were elected directors of the Company.
Mr. Lynch is chief executive officer of Tyco Electronics Ltd., a leading global provider of engineered electronic components, network solutions, undersea telecommunication systems and wireless systems. He joined Tyco International in 2004 and was appointed to his current position in 2007, when Tyco Electronics became an independent, separately traded entity. Previously, he held executive management positions at Motorola, Inc., and General Instrument Corp.
Dr. Jacks is the David H. Koch Professor of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and director of the David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research. He joined the MIT faculty in 1992 and was director of its Center for Cancer Research from 2001 to 2008. Dr. Jacks is also an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute ("HHMI"). In connection with his election to the Board, the Company entered into a letter agreement with Dr. Jacks regarding HHMI's policies on its investigators' outside activities.

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