UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 2, 2009

TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Bermuda		98-0390500
(Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(IRS Employer Identification Number)

001-13836

(Commission File Number)

Second Floor, 90 Pitts Bay Road

Pembroke, HM 08, Bermuda

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

441-292-8674

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

Check the appropriate box below if the form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers

(b) On February 2, 2009, Tyco International Ltd. (the “Company”) was notified by Admiral Dennis Blair, a member of the company’s Board of Directors, that he has resigned from the Board effective January 30, 2009. On January 30, Admiral Blair was sworn in as the Director of National Intelligence of the United States. Admiral Blair has been a member of the Board since March 2003. Due to his nomination to serve in President Obama’s administration, Admiral Blair is not a nominee for re-election to the Board at the Company’s Annual General Meeting of shareholders scheduled to take place on March 12, 2009 in Bermuda.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD.
	(Registrant)

	By:	/s/ John S. Jenkins
		John S. Jenkins
		Vice President and Corporate Secretary


Date: February 3, 2009