PENTAIR plc — Director's Dealing 2004

May 18, 2004

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: PENTAIR INC (PNR)
CIK: 0000077360
Period of Report: 2004-05-14

Reporting Person: DURANT KAREN A (Vice President, Controller)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2004-05-14	Common Stock - ESPP	A	16.129	$58.1246	Acquired	1340.83	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	26514.444	Direct
Common Stock	5015.237	Indirect
Common Stock - ESOP	3203.9072	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: End-of-period holdings include shares acquired under a dividend reinvestment plan in exempt transaction not required to be reported pursuant to Section 16(a).

F2: Purchase of shares under the Pentair, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan in exempt transaction pursuant to Rule 16b-3(c).

F3: Shares acquired under this Plan are purchased over a three-day trading period. The price shown is the average purchase price over the trading period.