THE TIMKEN COMPANY 12 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: Name Age Current Position and Previous Positions During Last Five Years Ward J. Timken 44 2005 Chairman of the Board James W. Griffith 58 2002 President and Chief Executive Officer; Director William R. Burkhart 46 2000 Senior Vice President and General Counsel Christopher A. Coughlin 51 2007 2009 2010 2011 Senior Vice President – Supply Chain Management President – Process Industries President – Process Industries & Supply Chain President – Process Industries Glenn A. Eisenberg 50 2002 Executive Vice President – Finance and Administration Richard G. Kyle 46 2007 2009 2011 Vice President – Manufacturing – Mobile Industries President – Mobile Industries President – Mobile Industries & Aerospace J. Ted Mihaila 57 2006 Senior Vice President and Controller Salvatore J. Miraglia, Jr. 61 2005 President – Steel Group